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Permanent Staff
Prof. Dr. Didar Dobur
CMS, SHiP
Prof. Dr. Archisman Ghosh
GW
Prof. Dr. Juliana Stachurska
IceCube, RNO-G, Project 8
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2020-2024: Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
2020: PhD (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
Dr. Kirill Skovpen
CMS, SHiP
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2019-now: postdoctoral researcher at University of Ghent (CMS)
2016-2019: FWO Post-doctoral researcher at VUB, Brussel
2013-2016: CNRS Post-doctoral researcher at IPHC, Strasbourg
2007-2012: PhD student at Novosibirsk BINP (thesis title: "Поиск WR-бозона и тяжелого нейтрино на детекторе ATLAS" [Search for WR-boson and heavy neutrino with the ATLAS detector])
Guest professors
Prof. Dr. Michael Tytgat
CMS, CALICE, RD51
Prof. Dr. Filip Moortgat
CMS
Research Staff
Dr. Daniela Pascucci
GW
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2021-present: postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (LIGO-Virgo)
2018-2021: postdoctoral researcher at Nikhef
2014-2018: PhD student at University of Glasgow (thesis title: "On optics surface imperfections and their effects on the sensitivity of speed meters”)
Dr. Joscha Knolle
CMS
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2021-present: postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (CMS)
2016-2020: PhD student at DESY (thesis title: "Measuring luminosity and the ttZ production cross section with the CMS experiment”)
Dr. Gul Gökbulut
CMS
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2022-present: postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (CMS)
2015-2022: Lecturer - Çukurova University
2007-2014: PhD Student at Çukurova University (thesis title: "Momentum Scale Calibration Of Muon Tracks Using The Muon Pairs From J/Psi Decays And Installation And Commisioning Work In Hadronic Calorimeter Of Cms Experiment At Cern")
Dr. Jan van der Linden
CMS
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2023-present: postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (CMS)
2019-2023: PhD student at KIT (thesis title: "Inclusive and differential cross section measurement of ttbb production and studies of tt production with additional jet radiation")
Dr. Kevin Mota Amarilo
CMS
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2023-now: Postdoctoral researcher at University of Ghent (CMS)
2019-2023: PhD student at Rio de Janeiro State University (CMS)
Technical Staff
Romain Rougny
T2B
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2015-now: Post-Doctorate as System Administrator of the Belgian T2 Grid Cluster
2008 – 2015 : PhD in Particle Physics at Antwerp University
Director : N. van Remortel (thesis title: "Commissioning of the CMS pixel tracker and measurement of the charged particle multiplicity at the LHC")
PhD Students
Bob Oeyen
RNO-G
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2019-current: IceCube
2018-2019: Master thesis "De invloed van hadronische interactiemodellen op IceTop waveforms nabij het centrum van een extensive air shower" (IceCube)
Luka Lambrecht
CMS
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2019-current: CMS (tZq)
2018-2019: Master thesis "Lepton identification with machine learning algorithms in proton-proton collisions at the intensity frontier" (CMS)
Freija Beirnaert
GW
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2021-current: GW
2020-2021: Master thesis "A study of Higgs boson production in association with top quarks using Machine Learning Algorithms at CMS"
Niels Van den Bossche
CMS
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2021-current: CMS (top quark pair plus photon)
2020-2021: Master thesis "Feasibility study of detecting four top quark production at CMS"
Yanwen Hong
CMS
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2022-current: CMS (Instrumentation/GEM)
2018-2019: Master Thesis "Impact of Humidity on Deformations of FR-4 Based Detector Elements in the ATLAS New Small Wheel" at University Freiburg (DE)
Maarten De Coen
CMS
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2022-current: measurement of ttH(cc) production
2021-2022: Master thesis "Studying beam position measurements for the luminosity calibration at CMS" at Ghent University
David Marckx
CMS
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2022-current: differential measurements of ttW production
2021-2022: Master thesis "Search for Higgs boson decays into a Z boson and Upsilon meson: a feasibility study" at Ghent University
Jules Vandebroeck
CMS
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2022-current: measurement of ttZ production
2021-2022: Master thesis on ttZ production at Ghent University
David Kavtaradze
CMS
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2023-current: measurement of ttcc production
2022-2023: Master thesis "Studies of machine-learning based unbinned unfolding for Higgs-boson and top-quark measurements" at RWTH Aachen
Maryam Shooshtari
CMS
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2023-current: CMS
2022-2023: Master thesis "Study of Solar Neutrinos with the DUNE experiment" at Aix-Marseille University
Cristina Giordano
CMS
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2023-current: CMS
2022-2023: Master thesis "Search for new heavy resonances decaying into top and bottom quarks at the CMS experiment with machine learning techniques" at University of Naples Federico II
Amber Cauwels
CMS
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2023 Master thesis: Looking for the relevancy of different processes when searching for boosted top-quarks
Karam Kaspar
CMS
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2023 Master thesis: Differentiating between four top quark and triple top quark production via machine learning and exploring new physics within these processes
Master Students
Professor Emeritus
Dirk Ryckbosch
ICECUBE, SOLID, RNO-G
Previous Research Staff
Gergely Dálya
GW
2021-2024
2021-2024: postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (LIGO-Virgo)
2017-2021: PhD student at Eötvös Loránd University. (thesis title: "Multi-messenger Astronomy and Source Parameter Estimation with Gravitational Waves")
Alessio Porcelli
ICECUBE - COSMIC RAYS
2019-2021
Marek Niedziela
CMS
2019-2021
PhD thesis: Precise jet measurements and search for supersymmetric particles with the CMS experiment, Universität Hamburg (2015-2018)
Tom Cornelis
CMS
2016-2020
2016-2020: CMS (SUSY, heavy neutral leptons, top physics, electron/photon triggers)
2011-2015 PhD thesis "Measurement of the electroweak production of a Z boson in association with two jets at CMS", University of Antwerp
2010-2011 Master thesis "Design of a cosmic test bench for the quality control of Resistive Plate Chamber detectors for the CMS experiment", University of Ghent
Daniele Trocino
CMS
2017-2019
Participated in the data analysis for the CMS experiment, especially searches on new physics.
Current position: research scientist at INFN Torino
Mathieu Labare
IceCube/SoLid
2013-2018
2013-2018: Post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University (IceCube and SoLid)
2010-2012: Post-doctoral researcher at VUB, Brussel (IceCube)
2006-2009: PhD "Search for Cosmic Sources of High Energy Neutrinos with the AMANDA-II detector" at ULB, Brussel
Robert Schöfbeck
CMS
2015-2016
2017-current: Staff at HEPHY
2016-2017: Scientific Associate at CERN
2015-2016: Visiting Scientist at Ghent University
2009-2015: Research position at HEPHY, Vienna, Austria
2005-2008: PhD "Precise predictions for the masses of supersymmetric fermions including two-loop corrections"
Efe Yazgan
CMS
2011-2015
2016-current: Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China
2011-2015: Post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University (top quark analyses, CMS)
2007-2011: Post-doctoral researcher at Texas Tech University, USA
2007: PhD at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Previous PhDs
Amrutha Samalan
CMS Instrumental
2019-2024
PhD topic: "Muon Detector Development for the CMS Phase-2 Upgrade and Muon Radiography Applications"
Tu Thong Tran
CMS
2019-2023
PhD topic: "A study of top quarrk paris production in association with a W boson"
Masters thesis: A search for excited B_s states at the LHCb experiment
Liam Wezenbeek
CMS
2018-2023
PhD Thesis: "Search for promptly decaying heavy neutral leptons in proton-proton collision events with trilepton final states using the CMS detector"
2017-2018: Master thesis "A study of the production mass as a discriminating variable in a supersymmetry search at the LHC"
Stef Verpoest
ICECUBE
2018-2022
2017-2018: Master thesis "Search for particles with fractional charges in IceCube based on anomalous energy loss."
Gianny Mestdach
CMS
2018-2022
2017-2018: Master Thesis "Effective Field Theory operators in top physics"
Basile Vermassen
CMS
2017-2023
2016-2017: Master Thesis "Trigger Development with dijet veto at sqrt(r)=13TeV for the CMS Experiment"
Giel Vandierendonck
SOLID
2017-2022
2017-2022: SoLid
2016-2017: Master thesis "Development of a neutrontrigger on 6LiF:ZnS(Ag) scintillator signals for the SoLid collaboration"
Willem Verbeke
CMS
2016-2022
2016-2022: CMS (SUSY, heavy neutral leptons, tZq)
2015-2016: Master thesis "Data driven WZ background estimation for SUSY searches with multiple leptons at the energy frontier, LHC"
Christos Roskas
CMS
2016-2021
MSc: Graduated in 2016 at the Universiteit van Amsterdam
Master thesis: Commissioning of a silicon photomultipliers readout and cooling for the LHCb Scintillating Fibers Tracker
BSc: Graduated in 2013 at the Aristotle's University of Thessaloniki.
Alexis Fagot
CMS
2013-2020
Graduated from the Master of Physics (Subatomic Physics) in 2012 at the University of Lyon 1.
Master 1 internship : Optical spectrometry using photoelectron imaging applied to the study of Naphthalene (LASIM - University Lyon 1)
Master 2 internship : Kinematic analysis of muon neutrino charged currents in neutrino interactions (IPNL - University Lyon 1)
PhD topic : Consolidation and longevity of the CMS Resistive Plate Chamber system in view of the High- Luminosity LHC Upgrade
Illia Khvastunov
CMS
2015-2019
2015-2019 PhD: "Search for supersymmetry and the measurement of top pair production in association with a W or Z boson with the CMS detector at the LHC"
Sam De Ridder
IceCube/IceTop
2011-20192012-2019 PhD: "Sensitivity of IceCube Cosmic Ray measurements to the hadronic interaction models."
2011-2012 Master: "Influence of South Pole atmosphere on cosmic rays observed by IceCube"
Ward Van Driessche
IceCube
2013-2018
2014-2018: Phd "Search for new physics in the IceCube detector"
2013-2014: Master "Search for new physics with long-lived particles decaying into photons using LHC proton-proton collisions"
Moortgat Celine
SOLID
2013-20182014-2018 PhD: "The SoLid antineutrino detector: construction and commissioning with cosmic ray muons"
2013-2014 Master: "Investigation of muon background in the prototype antineutrino detector for the SoLid experiment"
Deniz Poyraz
CMS
2013-20182013-2018 PhD: Measurement of the ttZ cross section at CMS
Sinem Salva
CMS
2013-2018
2013-2018 PhD: "A micro-pattern gas detector based muon system for the CMS experiment at the high-luminosity LHC"
Nadja Strobbe
CMS
2010-20152019-current: Assistant professor of physics at the University Of Minnesota
2015-2019 Research associate at Fermilab (US)
2011-2015 PhD: "The Razor Boost analysis : another step in the hunt for new physics at CMS"
2010-2011 Master: "Event Selection optimization for (b-)jets plus lepton supersymmetry searches with the CMS detector"
Kelly Beernaert
CMS
2010-2015
2019-current: Data analyst at Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH
2015-2019: Post-doctoral researched at DESY, Hamburg, Germany
2011-2015 PhD: "Measurement of spin correlations in tt-bar systems in the muon+jets channel using a matrix element method with the CMS detector at the LHC"
2010-2011 Master: "Systematic uncertainties for photons in all-hadronic supersymmetry searches with the CMS detector"
Karim Al Abd
ICECUBE, SOLID
2011-20152011-2015 PhD: "Measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum between 500 TeV and 100 PeV with IceTop"
Tom Feusels
IceCube/IceTop
2006-2013
2007-2013 PhD: "Measurement of cosmic ray composition and energy spectrum between 1 PeV and 1 EeV with IceTop and IceCube."
2006-2007 Master: "Coincidentiemetingen van kosmische straling tussen de IceTop en de InIce detector op Antarctica"
Previous Master Students
Tars De Meulenaere
IceCube/IceTop
Margot Van Cauwenberghe
CMS
