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Matthew Szydagis

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👤 Person🔬 Scientist🇺🇸 USSince 2021🔗 Visit Website
Methodology
9/10
Transparency
8/10
Institutional
9/10
Peer Review
9/10
Track Record
6/10
Fact vs. Spec.
9/10
Self-Correction
9/10

The CRED-7 framework evaluates sources across seven criteria: Methodology (20%), Transparency (20%), Institutional Affiliation (15%), Peer Review (15%), Track Record (10%), Fact/Speculation (10%), and Self-Correction (10%).

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Description

Overview
Associate Professor of Physics at the University at Albany (SUNY). Specialist in particle physics (dark matter, neutrino detection via LUX-ZEPLIN). Co-founder of UAPx, the scientific UAP field research project.

UAP Research
Co-author of the first peer-reviewed paper with instrumental UAP field research data (Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2025). Designs sensor protocols for UAPx expeditions. Brings experimental particle physics methodology to UAP field research.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Unique combination of particle physics expertise and practical field research. Peer-review publication in an A-journal. However: UAP work is a side project alongside main research (dark matter). Limited expedition frequency.

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Timeline

Matthew Szydagis is an American physicist and Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany (SUNY). His university profile links him to the LZ Dark Matter Experiment, the Noble Element Simulation Technique (NEST), and the Dark Matter Research Group. In the 2026 UAP Science Advisory Council described by Avi Loeb, Szydagis is named for expertise in instrumentation and data collection.

Organizations (1)

🏛️University at Albany (SUNY)Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Focus Areas

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Connected Timeline Events (3)

2026U.S. government establishes UAP Governance Board
2025Albany: UAPx receives major endowment gift
2022USA: UAPx briefs House Armed Services Subcommittee