Walsworth Group

Daniel Ang

QTC Scientist

B.A. Mathematics, Music, Physics, Amherst College (2015)
Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University (2023)

 

Fun Fact: Daniel is an experienced cellist, pianist, and composer. One of his most formative musical experiences was directing and playing in the World Music Ensemble at Harvard University during his graduate school years.

  • Principles and Techniques for Agentic Research in Experimental Physics. Niko R. Reed, Declan M. Daly, Andrew J. Beling, Jordan D. Giandrea, Ronald L. Walsworth, John W. Blanchard, and Daniel Ang. arXiv:2610.17193 (2026). PDF
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  • Directional Dark Matter Detection and Beyond: Diamond as a Platform for Mineral Detectors. Daniel Ang, Chinmay Bharathulwar, Priyanshu Bhattacharya, Mason Camp, Anson Cook, Gavishta H. M. Liyanage, Maximilian Shen, Jiashen Tang, and Ronald L. Walsworth. In Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2026 Proceedings, pp. 38–43 (2026). PDF
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  • Direct Measurement of the Singlet Lifetime and Photoexcitation Behavior of the Boron Vacancy Center in Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Richard A. Escalante, Andrew J. Beling, Daniel G. Ang, Niko R. Reed, Justin J. Welter, John W. Blanchard, Cecilia Campos, Edwin Coronel, Klaus Krambrock, Alexandre S. Leal, Paras N. Prasad, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Advanced Optical Materials (2026). link PDF supplement
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  • Multi-scale reconstruction of single-ion damage tracks in diamond via nitrogen-vacancy centers. Daniel G. Ang, Jiashen Tang, Maximilian Shen, Michael Titze, Gavishta Liyanage, Jordan Chapman, Chinmay Bharathulwar, Andrew T. Gilpin, Tanguy Terlier, Edward S. Bielejec, Vsevolod Ivanov, and Ronald L. Walsworth. arXiv:2606.23621 (2026). PDF
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  • Progress Toward a Solid-State Directional Dark Matter Detector. Daniel Ang, Jiashen Tang, Maximilian Shen, Mason Camp, Andrew Gilpin, Gavishta Liyanage, and Ronald L. Walsworth. In Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2025 Proceedings, pp. 18–21 (2025). PDF
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  • Design of a quantum diamond microscope with efficient scanning confocal readout. Daniel G. Ang, Jiashen Tang, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Academia Quantum 2 (2025). link PDF
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  • Progress towards a solid-state directional dark matter detector. Daniel G. Ang, Xingxin Liu, Jiashen Tang, Maximilian Shen, Reza Ebadi, and Ronald L. Walsworth. In Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2024 Proceedings, pp. 18–21 (2024). PDF
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