Jure Zupan

Jure Zupan is a Professor of Physics at the University of Cincinnati, specializing in theoretical high-energy physics. He completed his Ph.D. in 2002 at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Professor Zupan was a postdoctoral fellow at several institutions: the Technion in Haifa, Israel (2002-2004), Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA (2004-2006), and CERN in Geneva, Switzerland (2007-2009). He is also the editor-in-chief of the popular science web portal and magazine Kvarkadabra (in Slovenian). In addition, he has co-authored four popular science books and is a contributor to a collective blog.

Research projects: Zupan’s research focuses on theoretical particle physics, with an emphasis on rare processes involving flavor-changing neutral currents. He also investigates the properties of dark matter through both direct and indirect detection, as well as collider physics, including Higgs physics. The main themes woven throughout his work are searches for physics beyond the Standard Model, the use of effective field theories, and the application of machine learning to these areas.