Kayla DeHolton

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Kayla DeHolton

Dr. Kayla DeHolton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi.

Research Interests

Dr. DeHolton is an experimental particle physicist. Her research is primarily focused on atmospheric neutrino oscillations using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the South Pole.

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Biography

Dr. Kayla DeHolton received her BS in 2017 from the University of Texas at Austin, and her PhD in 2022 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was a postdoctoral researcher at Penn State University from 2022-2026. She joined the faculty at the University of Mississippi in 2026.

Education

Ph.D. , University of Wisconsin-Madison (2022)

M.A. , University of Wisconsin-Madison (2019)

B.S. , The University of Texas at Austin (2017)