Rate My Professor Kasey Wagoner

Wagoner's research encompasses cosmology, with significant contributions to cosmic microwave background (CMB) studies through the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and Simons Observatory collaborations. He is a co-author on pivotal ACT Data Release 6 publications, including "The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Constraints on Extended Cosmological Models" (2025), which updates forecasts for primordial gravitational waves, neutrino masses, and inflation models; "The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Power Spectra, Likelihoods and ΛCDM Parameters" (2025); and "DR6 Maps" (2025). Earlier, he contributed to ACT DR4 power spectra analyses (2020). Wagoner maintains interests in tests of gravitational interactions from his graduate work. In physics education research, he investigates outreach programs, graduate physics education experiences, and strategies to broaden STEM participation. He has coordinated education and public outreach for the Simons Observatory and ACT, and communicates science through explanations of phenomena such as baseball curveballs, home runs, and figure skating jumps. Wagoner's multifaceted career bridges fundamental research, education, and inclusive program leadership, fostering the next generation of physicists.