Flip Tanedo spends his time thinking about dark matter.
He grew up in Los Angeles and fell in love with physics after reading The Physics of Star Trek. This carried into degrees in mathematics and physics at Stanford, Cambridge, Durham, and a Ph.D at Cornell. After a postdoc at UC Irvine, he is faculty at UC Riverside where he is known for being covered in chalk dust after a long day’s work.
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Flip is the first Filipino-American professor of particle physics. He runs a Physical Science book club (“Phy-Sci”) at his local independent book store. He enjoys swimming, basketball, and speculative fiction
Flip Tanedo is an assistant professor of theoretical physics at the University of California, Riverside. His research seeks to discover how dark matter fits into our fundamental understanding of nature.
- NSF CAREER Award, 2021 - 2026
- UCR Junior Excellence in Teaching Award, 2021
- Hellman Fellow, 2020 - 2021
- UCR Commitment to Graduate Diversity Award, 2000
- UCI Chancellor’s Advance Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014 - 2015
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship, 2010 - 2012
- NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2006 - 2011
- Marshall Scholarship, 2006 - 2008
Interests
- Dark matter
- Model building
- Particle astro/cosmo
- Equity in science
Education
Service: Open House Committee (chair) · Website Committee (chair) · Graduate Diversity Committee · Outreach Committee · Reviewer · Cientifico Latino Mentor · Phy Sci Book Club Moderator · POWUR faculty adviser · UCEAP Ad Hoc Summer Physics Review Committee · APS IDEA UCR lead · Snowmass TF1: CF Liaison ·
Research
I am a theoretical physicist specializing in particle physics. My main focus has been the search for an fundamental theory of dark matter: what is it, how did it get here, and how can experiments tell us about its dynamics?
Two aspects of this program are
- Model building: creating quantum field theories that can predict the properties of dark matter. I am especially interested in weakly-coupled descriptions of strong dynamics such as holographic (AdS/CFT-inspired) or composite models.
- Phenomenology: showing how the properties of dark matter can be discovered, excluded, or deduced experimentally. I have been most curious about the ways in which hypothetical dark force particles (dark sectors) inform our exploration of the invisible universe.
The puzzles and tools in particle physics spill beyond historical disciplines. These include exciting overlaps with rapidly growing fields like multimessenger astronomy, particle-cosmology, machine learning, and information.
Find more about my current work on Inspire
Recent Talks
Research Talks
Warped Dark Sectors
- ACP Rainbow of Dark Sectors, Mar 2021 (short, slides)
- KIAS HEP-PH Seminar, Nov 2020 (slides)
$e^+ e^-$ production of dark sectors
- AWLC 2020 talk, Oct 2020 (slides)
Neutron Star Capture of Dark Matter
- Brookhaven National Lab HEP Seminar, June 2021 (slides)
- Talk
Vector Self-Interacting Dark Matter
Talks for Students
Physics 39 talks (1st year physics majors at UCR)
Figuring It Out/The ñ In My Name
Reflections on non-physics challenges in a physics career; a case study on aspects of equity in physics. Geared toward undergraduates.P288: First-Year Grad Talk
Colloquia
What Ever Happened to the WIMP of Tomorrow?
- Cornell Physics Colloquium, Oct 2020 (slides)
- UCR Physics Colloquium, Oct 2019
- Aspen Center for Physics Colloquium, June 2019
- ASU Colloquium (student selected speaker), Apr 2019
- NIP Diliman (Philippines) Colloquium, May 2019
Public Talks
#PhysicsMeetup: Little Particles in a Big Universe
The Invisible Universe and You
- UCR Hellman Fellows Symposium, March 2021 (slides)
Attending to Diversity in the Classroom
- UCR Summer Physics Teacher Academy Meeting, Feb 2019 (slides)
Teaching
Team
Tanedo Group
I am one of the faculty in the UCR particle theory group. I also work with some of the theory faculty in the UCR astro group.
UCR undergraduates seeking mentoring in particle physics (e.g. through NMC or CL) may contact me.
* - co-advised, ◊ - postdoc, † - undergraduate, ‡ - high-school, § - visiting
Public
Press and Media
- UCR Magazine 11/21/2018
- Science Friday [SciFri Bio] 06/08/2018
- Interview with Space.com 05/30/18
- NOVA Wonders 04/04/18
- Panel Discussion at Harvey Mudd 04/30/2018
- Generation: First [pdf] UCR Magazine, Win. 2018 (Vol 13, No. 1)
- Science News, 2013
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