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Dark Matter and What Goes Bump in the Night

Dark Matter and What Goes Bump in the Night

How do we understand our place in the universe? Dr. Joseph Bramante explains his research on fundamental theories of dark matter.

Interviewee Name: 
Dr. Joseph Bramante
Topic: 
Dark Matter and What Goes Bump in the Night
Podcast: 
Blind Date with Knowledge, Season 2, Episode 08
Interviewed by: 
Barry Kaplan
Air date on CFRC: 
November 14, 2018
Episode length: 
15:31
Academic areas: 

Dr. Joseph Bramante is an Assistant Professor at Queen's in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Perimeter Institute and a member of the new, Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute at Queen’s. His research focuses on constructing theories that describe fundamental physics and finding new ways for humans to test those theories.

He held post-doctoral fellowships at the Perimeter Institute and the University of Notre Dame, and received his doctorate from the University of Hawaii for work on “Dark Particles and Primordial Perturbations.”

In this episode, he discusses the McDonald Institute’s network of researchers and students whose central aim is to make new discoveries and advance the frontier of knowledge related to astroparticle physics. Dr. Bramante also explains how his research on fundamental theories of dark matter has progressed through experimentation at SNOLAB.

Please visit the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy for more information about Dr. Bramante's research.

Dark Matter and What Goes Bump in the Night

Season 2: Episode 08