Zosia Krusberg

Zosia Krusberg is a theoretical particle physicist and cosmologist who earned her PhD from the University of Chicago studying dark matter phenomenology and early universe physics. She also holds a master's degree in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University, and her interdisciplinary work explores contemplative practices in physics education and the interface between mind and brain in physics problem solving.

• Deducing the nature of dark matter from direct and indirect detection experiments in the absence of collider signatures of new physics (2009) Paper
• Maverick dark matter at colliders (2010) Paper
• Classical Physics and Human Embodiment: The Role of Contemplative Practice in Integrating Formal Theory and Personal Experience in the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum (2018) Paper
• Contemplating Electromagnetic Phenomena in Lived Experience Through Somatic Meditation (2023) Paper
• Reflections of Cultural Wealth: Exploring Identity in Physics through Photo Elicitation (2025) Paper