Mohammadreza "Zaki" Zakeri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
- M.S., University of California, Riverside
- B.S., Sharif University of Technology
Research & Academic Interests
- Particle physics
- Astroparticle physics
- Nuclear astrophysics
- Compact objects
Publications
- Insights from Binary Pulsars and Laboratories into Baryon Number Violation: Implications for GeV Dark Matter R. Allahverdi, A. Thompson, M. Zakeri. Accepted by Physical Review D. arXiv: 2409.08178
- Does the Sun have a Dark Disk? A. Gustavo, S. Gardner, P. Machado, M. Zakeri. Submitted to Physical Review D. arXiv: 2406.03607
- Probing Dark Sectors with Neutron Stars S. Gardner, M. Zakeri. Universe, 2024, 10, 67. arXiv: 2311.13649
- Pulsar Timing Anomalies: A Window into Baryon Number Violation M. Zakeri. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2024, JCAP05(2024)052. arXiv: 2311.05586
- How Macroscopic Limits on Neutron Star Baryon Loss Yield Microscopic Limits on Non-Standard-Model Baryon Decay J. M. Berryman, S. Gardner, M. Zakeri. Physical Review D, 109, 023021. arXiv: 2305.13377
- Neutron Stars with Baryon Number Violation, Probing Dark Sectors J. M. Berryman, S. Gardner, M. Zakeri. Symmetry, 2022, 14, 518. arXiv: 2201.02637
Associations, Affiliations & Work History
- American Physical Society (APS)
Awards & Accolades
- Symmetry Best Paper Award, 2022 – "Neutron Stars with Baryon Number Violation, Probing Dark Sectors"
- CAS President’s International Fellowship (PIFI), 2019 – "Dark Matter: Origin and Probes"
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UCR, 2017
