Maximiliano Silva-Feaver

I’m a Mossman Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, working at the intersection of particle physics and cosmology. I build and study ultra-sensitive instruments designed to detect faint signals from dark matter and the early universe.

My research has two main threads:

• Axion dark matter detection (HAYSTAC, ALPHA): resonant RF detectors, and quantum-limited / quantum-enhanced readout
• CMB instrumentation & analysis (Simons Observatory): readout performance, time-ordered preprocessing, noise modeling, and inflationary B-mode searches

I got into this field because I love turning big physics questions into real hardware and measurement—creative, hands-on science that’s as much about invention as it is about equations.

→ If you’d like to know a little bit more about me and my journey as a physicist, see About: /about/
→ For the science, see Research: /research/ and Projects: /projects/
→ For talks/videos, see Talks & Videos: /talks/