Associate Professor of Physics
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor 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 at Dallas, 2011
- Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas, 2014
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- DOE Early Career Award. Dept. of Energy. 2020
Courses Taught
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Bocquet, S., S. Grandis, L. E. Bleem, M. Klein, J. J. Mohr, T. Schrabback, T. M. C. Abbott, et al. “SPT clusters with des and HST weak lensing. II. Cosmological constraints from the abundance of massive halos.” Physical Review D 110, no. 8 (October 15, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.083510.
- Bocquet, S., S. Grandis, L. E. Bleem, M. Klein, J. J. Mohr, M. Aguena, A. Alarcon, et al. “SPT clusters with des and HST weak lensing. I. Cluster lensing and Bayesian population modeling of multiwavelength cluster datasets.” Physical Review D 110, no. 8 (October 15, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.083509.
- Bigwood, L., A. Amon, A. Schneider, J. Salcido, I. G. McCarthy, C. Preston, D. Sanchez, et al. “Weak lensing combined with the kinetic Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect: a study of baryonic feedback.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 534, no. 1 (October 1, 2024): 655–82. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2100.