Ben McAllister

Ben completed Honours in Physics in 2014, supervised by Professor Michael Tobar. During his honours Ben commenced work on the ORGAN Experiment, which is a microwave cavity haloscope designed to detect high mass axion dark matter. The design and commissioning of ORGAN was been the subject of Ben's PhD which commenced in 2015, and concluded in 2019. Ben is now a Research Associate at the UWA node, working on axion dark matter detection, among other things.

Research Facilities: 
The Quantum Technologies and Dark Matter Laboratory

Major funding support

Australian Research Council

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present.