About

Jesse Liu


CV

I am an incoming Assistant Professor of Physics at New York University arriving in Spring 2025. As part of the NYU Experimental Particle Physics group, I collaborate with scientists internationally on the ATLAS Experiment at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

My research currently focuses on using photon collisions in ATLAS for measuring the tau-lepton magnetic moment to probe new physics, and constructing the new Inner Tracker (ITk) strips detector, which I am building my group around. In the past, I explored dark matter searches at the Large Hadron Collider and small-scale axion experiments.

Originally from London, UK, I completed my BA at the University of Oxford, MSc at the Perimeter Institute and University of Waterloo, before returning to Oxford with a two-year stay at CERN for my PhD. I then undertook postdoctoral research as a Grainger Fellow at the University of Chicago, and Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

I am the first in my family to study at university. I am invested in mentoring, especially those from similar backgrounds, to help navigate the well-documented challenges faced by this community and foster belonging, while attracting newcomers to science via outreach. I have grapheme–colour synaesthesia.

Bio

New York University, USA. Assistant Professor of Physics. 2025 –

University of Cambridge, UK. Trinity College Junior Research Fellow. 2021 – 2024
University of Chicago, USA. Grainger Postdoctoral Fellow. 2019 – 2021

University of Oxford, UK. DPhil Particle Physics. 2015 – 2019
CERN, Switzerland. Long Term Attachment. 2016 – 2018

Perimeter Institute, Canada. Perimeter Scholars International. 2014 – 2015
University of Waterloo, Canada. MSc Physics. 2014 – 2015

University of Oxford, UK. BA Physics. 2011 – 2014

Synaesthesia

Grapheme-colour synaesthesiaThis shows roughly the colour I perceive for each letter or number due to grapheme-colour synaesthesia.