Declan Daly

Graduate Student

Ph.D. Candidate Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2021-Present
B.S. Physics, Williams College, 2021

ddaly12@umd.edu

Fun Fact: Declan is a huge music nerd and even writes soundtracks for small films!

Publications

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
BibTeX
@article{Reed2026, sort_date = {2026-10-12}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, title = {Principles and Techniques for Agentic Research in Experimental Physics}, author = {Niko R. Reed and Declan M. Daly and Andrew J. Beling and Jordan D. Giandrea and Ronald L. Walsworth and John W. Blanchard and Daniel Ang}, journal = {arXiv:2610.17193}, year = {2026}, month = {October}, eprint = {2610.17193}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, primaryclass = {physics.comp-ph}, url_link = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17193}, url_pdf = {/files/2026/10/2610.17193.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, nmr-mri, ml-agentic} }

arXiv

Prospects for Ultralow-Mass Nuclear Magnetic Resonance using Spin Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Declan M. Daly, Niko R. Reed, Stephen J. DeVience, Zechuan Yin, Johannes Cremer, Andrew J. Beling, John W. Blanchard, and Ronald L. Walsworth. arXiv:2505.00383v1 (2025). PDF
BibTeX
@article{DALY2025, sort_date = {2025-05-01}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, title = {Prospects for Ultralow-Mass Nuclear Magnetic Resonance using Spin Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride}, author = {Declan M. Daly and Niko R. Reed and Stephen J. DeVience and Zechuan Yin and Johannes Cremer and Andrew J. Beling and John W. Blanchard and Ronald L. Walsworth}, journal = {arXiv:2505.00383v1}, year = {2025}, month = {5}, day = {1}, eprint = {2505.00383}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, primaryclass = {quant-ph}, url_link = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.00383}, url_pdf = {/files/2025/05/2505.00383v1.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, nmr-mri} }

arXiv
Machine learning for improved current-density reconstruction from two-dimensional vector magnetic images. Niko R. Reed, Danyal Bhutto, Matthew J. Turner, Declan M. Daly, Sean M. Oliver, Jiashen Tang, Kevin S. Olsson, Nicholas Langellier, Mark J.H. Ku, Matthew S. Rosen, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Appl. 23, 034035 (2025). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{REED2025, sort_date = {2025-03-17}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Machine learning for improved current-density reconstruction from two-dimensional vector magnetic images}, author = {Reed, Niko R. and Bhutto, Danyal and Turner, Matthew J. and Daly, Declan M. and Oliver, Sean M. and Tang, Jiashen and Olsson, Kevin S. and Langellier, Nicholas and Ku, Mark J.H. and Rosen, Matthew S. and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Appl.}, volume = {23}, issue = {3}, pages = {034035}, numpages = {16}, year = {2025}, month = {Mar}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevApplied.23.034035}, day = {17}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.23.034035}, url_pdf = {/files/2025/03/2025_Reed_PRApplied.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, ml-agentic}, eprint = {2407.14553}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Nutation-based longitudinal-sensing protocols for high-field NMR with nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. Declan Daly, Stephen J. DeVience, Emma Huckestein, John W. Blanchard, Johannes Cremer, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Appl. 22, 024043 (2024). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Daly2024, sort_date = {2024-08-14}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Nutation-based longitudinal-sensing protocols for high-field NMR with nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond}, author = {Daly, Declan and DeVience, Stephen J. and Huckestein, Emma and Blanchard, John W. and Cremer, Johannes and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Appl.}, volume = {22}, issue = {2}, pages = {024043}, numpages = {11}, year = {2024}, month = {Aug}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.024043}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.024043}, url_pdf = {/files/2024/08/PhysRevApplied.22.024043.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, nmr-mri}, eprint = {2310.08499}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Declan Daly

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