Dr. Jesse Liu

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Jesse Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at New York University, specializing in Experimental Particle Physics. His research focuses on key areas such as new physics, silicon detectors, and participation in the ATLAS Experiment. He has been active in presenting his work at prestigious conferences, including the Lepton Photon Symposium, where he provided insights on the strong force and contributed to discussions on phenomenology related to detector technologies. Liu has made significant contributions to the ATLAS Inner Tracker upgrade through a newly published paper in JINST that addresses the sensor fracturing problem. Additionally, he is involved in mentoring emerging researchers, as evidenced by welcoming postdoctoral researcher Sebastian Rutherford Colmenares into his group from Cambridge and coordinating summer research opportunities for students like Amelia Stevens from Haverford College.

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Bachelor's degree from accredited institution Strong background in biological, chemical, physical, or mathematical sciences
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Specialization Notes

Open Program in Biomedical Sciences (Vilcek Institute) covers departments like Biochemistry, Pathology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, etc.