Danielle Norcini
Department of Physics & Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago
Research Focus
Research Interests
About Danielle
Danielle Norcini received her Ph.D. from the Wright Laboratory at Yale University. She helped lead the R&D and construction of the PROSPECT detector to measure neutrinos at very short distances from the High Flux Isotope Reactor in Oak Ridge, TN. Her thesis details a search for sterile neutrino oscillations and the world-leading measurement of the uranium-235 antineutrino energy spectrum. As a KICP and Grainger fellow at the University of Chicago, she is developing low-threshold detectors to search for dark matter and measure neutrino properties.
Outside the lab, you can find Danielle at home experimenting with baking ratios, reading interior design blogs, or by the lake playing with her dog Kip.
Education
Postdoc
KICP, University of Chicago, 10/2019
Ph.D.
Physics, Yale University, 05/2019
Master's
Physics, Yale University, 12/2015
Bachelor's
Philosophy, Penn State University, 12/2012
Physics, Penn State University, 12/2012
