Dr Shyam Balaji is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Physics, King's College London. He is an Australian theoretical physicist researching astroparticle physics and cosmology, and currently resides in London but is originally from Perth in the west coast (best coast) of Australia.

His research is focused around studying the physics of the early universe, identifying dark matter and using Earth and space-based experiments to look for new physics. Currently, he is postdoctoral research fellow at the Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group (TPPC) of King's College London. His position before this was from end of 2021 to 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory for Theoretical and High Energy Physics (LPTHE) of Sorbonne University with Professor Joseph Silk. He received his Ph.D. in particle physics from the University of Sydney in 2021.

Outside of scientific topics, he is an avid proponent for direct action approaches to poverty reduction and educational support/mentorship for vulnerable communities. If you're interested in contacting him to find out more about his work, collaboration, mentorship or just want to get in touch, feel free to email him.

Research Interest

Dr Balaji's interests are focused on finding and testing solutions for unanswered fundamental questions about the nature of our universe. This can be broadly categorised as research on:

• beyond the Standard Model theories and phenomenology
• early universe physics
• gravitational waves
• dark matter
• large scale structure formation
• cosmic rays

Publication 

Inspirehep

Webpage

Shyam Balaji