‘The Search for Dark Matter’ Lecture Coming to TAMIU Wednesday, Oct. 8

A world-renowned authority on particle physics will present a special lecture at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) this coming October free of charge and open to the public.

Dr. Timothy R. Andeen, associate professor of particle physics at the University of Texas at Austin, will present his free lecture “The Search for Dark Matter:  Collision Course – Particle Physics on the Energy Frontier” on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in the TAMIU Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall.  Overflow seating will be available in Student Center 236.

This special lecture is made possible through the generosity of Memo Benavides, longtime TAMIU partner and Laredo philanthropist.

Dr. Andeen said he’s looking forward to the opportunity to visit Laredo and lecture at TAMIU.

"I’m excited to visit Laredo and share the new surprises that researchers from Texas are uncovering looking at the smallest building blocks of the universe. This is a great time in particle physics as we're developing powerful particle colliders and detectors and finding ways to apply our discoveries to enhancing everyday lives," Andeen explained.

Andeen is an associate professor at UT-Austin’s College of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics.  He conducts experimental searches for new particles and interactions and investigates electroweak symmetry breaking through his research.

He received his B.A. degree in physics from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, and the Ph.D. degree in physics from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

Andeen’s research in experimental particle physics is focused on searching for exotic new particles using the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider, Geneva, Switzerland, while improving the sensitivity of the ATLAS detector through new instrumentation and radiation-hard, high-speed analog, and digital readout electronics.

He was a recipient of the CERN Fellowship in Geneva for the term 2008–2010, the Physics Department Chair’s Fellowship in 2019, the Visiting Scholar Award from the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, in 2018, and the Jean d’Alembert Visiting Chair at Université Paris-Saclay in 2024.

For more information, contact TAMIU’s Peter Davis, Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium director, at 956.326.2463.

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