Erin V Hansen, Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Berkeley

Hi there! I’m Erin, and I am a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. My research focuses on neutrinoless double beta decay, specifically for the CUORE and CUPID collaborations.

Research

I’ve worked in neutrino physics since 2009, and specifically on neutrinoless double beta decay since 2013 on the nEXO, CUORE, and CUPID collaborations. I also lead the development of the Demonstrator Experiment with Multiplexed Event Topology and Energy Readout (DEMETER), which is developing multiplexed readout of superconducting sensor for next-to-next generation rare event searches.

Photograph of Erin giving a talk at a conference. She stands to the left and looks towards the slides projected on a white screen on the right. She uses a laser to point out details on a slide labeled 'nEXO Technology Improvements' which is hard to read but has an image of the nEXO detector in the cryopit at SNO lab

Instruction

I most recently taught UC Berkeley Physics 105 (Analytic Mechanics) over the Summer 2023 term. I’m also trained in advanced educational pedagogies, with a graduate minor in Undergraduate STEM Education and an Associate Certificate from CIRTL.

Community Engagement

I currently sit on the UC Berkeley Physics APS-IDEA Team / DEI Committee, and I regularly volunteer with outreach efforts including the LBNL SAGE Summer Camp. I also co-authored white papers for the Snowmass Planning Process which covered the Climate of the Field and Particle Physics Education.

Outside of the Office

Outside of research and teaching, I find my happy place rolling d20s in our regular D&D campaigns (I just finished DM’ing Curse of Strahd and started up a new homebrew campaign, and am playing a goliath forge cleric in IceWind Dale) and playing video games. I’m very into Baldur’s Gate III and Starfield at the moment. I also spoil my very fluffy cat!

Slanted view of a Dungeons and Dragons map, with several miniatures (including a dwarf, a dragonborn, a bear, and a rogue half-elf) surrounding a paper cutout of a blue dragon. A chunky furry grey and blue cat looks to the left with his tongue sticking out. Behind him is a patio with brown slats, which show green trees in the background.

Contact Me!

You can reach me at evhansen (at) berkeley (dot) edu.