Ph.D. candidate in physics · University of Michigan

Ethan Todd

Physicist working on nuclear measurement at Michigan and Argonne. Fan of free and open-source software, homelabber, and birder.

I am a physics Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan, working in the Applied Nuclear Science Group and, since summer 2026, with the Low Energy Physics Group at Argonne National Laboratory.

Detector physics C++ · Nix 7 publications Ann Arbor, MI ORCID 0009-0003-5162-9044

01 · Research

Research

My dissertation research focuses primarily on two nuclear data measurements with next-generation applications: a 72Ge(n,γ)73mGe low energy gamma ray with implications for practical neutrino detection, and a 37Cl(α, n)40K cross section relevant for molten salt reactor neutronics.