Matthew Szydagis
Associate Professor, University at Albany
About
Dr. Matthew Szydagis received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago, then worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California Davis. Since 2014 he has been at the University at Albany SUNY, where he is now an Associate Professor of Physics. He studies experimental particle astrophysics, in particular direct detection of dark matter, and also conducts general detector development for rare event searches. He is the inventor of the NEST (Noble Element Simulation Technique) software, inventor of the lithium-compound-based small-scale neutron-activation reactor, and co-inventor of the snowball chamber, which uses supercooled water for particle detection. He has published well over 100 peer-reviewed publications and given over 200 talks around the world. He was inspired by Star Trek: The Next Generation as a child to become a scientist, and has always been fascinated by UAP. He is a member of both the SCU as well as UAPx.
