Barkotel Zemenu

Barkotel Zemenu, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is pursuing a PhD in physics at Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Yale University with a major in intensive physics. His research experience across three continents spans particle physics, quantum gravity, and observational astronomy. At Stanford, he plans to leverage this expansive background to investigate fundamental questions in cosmology, with a focus on the elusive neutrinos and the hidden dark sector. As an undergraduate, Barkotel was selected to join the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physics, named Top Oral Presenter at the annual international conference hosted by the American Physical Society, and awarded multiple national scholarships by the American Institute of Physics. At Yale, he enjoyed being a physics tutor and studying numerous foreign languages.