Philip von Doetinchem
Professor
Ph. D.: RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Research Group: AMS-02, GAPS, NA61/SHINE
Office: WAT 430
Dr. Philip von Doetinchem
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Research Interest: 
Experimental Particle Astro Physics
Specialty: 
Indirect dark matter search
cosmic ray antiparticles
detector design and construction
Research Associate(s): 
Dr. Achim Stoessel
Dr. Diego Gomez
Graduate Student(s): 
Anirvan Shukla
Cory Gerrity
Jesus Negrete

Career History:

  • Professor, University of Hawai'i (July 2022 – present)
  • Associate Professor, University of Hawai'i (September 2018 – 2022)
  • Assistant Professor, University of Hawai'i (September 2013 – 2018)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley (February 2010 – August 2013)
  • RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Dr. rer. nat Physics (2009)
  • RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Diplom Physics (2004)

My research is devoted to the development and analysis of cosmic-ray detectors especially focusing on indirect dark matter identification with the help of cosmic-ray antimatter. I enjoy working on a wide variety of tasks from electronics testing and finding mechanical solutions over software development and flight operations to data analysis.

I am a member of the AMS-02 collaboration. AMS-02 is the multi-purpose cosmic-ray flagship experiment on the International Space Station. As a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher, I contributed to the development, integration, and testing of the hardware. My group is currently working on the cosmic-ray antideuteron data analysis, which is a potential breakthrough approach for the identification of dark matter.

I am also a member of the GAPS collaboration, which is a dedicated next-generation low-energy cosmic-ray antideuteron experiment. We had a successful GAPS prototype flight from Taiki, Japan in 2012. The funding for the full payload was approved in fall 2016 and we are in the process of designing and constructing the experiment.

Furthermore, I am a limited member of the NA61/SHINE collaboration. NA61/SHINE is a fixed target experiment, which the group uses to measure the production cross-sections of (anti)deuterons and antiprotons in proton-proton and other heavier ion collisions to reduce systematic uncertainties for the cosmic-ray interpretation.

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