Research Bio

Chiara Salemi is an experimental physicist whose research centers on the search for axion dark matter. Her work involves developing advanced detectors and data analysis methods for experiments small and large that probe some of the biggest mysteries of our universe. She uses and develops a variety of technologies as a part of her research, from superconducting qubits to high-field magnets. She is best known for her pioneering contributions to laboratory searches for low-mass axion dark matter as well as the development of new quantum sensors. Salemi’s research advances understanding of the building blocks of matter and forces of nature.
She is a professor in the Department of Physics at UC Berkeley and a faculty scientist in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Physics Division.

Research Expertise and Interest

physics, quantum sensing, dark matter, axion detectors, superconducting qubits