Associate Professor of Physics
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Physics
- Associate Chair of the Department of Physics
Contact Information
- Office Location: Phy 265, Durham, NC 27712
- Email Address: michael.troxel@duke.edu
Education
- B.S. University of Oklahoma, 2008
- B.A. University of Oklahoma, 2008
- M.S. University of Texas, Dallas, 2011
- Ph.D. University of Texas, Dallas, 2014
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- DOE Early Career Award. Dept. of Energy. 2020
Courses Taught
- PHYSICS 791: Special Readings
- PHYSICS 761: Classical Mechanics
- PHYSICS 555: Introduction to Cosmology
- PHYSICS 495: Thesis Independent Study
- PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study
- PHYSICS 305: Introduction to Astrophysics
In the News
- Duke Alumna Selected To Be in the 24th NASA Astronaut Class (Sep 26, 2025 | Duk…
- Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Launches SPACE Initiative (Sep 2, 2025 | Tri…
- Building a Prototype of the Cosmos (Jul 8, 2024 | Duke Today)
- Duke Cosmic Explorers Are Mapping Space’s Invisible Secrets (Jun 20, 2024 | Pra…
- Taking a Larger View of the Universe (Oct 17, 2023 | Duke Today)
- Physicist Michael Troxel Listed by Popular Science as One of 10 'Most Innovativ…
- Looking in the Cosmos, Making Visible the Invisible (Jun 26, 2020 | Trinity Col…
Representative Publications
- Alarcon, A., L. Aldoroty, G. Beltz-Mohrmann, A. Bera, J. Blazek, J. Bogart, G. Braeunlich, et al. “OpenUniverse2024: A shared, simulated view of the sky for the next generation of cosmological surveys.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, October 23, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf1833.
- Guo, Z., B. Joshi, C. W. Walter, and M. A. Troxel. “Simulating Continuum-based Redshift Measurement in the Roman’s High Latitude Spectroscopic Survey.” Astronomical Journal 169, no. 6 (June 2, 2025). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/adcd6b.
- Thakore, B., M. Negro, M. Regis, S. Camera, D. Gruen, N. Fornengo, A. Roodman, et al. “High-significance detection of correlation between the unresolved gamma-ray background and the large-scale cosmic structure.” Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2025, no. 6 (June 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/06/037.
- OpenUniverse, The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration, The Roman HLIS Project Infrastructure Team, The Roman RAPID Project Infrastructure Team, The Roman Supernova Cosmology Project Infrastructure Team, A. Alarcon, L. Aldoroty, et al. “OpenUniverse2024: A shared, simulated view of the sky for the next generation of cosmological surveys,” January 9, 2025.
- Guo, Zhiyuan, Bhavin Joshi, Chris W. Walter, and M. A. Troxel. “Simulating continuum-based redshift measurement in the \textit{Roman's} High Latitude Spectroscopy Survey,” November 12, 2024.