Department Directory — Chris Verhaaren

Chris Verhaaren

Chris Verhaaren
Chris Verhaaren
Assistant Professor

Spring 2026 Schedule

Title Time Days Room Building Link
Devotional 11 am Tu MC
Faculty Meeting (some weeks) 11 am Th N288 ESC

Research

Specialty: High Energy Theory; Particle Theory; Particle Phenomenology; Quantum Field Theory

Professional Bio

Bachelors (2009) and Masters (2010) in physics at BYU, research focused on black holes in higher dimensions.
PhD (2016) from the University of Maryland in elementary particle theory.
Worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, at Davis from 2016-2019 and at Irvine from 2019-2021.
My doctoral and postdoctoral research has focused on understanding the structure of Universe's most fundamental dynamics. I build models that address questions about the Universe and determine how these models can be tested experimentally.

Up to date links to much of my work is found on my HEPinspire page.