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 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
- Aldoroty, L., D. Scolnic, A. Kannawadi, R. A. Knop, B. M. Rose, R. Hounsell, and M. A. Troxel. “Initial Characterization of Stellar Photometry of Roman Images from the OpenUniverse Simulations.” Astronomical Journal 171, no. 3 (March 2, 2026). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ae3714.
- Cao 曹, Kaili 开力, Christopher M. Hirata, Katherine Laliotis, Masaya Yamamoto, Emily Macbeth, and M. A. Troxel. “Simulating Image Coaddition with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. IV. Hyperparameter Optimization and Experimental Features.” The Astrophysical Journal 998, no. 2 (February 20, 2026): 304–304. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae3a97.
- Bechtol, K., I. Sevilla-Noarbe, A. Drlica-Wagner, B. Yanny, R. A. Gruendl, E. Sheldon, E. S. Rykoff, et al. “Dark Energy Survey Year 6 Results: Photometric Dataset for Cosmology.” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 282, no. 2 (February 1, 2026): 62–62. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ae18d3.
- Zacharegkas, G., C. Chang, J. Prat, W. G. Hartley, S. Mucesh, A. Alarcon, O. Alves, et al. “Constraining the Stellar-to-Halo Mass Relation with Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing from DES Year 3 Data.” Open Journal of Astrophysics 9 (January 1, 2026): 1–35. https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.155046.
- 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 544, no. 4 (December 1, 2025): 3799–3823. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf1833.