Marius Kongsore

I am a theoretical particle physicist and Postdoctoral Scholar at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) in Santa Barbara. I work at the intersection of quantum field theory, particle phenomenology, astrophysics, and cosmology. My research uses ideas from symmetry, topology, and effective field theory to uncover new possibilities for physics beyond the Standard Model and to connect them to observable phenomena. I have worked on topics including dark matter searches, axions, generalized symmetries, instantons, magnetic monopoles, and the early universe. Broadly, I am interested in how the deep structure of quantum field theory constrains, organizes, and expands the space of possible new physics.