Nuclear and neutrino astrophysics: cosmic explosions, neutron stars and quantum many-body theory.

Electroweak interactions and symmetry tests. Effective field theory: from nuclei to physics beyond the Standard Model. Neutrino physics.

Effective field theory for low-energy nuclear physics; lattice QCD; physics beyond the Standard Model; particle cosmology.

Hot and dense matter; high energy nuclear physics.

The Standard Model and Beyond. QCD. Lattice QCD for Low-Energy Nuclear Physics and Fundamental Symmetries. Quantum Computing and Simulation for Field Theories.

Nuclear theory; atomic cluster theory, and many-particle theory in general.

Nuclear astrophysics and solar neutrinos; weak interactions and symmetries; many-body simulations.

Tests of Fundamental Symmetries; Effective field theories, from low-energy QCD to beyond-the-Standard-Model physics.

Working on effective field theories of QCD at high energies, multidimensional tomography of hadrons and nuclei, and gluon saturation at small-x.

Neutron stars and dense QCD matter.

Nuclear theory for physics beyond the Standard Model: beta decay, muon-to-electron conversion, dark matter, and low-energy fundamental symmetry tests.

Neutron stars and nuclear astrophysics.

Dense matter, heavy-ion collisions.

Fundamental interactions at the energy, intensity, and cosmic frontiers.

Sign problems in lattice field theory, heavy-ion collisions.

Prof. Surman’s research program focuses on neutrino physics and nuclear physics aspects of heavy element nucleosynthesis in core-collapse supernovae, neutron star mergers, and black hole accretion disks.

Topological phases in quantum field theory.

Nuclear astrophysics and neutron stars.

As a Program Operations Specialist, I support scientific organizers with programs & workshops, connect program participants with resources, and monitor event budgets. Additionally, I arrange travel and communicate with visitors to the INT.

Schedule:

In office - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Telework - Wednesday, Friday

I handle the financial and personnel matters for the INT, provide guidance on required visa documentation for visitors, and process visitor expense reimbursements.

Schedule:

In office - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Telework - Thursday

I help manage the front desk operations of our INT space and support programs and workshops throughout the year. 

Schedule:

In Office - Monday through Friday

As an Program Operations Specialist, I support scientific organizers with programs & workshops, connect program participants with resources, and monitor event budgets. Additionally, I arrange travel and communicate with visitors to the INT.

Schedule:

In office - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Telework - Tuesday, Thursday