Ashlee works on developing methods for searching for dark matter and exotic physics using atomic phenomena.
Publications during PhD
- Ultralight Dark Matter Search with Space-Time Separated Atomic Clocks and Cavities, M. Filzinger, A. R. Caddell, D. Jani, M. Steinel, L. Giani, N. Huntemann, and B. M. Roberts, Physical Review Letters 134, 031001 (2025), [arXiv:2312.13723].
- The neutrino fog for dark matter-electron scattering experiments, B. Carew, A. R. Caddell, T. N. Maity, C. A. J. O’Hare, Phys. Rev. D 109, 083016 (2024), [arXiv:2312.04303].
- Accurate electron-recoil ionization factors for dark matter direct detection in xenon, krypton, and argon, A. R. Caddell, V. V. Flambaum, and B. M. Roberts, Phys. Rev. D 108, 083030 (2023), [arXiv:2305.05125].
Conferences/Workshops during PhD
- PPC2026 - International Conference on Particle Physics and Cosmology, UNSW, Sydney, 2026
- ICPEAC, International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions, Japan, 2025
- Quantum Year National Tour - Poster Session, QUT, Brisbane, 2025
- Pint of Science outreach talk, Atomic approaches to dethrone the hide-and-seek champion of the Universe, Brisbane, 2025
- AIP (Australian Institute of Physics) Congress (talk), Melbourne, 2024
- APS April Meeting (talk, virtual), Sacremento USA, 2024
- AIP (Australian Institute of Physics) Summer Meeting (talk), ANU, 2023
- 9th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology (poster), Kingsclif NSW, 2023
- ASA (Astronomical Society of Australia) ASM (poster), 2023
- Canberra International Physics Summer School, 2023
- AIP (Australian Institute of Physics) Congress (talk), Adelaide, 2022
- Dark Side of the Universe (talk), UNSW, 2022
- ASA (Astronomical Society of Australia) ASM (talk), 2022
- ACAMAR (Australia-China Consortium for Astrophysical Research) Meeting on Astroparticle Physics (talk), 2022
- DAMOP (poster, virtual), 2022
- AIP (Australian Institute of Physics) Summer Meeting (poster), QUT, 2021
Prizes/Awards
- Quantum Year National Tour poster prize runner-up, QUT, Brisbane, 2025
- Best Returning Physics Poster prize, UQ Mathematics and Physics poster day, 2022
- Interview for Spacetime (radio): Antimatter’s Cosmic Clue, Dark Matter Detection Breakthrough, Stuart Gary, 7 April 2025
- Interview with The Australian: Stemming the tide of gender bias, Sian Powell, 5 March 2025
- Cosmos (now ConnectSci) article: Atomic clocks and lasers could help find dark matter, Imma Perfetto, 9 February 2025
