Pranava Teja Surukuchi

Hello, My name is Pranava. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University of Pittsburgh. My research is in experimental particle physics with a focus on determining the properties of neutrinos –the least understood fundamental particles. I am particularly intereted in the most important unanswered questions in the Standard Model of Particles, what is the mass of neutrinos and how they obtain mass.

I work with researchers from throughout the world on experimental scientific collaborations to answer these incredibly hard questions. We are aiming to build the world’s most sensitive device to directly measure the mass of neutrinos on the Project 8 experiment. We are performing some of the world leading searches for neutrinoless double beta decay by using the CUORE and CUPID detectors.

I got my Ph.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago working on PROSPECT reactor neutrino experiment where I led the detector fabrication and subsequently its first search for sterile neutrinos. I then joined the Wright Laboratory at Yale University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.

I am currently looking for motivated graduate students and postdocs to work with me on these really cool experiments. contact me if you are interested to work with me or learn more about my work or neutrinos.