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Michael A. Troxel

Associate Professor of Physics
Physics
Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708
Phy 265, Durham, NC 27712

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Physics · 2023 - Present Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Chair of the Department of Physics · 2025 - Present Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published September 26, 2025
Duke Alumna Selected To Be in the 24th NASA Astronaut Class
Published September 2, 2025
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Launches SPACE Initiative
Published July 8, 2024
Building a Prototype of the Cosmos

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Recent Publications


OpenUniverse2024: A shared, simulated view of the sky for the next generation of cosmological surveys

Journal Article Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · December 1, 2025 The OpenUniverse2024 simulation suite is a cross-collaboration effort to produce matched simulated imaging for multiple surveys as they would observe a common simulated sky. Both the simulated data and associated tools used to produce it are intended to un ... Full text Cite

Simulating Continuum-based Redshift Measurement in the Roman’s High Latitude Spectroscopic Survey

Journal Article Astronomical Journal · June 2, 2025 We investigate the capability of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s (Roman) Wide-Field Instrument G150 slitless grism to detect red, quiescent galaxies based on the current reference survey. We simulate dispersed images for Roman reference High-Latitu ... Full text Cite

High-significance detection of correlation between the unresolved gamma-ray background and the large-scale cosmic structure

Journal Article Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · June 1, 2025 Our understanding of the γ-ray sky has improved dramatically in the past decade, however, the unresolved γ-ray background (UGRB) still has a potential wealth of information about the faintest γ-ray sources pervading the Universe. Statistical cross-correlat ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Research in High Energy Physics at Duke University

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2013 - 2028

Building Pipelines for Pixel-Level Measurement and Analysis with Rubin Observatory LSST Data to Enhance Roman Science

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2025 - 2027

Update GalSim Image Simulation Configuration Handling

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 2020 - 2026

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Texas, Dallas · 2014 Ph.D.
University of Texas, Dallas · 2011 M.S.
University of Oklahoma · 2008 B.A.
University of Oklahoma · 2008 B.S.