Salemi group (Berkeley Physics and LBNL)
Axion dark matter group in the Department of Physics at UC Berkeley and the LBNL Physics Division, led by Chiara Salemi (since January 2025). Builds superconducting quantum sensors and lumped-element axion searches (DMRadio, ABRACADABRA), works on BREAD, and develops SQUAT sensors. Part of the Berkeley Axion Works, working closely with the van Bibber group and LBNL’s superconducting magnet group.
Group website · Based at UC Berkeley
Current members
- Chiara Salemi: PI
- Erin Engelhardt: Postdoc
- Ryan Gibbons: Postdoc
- Alain Fauquex: Graduate student
- Penelope Quassolo: Graduate student
- Shreya Puranam: Graduate student
- Aarav Sindhwad: Post-bacc
Also listed on the group website (no INSPIRE publications, so no note):
- Emily Perry: Postdoc
- Celeste Virador: Graduate student
- Drew Gibson: Graduate student
- Holden Kowitt: Undergraduate
- Rayana Yasin: Undergraduate
- Brennan Coffey: Undergraduate
- Tabitha Esposito: Undergraduate
- Anish Gupta: Post-bacc
Alumni
- Tonya Peshel: Undergraduate → SLAC post-bacc (2025)
Roster source: https://physics.berkeley.edu/research-faculty/salemi-group, retrieved 2026-10-16.