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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 2026-present: Ernest Rutherford Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2026-present: Fellow, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
  • 2023-26: Fellow in Theoretical Physics, CERN
  • 2021-23: Postdoc in Physics Department, University of Zurich (UZH)
  • 2019-21: Postdoc in DAMTP, University of Cambridge

 

Education

  • 2016-19: PhD 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

My research uses progress in quantum field theory, for instance related to generalised symmetries and anomalies, to deliver new insights in physics Beyond the Standard Model and explore the phenomenological consequences. My overarching motivation is to understand the short-distance dynamics underlying the Standard Model, addressing in particular the origin of a light Higgs boson, the huge hierarchies between the different fermion masses, and the nature of dark matter.

 

Publications

Electroweak flavour unification
J Davighi, J Tooby-Smith
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2022)
2022,
193
Flatland: abelian extensions of the Standard Model with semi-simple completions
J Davighi, J Tooby-Smith
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2022)
2022,
159
Anomalies of non-Abelian finite groups via cobordism
J Davighi, B Gripaios, N Lohitsiri
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2022)
2022,
147
$M_W$ helps select $Z^\prime $ models for $b\rightarrow s \ell \ell $ anomalies
B Allanach, J Davighi
– Eur Phys J C Part Fields
(2022)
82,
745
Anomalies of non-Abelian finite groups via cobordism
J Davighi, B Gripaios, N Lohitsiri
(2022)
Flatland: abelian extensions of the Standard Model with semi-simple completions
J Davighi, J Tooby-Smith
(2022)
Gauge flavour unification: from the flavour puzzle to stable protons
J Davighi
(2022)
$M_W$ helps select $Z^\prime$ models for $b \rightarrow s \ell \ell$ anomalies
B Allanach, J Davighi
(2022)
Differential cohomology and topological actions in physics
J Davighi, B Gripaios, O Randal-Williams
– Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
(2022)
27,
2045
Natural selection rules: new positivity bounds for massive spinning particles
J Davighi, S Melville, T You
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2022)
2022,
167
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