Working on dark matter detection with the XENON Experiment.
Having spent over three years at the underground laboratory in Italy, Michael was instrumental in the development and operation of the XENON1T and XENONnT experiments. He is a specialist in noble gas purification, bringing a decade of experience from his work on XENON. He's an expert in using cryogenic distillation to remove radioactive krypton and radon from xenon. This process makes XENONnT incredibly pure, with radioactivity levels ten billion times lower than in the human body. Currently, Michael is also involved in the design and construction of a gaseous argon purification system, including a radon removal system, for the DarkSide-20k experiment. Michael's spirit animal is the perpetually perplexed Psyduck, and in his free time, he relentlessly pursues the art of the perfect espresso and is on a never-ending quest for the most satisfying mechanical keyboard.