Fields of Interest
Biography
My research focuses on using collider experiments to explore beyond the Standard Model theories, addressing questions of dark matter and the matter-antimatter imbalance in the universe. I have a particular interest in theories predicting long-lived particle final states and advancing computing methodologies in particle physics.
I am actively involved in several projects:
ATLAS Experiment at CERN: As a member of the ATLAS collaboration at the LHC, I contribute to searches for long-lived particles decaying in the calorimeter, employing machine learning techniques to enhance detection capabilities.
IRIS-HEP: I am the deputy executive director of the Institute for Research and Innovation in Software for High Energy Physics (IRIS-HEP), an NSF-funded software institute developing cyberinfrastructure for data-intensive research at the HL-LHC. My focus is physics analysis software, infrastructure, and tools.
MATHUSLA Collaboration: MATHUSLA aims to detect ultra-long-lived particles that the main detectors at the LHC might miss.
I have been involved in various experiments, including DZERO and CDF at the Tevatron at Fermilab and the AMY experiment at KEK in Japan. I have led flavor tagging groups in ATLAS and DZERO and contributed to significant discoveries such as the top quark, single-top quark production, and Higgs boson searches.
I am dedicated to education and outreach, with extensive teaching experience in classrooms, labs, and tutorial settings.
I have contributed to the physics community through various service roles, including serving on the Executive Committee of the Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) of the American Physical Society (APS). I co-chaired the 800-person 2022 Snowmass Community Summer Study Workshop and have participated in organizing international conferences like the ACAT, CHEP and MODE workshop on differentiable programming series.