Career

• 2019-present: Postdoctoral research associate in DAMTP, University of Cambridge
• 2016-19: PhD student in DAMTP, University of Cambridge
• 2015-16: Herchel-Smith Fellowship, Harvard University
• 2014-15: MSci in Physics, University of Cambridge
• 2011-14: BA in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge

Research

Joseph is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics in the High Energy Physics research group. He is currently interested in topological aspects of quantum field theories, with a focus on their applications in particle physics phenomenology. In addition, he has a wider research interest in Beyond the Standard Model physics, including the recent flavour anomalies measured by LHCb.

Public Engagement

In 2017, Joseph worked with musician Darren Bloom on his composition of "Five Brief Lessons on Physics", a piece for string quartet inspired by topics in theoretical physics. Bloom's composition, which was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, was premiered at the 2017 Cheltenham Music Festival and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. As part of the 2019 Cambridge Science Festival, Joseph co-presented the interactive lecture-recital event "Collision" alongside Bloom and the Piatti string quartet.

Selected Publications

• J. Davighi and N. Lohitsiri, “The algebra of anomaly interplay”, arXiv:2011.10102
• J. Davighi, B. Gripaios, and O. Randal-Williams, "Differential cohomology and topological physics actions", arXiv:2011.05768
• J. Davighi, M. McCullough, and J. Tooby-Smith, "Undulating Dark Matter", JHEP 11 (2020) 120, arXiv:2007.03662
• J. Davighi and N. Lohitsiri, "Anomaly interplay in U(2) gauge theories", JHEP 05 (2020) 098, arXiv:2001.07731
• J. Davighi, B. Gripaios, and N. Lohitsiri, "Global anomalies in the Standard Model(s) and Beyond", JHEP 07 (2020) 232, arXiv:1910.11277
• W. Altmannshofer, J. Davighi, and M. Nardecchia, "Gauging the accidental symmetries of the Standard Model, and implications for the flavour anomalies", Phys.Rev. D101 (2020) no.1, 015004, arXiv:1909.02021
• B. C. Allanach, J. Davighi, and S. Melville, "An Anomaly-free Atlas: charting the space of flavour-dependent gauged U(1) extensions of the Standard Model", JHEP 02 (2019) 082,  arXiv:1812.04602
• B. C. Allanach and J. Davighi, "Third Family Hypercharge Model for R_K(*) and Aspects of the Fermion Mass Problem", JHEP 12 (2018) 075, arXiv:1809.01158
• J. Davighi and B. Gripaios, "Topological terms in Composite Higgs Models", JHEP 11 (2018) 169, arXiv:1808.04154
• J. Davighi and B. Gripaios, "Homological classification of topological terms in sigma models on homogeneous spaces", JHEP 09 (2018) 155, arXiv:1803.07585

You can find a full list of publications here.