Dr. Kaixuan Ni

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Biography

Kaixuan Ni is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2006. His research focuses on investigating challenging questions in particle physics, particularly concerning dark matter and heavy neutrinos. He is involved in developing sensitive particle detectors and advanced data analysis techniques to address these questions experimentally. His current project includes the XENONnT located at the Gran Sasso National Underground Laboratory in Italy, which is the world’s largest dark matter detector utilizing liquid xenon time projection chamber technology and is operational, continuously collecting data. Future projects include the XLZD, aimed at probing 'neutrino fog' and serving as a multi-purpose experiment to study neutrino-less double beta decay and observe astrophysical neutrinos. He has also participated in significant experiments such as XENON10, XENON100, and PandaX-I/II, which are pivotal in demonstrating the advantages of liquid xenon detector technology for dark matter searches.

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Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
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  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).