Reina Maruyama
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Yale University
Elected to the Academy in 2021
Education
Columbia University, 1995, BS, Applied Physics; University of Washington, 1996, MS, Physics and 2003, PhD, Physics.
Professional Area
Professor Maruyama has made seminal contributions in fundamental symmetries and rare searches in physics through foundation and leadership of the international dark matter searches, DM-Ice and COSINE, addressing long standing claims for dark matter. In neutrino physics, Professor Maruyama studies neutrinos and their nature through the ICECUBE, and CUORE experiments.
Citation
World leader for seminal contributions in rare searches and fundamental physics, designing and leading novel dark matter and neutrino physics experiments.