Postdoctoral Scholar
- Address:
- ERC 477
- Email:
- jcuevas8@uchicago.edu
Background
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Chicago, 2024
Research
I am an experimental physicist broadly interested in the development and application of advanced silicon detectors for particle physics and space-based instrumentation. My research centers on advancing sensor performance and developing new methodologies to reliably measure and operate devices in extreme low-signal and high-radiation environments.
During my Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, I worked with the DAMIC-M Collaboration using Skipper CCDs to characterize silicon’s response to low-energy electron and nuclear recoils for dark-matter searches. Currently, my work centers on the development of the Single-electron Sensitive Readout (SiSeRO) CCD, a next-generation imaging technology capable of sub-electron read noise and single-photon counting at fast pixel rates, with applications ranging from rare-event searches to future space missions. I am also interested in the integration of machine learning and artificial intelligence with experimental instrumentation, particularly for sensor characterization and optimization.