Howdy! My name is Christopher Davis and I am a 6th year physics PhD Student at Yale University. I received my BS in Physics from Texas A&M University in 2013.

I am interested in the fields of Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics. Currently, I work on the CUORE (The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment located in LNGS (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso) in Italy. This experiment is one of many that is searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay. If this decay mode can be found, it will offer a new insight into fundamental physics and how the early universe evolved into the modern universe.

I have previously worked on the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) Experiment at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) as an undergraduate at Texas A&M University and worked on searches for supersymmetry in Vector Boson Fusion events.

An Austin, Texas native, I’ve adjusted to life in the somewhat colder Northeast, although trips to Italy are always great ways to warm up after a blizzard!

My non-scientific interests include a deep commitment to teaching and improving the teaching process. I am a firm believer in using evidence-based active learning and Socratic methods to engage students and effect higher learning gains. Working in Yale’s Center for Teaching and Learning, I also lead and develop programming for and provide consultations to graduate student instructors at Yale. I am also involved in community outreach and service to the New Haven community, volunteering in the department with Girls’ Science Investigations and outside the department in the broader Pathways to Science program at Yale.

In my free time, I love to watch films, particularly at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center. I also am an avid reader of fiction, which makes flying and travel more fun, but leads to an ever-increasing amount of books in my apartment. I also love to travel, recently I visited Iguazu Falls in Brazil and the Antarctic Peninsula!