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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])
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Research Staff
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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”)
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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”)
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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")
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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")
Technical Staff
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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
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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"
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2021-current: CMS (top quark pair plus photon)
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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)
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2022-current: measurement of ttH(cc) production
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2022-current: differential measurements of ttW production
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2022-current: measurement of ttZ production
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2023-current: measurement of ttcc production
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2023-current: CMS
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2023-current: CMS
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2023 Master thesis: Looking for the relevancy of different processes when searching for boosted top-quarks
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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
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2025 Master thesis: Modelling neutrino emission near supernova remnants
Master Students
Professor Emeritus
Previous Research Staff
2023-2024
2023-2024: Postdoctoral researcher at University of Ghent (CMS)
2019-2023: PhD student at Rio de Janeiro State University (CMS)
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")
2019-2021
PhD thesis: Precise jet measurements and search for supersymmetric particles with the CMS experiment, Universität Hamburg (2015-2018)
2009-2020
RPC and GEM
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
2017-2019
Participated in the data analysis for the CMS experiment, especially searches on new physics.
Current position: research scientist at INFN Torino
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
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"
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
2020-2025
2019-2025: PhD topic "An empirical ice model for the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO‐G)"
2018-2019: Master thesis "De invloed van hadronische interactiemodellen op IceTop waveforms nabij het centrum van een extensive air shower" (IceCube)
2019-2024
2019-2024: Phd topic "Measurements of rare processes with top quarks and electroweak bosons in proton-proton collisions at the CMS detector"
2018-2019: Master thesis "Lepton identification with machine learning algorithms in proton-proton collisions at the intensity frontier" (CMS)
2019-2024
PhD topic: "Muon Detector Development for the CMS Phase-2 Upgrade and Muon Radiography Applications"
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
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"
2018-2022
2017-2018: Master thesis "Search for particles with fractional charges in IceCube based on anomalous energy loss."
2018-2022
2017-2018: Master Thesis "Effective Field Theory operators in top physics"
2017-2023
2016-2017: Master Thesis "Trigger Development with dijet veto at sqrt(r)=13TeV for the CMS Experiment"
2017-2022
2017-2022: SoLid
2016-2017: Master thesis "Development of a neutrontrigger on 6LiF:ZnS(Ag) scintillator signals for the SoLid collaboration"
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"
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.
2015-2020
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
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"
2011-2019 2012-2019 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"
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"
2013-2018 2014-2018 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"
2013-2018 2013-2018 PhD: Measurement of the ttZ cross section at CMS
2013-2018
2010-2015 2019-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"
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"
2011-2015 2011-2015 PhD: "Measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum between 500 TeV and 100 PeV with IceTop"
2006-2013
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