Curriculum Vitae
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Daniel T. Larson
Research Scientist
Harvard University
17 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: dtlarson@g.harvard.edu
Web: https://dtlarson.scholars.harvard.edu
(a) Education & Training
| Institution | Location | Field | Degree / Year |
|---|---|---|---|
University of California | Berkeley, CA | Physics | Ph.D., 2005 |
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Physics and Mathematics | B.A. magna cum laude, 1998 |
(b) Research & Professional Experience
| Years | Position |
|---|---|
2024 – present | Research Scientist, Physics Department, Harvard University |
2019 – 2024 | Research Associate, Physics Department, Harvard University |
2016 – 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics Department, Harvard University |
2007 – 2016 | Full-time caregiver for 3 children |
2006 – 2007 | Preceptor, Chemistry and Physics Departments, Harvard University |
2006 | Lecturer, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University |
2005 | Curriculum Development, Harvard University Academic Programs |
2005 | Teaching Fellow, Physics and Mathematics Departments, Harvard University |
(c) Undergraduate Research Supervision
| Period | Student / Institution / Notes |
|---|---|
Jun 2024 – Jun 2025 | Abduhla Ali (Cooper Union, AEOP summer internship, master’s thesis) |
Jun 2024 – May 2025 | Tuong Phung (MIT, AEOP summer internship, continued research) |
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 | Judy Liu (Stanford, AEOP summer internship) |
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 | Husam Adam (Tufts, AEOP summer internship) |
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 | Constantin Cedillo (Caltech, summer research) |
Dec 2023 – Aug 2024 | Jerry Zhang ’27 (summer research, research course) |
Dec 2022 – Jan 2024 | Lucy Nathwani ’26 (summer research, research course) — Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics Poster, Jan 2024 |
Nov 2022 – Sep 2023 | Johnny Miri ’26 (summer research) |
May 2022 – present | Circe Hsu (CIQM REU, Northeastern) — NeurIPS Workshop: Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences paper (2024); APS March Meeting Talk (2023); Association for Women in Mathematics Poster (2023) |
Jun 2021 – May 2022 | Aidan Carey ’22 (research course) |
May 2021 – Aug 2022 | Edward Koh ’24 |
Mar 2021 – Jan 2022 | Madison Shirazi ’23 |
Feb 2021 – Dec 2021 | John Chen ’23 |
Feb 2021 – Nov 2021 | Emin Berker ’22 (research course) |
Jan 2020 – Jun 2023 | Jonathan Lu ’23 — Lu et al., Phys. Rev. B 106, 144305 (2022) |
Aug 2018 – Sep 2020 | Zheyu Lu (USTC, China) — Lu et al., Phys. Rev. B 102, 125424 (2020) |
Last updated: Nov 24, 2025