Adam Softley-brown
Research Fellow at The University of Sheffield
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAdam Softley-brown is an astroparticle physicist and research fellow at the University of Sheffield with nine years of experience leading R&D and data analysis for world-class liquid xenon dark matter experiments. He has played key roles across LZ, XLZD, XENON1T/XENONnT and related test platforms—combining hands-on detector commissioning, photomultiplier characterisation and single-phase TPC operation with sophisticated analysis of ultra-rare event data. His work spans hardware development (including commissioning the largest liquid xenon test platform in Freiburg) and software analysis tools that convert raw detector signals into physics-ready observables. Trained at Cambridge and Zurich, he has a track record of coordinating international teams and leading working groups that translate detector response models into search sensitivity. Not obviously, he has bridged experimental and teaching duties throughout his career, delivering undergraduate and postgraduate courses while advancing next-generation detector concepts. Based in Sheffield, he is now helping design XLZD, an 80-tonne xenon experiment aimed at pushing dark matter searches to unprecedented sensitivity.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of ZurichMaster of Natural Sciences (MSci), Physics, First class, Master of Natural Sciences (MSci), Physics, First class at University of CambridgeA-levels, Physics, maths, chemistry, A-levels, Physics, maths, chemistry at Alcester Grammar School
German, French
Github Skills (31)
qt10
matplotlib10
gtk10
data-science9
visualization9
python9
raw-data9
data-visualization9
modulation8
medium7
aerospike7
data-acquisition7
data-processing6
monitoring4
snmp4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
modexp/arduino
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 9 days
dokuphysicssensfirmwarephp
AG-Schumann/straxbra
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
Strax plugins for XeBRA
Contributions:1 review, 22 commits, 3 PRs in 1 month
minecraftpluginstrax
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