Rebecca K. Leane

New Physics Searches with the Sun

Dark Interactions in Neutron Stars

Detecting Dark Matter in Exoplanets

Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess


Fermilab Seminar (2019), USA, Photo by Dan Hooper




Munich Area Physics Colloquium (2022), Germany, Photo by TU Munich




TeVPA 2022 Plenary Talk, Canada, Photo by Aaron Vincent



(Declined invitations are not listed below.)

Lectures


3.  

Dark Matter in Astrophysics I

Dark Matter in Astrophysics II

Invited Lecturer, N3AS Summer School on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics, Santa Cruz. July 2024

2.  

Dark Matter Theory I

Dark Matter Theory II

Invited Lecturer, SLAC Summer Institute (SSI). August 2022

1.  

Dark Matter Model Building

Guest Lecture, MIT graduate course "8.811: Particle Physics II". December 2017
Blackboard notes, 120 mins


Invited Plenary/Overview Talks and Colloquia


112.   New Ideas for Indirect Detection of Dark Matter
Invited Plenary Talk,
APS April Meeting, Sacramento CA, USA. April 2024


111.   Astrophysical Searches for Dark Matter
Invited Colloquium,
Texas A&M University, College Station TX, USA. November 2023


110.   Astrophysical Searches for Dark Matter
Invited Colloquium,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV, USA. September 2023


109.   Astrophysical Searches for Beyond the Standard Model Physics
Invited Plenary Talk,
Pheno 2023, Pittsburgh PA, USA. May 2023


108.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Colloquium,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. January 2023


107.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Plenary Talk,
TeVPA 2022, Kingston ON, Canada. August 2022


106.   Gamma-Ray Searches for Dark Matter
Invited Plenary Talk,
Identification of Dark Matter (IDM) 2022, Vienna, Austria. July 2022


105.   Snowmass Cosmic Frontier: Indirect Searches for Dark Matter
Invited Colloquium,
Snowmass Cosmic Frontier Colloquium Series, Online. June 2022


104.   Overview of Indirect Detection Searches for Dark Matter
Invited Overview Talk,
HEP/Astro Results Forum, Online. May 2022


103.   Status of the Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess
Invited Colloquium,
Munich Area Physics Meeting, Munich, Germany. May 2022


102.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Colloquium,
SLAC, Menlo Park CA, USA. February 2022


101.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Colloquium,
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. December 2021


100.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Colloquium,
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. October 2021


99.   Overview of Indirect Searches for Dark Matter
Invited Plenary Talk,
Dark Matter 2021, Santander, Spain. September 2021


98.   Detecting Dark Matter in Stars and Planets
Invited Colloquium,
North Carolina State University, Rayleigh NC, USA, September 2021


97.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Plenary Talk,
EXPLORE workshop, Germany. August 2021


96.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Plenary Talk,
Planck 2021, Durham, UK. June 2021


95.   Detecting Dark Matter in Planets
Invited Colloquium,
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. May 2021


94.   Dark Matter in Stars and Planets
Invited Colloquium,
University of Chicago KICP, Chicago IL, USA. May 2021


93.   Exoplanets as Dark Matter Detectors
Invited Colloquium,
SUNY Albany, Albany NY, USA. March 2021


92.   A Puzzle at the Galactic Center
Invited Colloquium,
Northeastern University, Boston MA, USA. February 2021


91.   Exoplanets as Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detectors
Invited Plenary Talk,
Light Dark World 2020, Sydney, Australia (remote). December 2020


90.   Status of the Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess
Invited Plenary Talk,
Identification of Dark Matter (IDM) 2020, Vienna, Austria (remote). July 2020


89.   Indirect Detection of Dark Matter in the Galaxy
Invited Plenary Talk,
3rd World Summit on Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe, Guadeloupe (remote). March 2020


88.   A Story of the Galactic Center Excess
Invited Colloquium,
MIT, LNS, Cambridge MA, USA. February 2020


87.   Interplay of Collider and Indirect Searches for Dark Matter
Invited Plenary Talk,
DM@LHC 2019, Seattle WA, USA. August 2019


86.   A Tour of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter
Invited Colloquium,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia. December 2018


85.   Dark Matter Theory and New Searches
Invited Overview Talk,
CAASTRO-CoEPP Joint Workshop, Melbourne VIC, Australia. January 2017


84.   Impact of Mass Generation for Simplified Dark Matter Models
Invited Plenary Talk,
ATLAS Astroparticle Forum Plenary Meeting, CERN Geneva. November 2016




Seminars and Other Conference Talks:


83.   Detecting a Dark Matter Population Inside the Earth
Invited Seminar,
Latin-American Webinars in Physics, Online. November 2023


82.   Upcoming
Invited Seminar,
University of Oregon, Eugene OR. October 2023


81.   Systematics for Non-Poissonian Template Fitting
Invited Talk,
Galactic Center Excess Workshop, Rutgers NY, USA. June 2023


80.   Gamma-Ray Searches for Dark Matter with Astrophysical Objects
Invited Talk,
Future Gamma Telescope Workshop, Chicago IL, USA. May 2023


79.   Upcoming
Invited Talk,
Invited Symposium Speaker, APS April Conference, Minnesota, USA. April 2023


78.   Indirect Detection of Dark Matter
Invited Talk,
Aspen Winter Conference, Aspen CO, USA. March 2023


77.   Evaporation Barrier for Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Talk,
Invited Talk, Stony Brook Simons Workshop, Stony Brook NY, USA. March 2023


76.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
McGill University, Québec, Canada. November 2022


75.   Floating Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
Fermilab, Batavia IL. October 2022


74.   Floating Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT, USA. September 2022


73.   Floating Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
University of Hawaii, Manoa HI, USA. May 2022


72.   Floating Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA. April 2022


71.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, USA. March 2022


70.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
Kings College London, London UK. March 2022


69.   Gamma-Ray Searches for Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Talk,
Bay Area Theoretical Physics Meeting, San Francisco CA, USA. March 2022


68.   Gamma-Ray Searches for Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Talk,
FISICA 2022, Mainz, Germany. March 2022


67.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ, USA. December 2021


66.   Detecting Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Seminar,
Colgate U., Hamilton NY, USA. November 2021


65.   Gamma-Ray Searches for Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Invited Parallel Talk,
PANIC 2021, Lisbon, Portugal (remote). September 2021


64.   Detecting Dark Matter in Planets
Invited Seminar,
Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany (remote). July 2021


63.   Detecting Dark Matter in Planets
Invited Seminar,
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (remote). June 2021


62.   Dark Matter in Stars and Planets
Invited Seminar,
Imperial College London, London UK (remote). April 2021


61.   Latest Developments for the Galactic Center Excess
Invited Seminar,
University of Torino, Torino, Italy (remote). April 2021


60.   Exoplanets as Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detectors
Invited Talk,
Aspen Center for Physics Winter Conf., Aspen CO, USA (remote). March 2021


59.   Dark Matter in Stars and Planets
Invited Seminar,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN, USA (remote). March 2021


58.   Dark Matter in Stars and Planets
Invited Seminar,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven NY, USA (remote). February 2021


57.   Dark Matter in Stars and Planets
Invited Seminar,
Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada (remote). February 2021


56.   A Story of the Galactic Center Excess
Invited Seminar,
SITP, Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA (remote). December 2020


55.   Exoplanets as Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detectors
Invited Seminar,
Caltech, Pasadena CA, USA (remote). December 2020


54.   Exoplanets as New Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detectors
Invited Talk,
3rd South American DM Workshop, Brazil (remote). December 2020


53.   Exoplanets as New Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detectors
Invited Seminar,
UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA, USA (remote). November 2020


52.   Detecting Dark Matter in Exoplanets
Invited Seminar,
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park CA, USA (remote). November 2020


51.   Hidden Sectors
Invited Talk,
CF-01 Snowmass Meeting (remote). August 2020


50.   A Story of the Galactic Center Excess
Invited Seminar,
University of Sydney, Sydney Australia (remote). August 2020


49.   A Story of the Galactic Center Excess
Invited Seminar,
Kavli IPMU, Tokyo, Japan (remote). May 2020


48.   Cooking Pasta with Dark Matter
Parallel Talk,
Pheno 2020, Pittsburgh PA, USA (remote). May 2020


47.   (Talk postponed due to COVID-19)
Invited Talk,
LCTP Symposium: Astrophysical Signatures of DM, Ann Arbor MI, USA. May 2020


46.   (Talk postponed due to COVID-19)
Invited Talk,
Aspen Winter Conference on Particle Physics, Aspen CO, USA. March 2020


45.   A Story of the Galactic Center Excess
Invited Seminar,
U. Mass Amherst, Amherst MA, USA. February 2020


44.   A Story of the Galactic Center Excess
Invited Seminar,
Tufts University, Medford MA, USA. February 2020


43.   The Hunt for Dark Matter: Hints and New Searches
Invited Seminar,
Boston University, Boston MA, USA. November 2019


42.   The Hunt for Dark Matter: Hints and New Searches
Invited Seminar,
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park CA, USA. October 2019


41.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Seminar,
Texas A&M University, College Station TX, USA. October 2019


40.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Seminar,
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, Cambridge MA, USA. September 2019


39.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Seminar,
Perimeter Institute, Waterloo ON, Canada. June 2019


38.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Talk,
Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen CO, USA. June 2019


37.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Seminar,
University of Chicago/KICP, Chicago IL, USA. April 2019


36.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Seminar,
Brown University, Providence RI, USA. April 2019


35.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Seminar,
Fermilab, Batavia IL, USA. March 2019


34.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Seminar,
Brandeis University, Boston MA, USA. March 2019


33.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Seminar,
Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USA. February 2019


32.   Dark Matter Strikes Back at the Galactic Center
Invited Talk,
TRIUMF Dark Matter Workshop, Vancover BC, Canada. February 2019


31.   Tricking Non-Poissonian Template Fitting: Dark Matter Hiding at the Galactic Center?
Parallel Talk,
DESY Theory Workshop, Hamburg, Germany. September 2018


30.   Tricking Non-Poissonian Template Fitting: Dark Matter Hiding at the Galactic Center?
Seminar,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia. September 2018


29.   Point Sources at the Galactic Center
Parallel Talk,
IDM 2018, Providence RI, USA. July 2018


28.   GeV-Scale Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead
Parallel Talk,
IDM 2018, Providence RI, USA. July 2018


27.   GeV-Scale Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead
Parallel (Invited) Talk,
PASCOS 2018, Cleveland OH, USA. June 2018


26.   GeV-Mass Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead
Parallel Talk,
Pheno 2018, Pittsburgh PA, USA. May 2018


25.   GeV-Mass Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead
Invited Seminar,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA, USA. April 2018


24.   GeV-Mass Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead
Invited Seminar,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA, USA. April 2018


23.   GeV-Mass Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead
Invited Seminar,
Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Ann Arbor MI, USA. April 2018


22.   GeV-Mass Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead
Invited Seminar,
Dartmouth University, Hanover NH, USA. April 2018


21.   GeV-Mass Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead
Invited Seminar,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia. January 2018


20.   Novel Signatures of Dark Matter in the Sky
Invited Seminar,
MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, Cambridge MA, USA. September 2017


19.   Phenomenology of Particle Dark Matter
PhD Completion Seminar,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia. March 2017


18.   Novel Signatures of Dark Matter in the Sky
Invited Seminar,
TRIUMF, Vancouver BC, Canada (remote). December 2016


17.   Unitarity and Gauge Invariance in Dark Matter Models
Invited Talk,
CETUP Dark Matter Workshop, Deadwood SD, USA. July 2016


16.   Dark Forces in the Sky: Signals from Z' and the Dark Higgs
Invited Seminar,
CCAPP, Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA. June 2016


15.   Unitarity and Gauge Invariance in Dark Matter Models
Invited Seminar,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH, USA. May 2016


14.   Dark Forces in the Sky: Signals from Z' and the Dark Higgs
Invited Seminar,
UC Riverside, Riverside CA, USA. May 2016


13.   Dark Forces in the Sky: Signals from Z' and the Dark Higgs
Invited Seminar,
UC Irvine, Irvine CA, USA. May 2016


12.   Dark Forces in the Sky: Signals from Z' and the Dark Higgs
Parallel Talk,
Pheno 2016 Symposium, Pittsburgh PA, USA. May 2016


11.   Dark Forces in the Sky: Signals from Z' and the Dark Higgs
Invited Seminar,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia. April 2016


10.   Dark Matter at the LHC
Invited Seminar,
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park CA, USA. October 2015


9.   Dark Matter at the LHC
Invited Seminar,
CCAPP, Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA. September 2015


8.   Dark Matter at the LHC
Invited Seminar,
Fermilab, Batavia IL, USA. September 2015


7.   Dark Matter at the LHC
Invited Seminar,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, USA. September 2015


6.   Dark Matter at the LHC: EFTs and Gauge Invariance
Parallel Talk,
SUSY2015, Lake Tahoe CA, USA. August 2015


5.   Dark Matter at the LHC: EFTs, Gauge Invariance and the Mono-W
Invited Seminar,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia. August 2015


4.   Dark Matter at the LHC: EFTs and Gauge Invariance
Geoff Opat Seminar Series,
University of Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia. April 2015


3.   Leptophilic Dark Matter with Z' Interactions
Parallel Talk,
CoSPA2014, Auckland, New Zealand. December 2014


2.   Leptophilic Dark Matter with Z' Interactions
Contributed Talk,
RESCEU APCosPA Summer School, Matsumoto, Japan. July 2014


1.   Dark Matter and the Universe
Invited Talk,
University of Cambridge, UK. June 2013



Staff Scientist in the Particle Theory Group at SLAC.


Senior Member, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford.


SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Stanford University
2575 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA



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