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Permanent Staff

Prof. Dr. Didar Dobur
CMS
didar.dobur@ugent.be
Prof. Dr. Archisman Ghosh
GW
archisman.ghosh@ugent.be
Dr. Kirill Skovpen
CMS Instumental

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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])

kirill.skovpen@ugent.be

Guest professors

Prof. Dr. Michael Tytgat
CMS, CALICE, RD51
+3292646544michael.tytgat@ugent.beTwitter page
Prof. Dr. Filip Moortgat
CMS
filip.moortgat@cern.ch

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”)

daniela.pascucci@ugent.be
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”)

joscha.knolle@ugent.be
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")

gul.gokbulut@ugent.be
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")

jan.vanderlinden@ugent.be
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)

kevin.motaamarilo@ugent.be

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

César Rendon
CMS
cesar.rendon.hinestroza@cern.ch
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)

bob.oeyen@ugent.beLinkedIn
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)

luka.lambrecht@ugent.be
Amrutha Samalan
CMS

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2019-current: CMS (instrumentation/RPC)

amrutha.samalan@ugent.be
Cezary Turski
GW
cezary.turski@ugent.be
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"


freija.beirnaert@ugent.be
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"

niels.vandenbossche@ugent.be
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)

yanwen.hong@ugent.be
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 

maarten.decoen@ugent.be
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

david.marckx@ugent.be
Jules Vandebroeck
CMS

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2022-current: measurement of ttZ production

2021-2022: Master thesis on ttZ production at Ghent University

jules.vandenbroeck@ugent.be
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

david.kavtaradze@ugent.be
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
 
Maryam.Shooshtari@ugent.be
Farbod Naderpoor
CMS

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2023-current: CMS

2022-2023: Master thesis "Top quark mass measurement via leptonic observables in the CMS experiment using 13 TeV PP collision data at the LHC" at Sharif University of technology
 
Farbod.Naderpoor@ugent.be
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

Cristina.Giordano@ugent.be

Master Students

Fien Dewit
CMS

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2023 Master thesis: Study of muon detection with scintillators and gaseous detectors

fien.dewit@vub.be
Amber Cauwels
CMS

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2023 Master thesis: Looking for the relevancy of different processes when searching for boosted top-quarks

amber.cauwels@ugent.be
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

karam.kaspar@ugent.be

Professor Emeritus

Dirk Ryckbosch
ICECUBE, SOLID, RNO-G
dirk.ryckbosch@ugent.be

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")

gergely.dalya@ugent.be
Alessio Porcelli
ICECUBE - COSMIC RAYS
2019-2021
Alessio.Porcelli@ugent.beOrcid
Marek Niedziela
CMS

2019-2021

PhD thesis: Precise jet measurements and search for supersymmetric particles with the CMS experiment, Universität Hamburg (2015-2018)

marek.niedziela@ugent.be
Nikolaos Zaginidis
CMS

2009-2020

RPC and GEM

nicolas.zaganidis@cern.ch
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

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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

LinkedIntrocino@cern.ch
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

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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"

robert.schoefbeck@oeaw.ac.at
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

Efe.Yazgan@cern.ch

Previous PhDs

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@UGent.be
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"

 

Liam.Wezenbeek@UGent.be
Stef Verpoest
ICECUBE

2018-2022

2017-2018: Master thesis "Search for particles with fractional charges in IceCube based on anomalous energy loss."

stef.verpoest@UGent.be
Gianny Mestdach
CMS

2018-2022

2017-2018: Master Thesis "Effective Field Theory operators in top physics"

gianny.mestdach@UGent.be
Basile Vermassen
CMS

2017-2023

2016-2017: Master Thesis "Trigger Development with dijet veto at sqrt(r)=13TeV for the CMS Experiment"

 

gianny.mestdach@UGent.be
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"

Giel.Vandierendonck@UGent.be
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"

Martina Vit
CMS
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.

Christos.Roskas@UGent.beLinkedIn
Ianthe Michiels
SOLID

2015-2020

Ianthe.Michiels@UGent.be
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

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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"

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Sam De Ridder
IceCube/IceTop

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"

sam.deridder@ugent.be
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"

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Moortgat Celine
SOLID

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"

Celine.moortgat@icloud.com
Deniz Poyraz
CMS

2013-2018

2013-2018 PhD: Measurement of the ttZ cross section at CMS

poyrazdeniz@gmail.comLinkedIn
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"
 
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Nadja Strobbe
CMS

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"

nadja.strobbe@cern.chLinkedIn
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"

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Karim Al Abd
ICECUBE, SOLID

2011-2015

2011-2015 PhD: "Measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum between 500 TeV and 100 PeV with IceTop"

abd.hajismail@gmail.com
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"

feusels.tom@gmail.comWebsite
Antoine Pingault
CALICE
Antoine.Pingault@ugent.be
Sander Vanheule
ICECUBE
Sander.Vanheule@UGent.be

Previous Master Students

Sibe Bleuzé
GW

2021-2022

Wannes De Boeck
CMS

2021-2022

Maarten De Coen
CMS

2021-2022

Tars De Meulenaere
IceCube/IceTop

2021-2022

David Marckx
CMS

2012-2022

Freija Beirnaert
CMS

2020-2021

freija.beirnaert@ugent.be
Tycho Dubois
CMS

2020-2021

tycho.dubois@ugent.be
Niels Van den Bossche
CMS

2020-2021

niels.vandenbossche@ugent.be
Ian Bauwens
IceCube

2019-2020

Bernd Herremans
IceCube

2019-2020

Steven Mortier
CMS

2019-2020

Margot Van Cauwenberghe
CMS

2019-2020

Joshua Clercx
CMS

2018-2019

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Simon De Kock
SOLID

2018-2019

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Jana Roels
CMS

2018-2019

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Simon De Kockere
IceCube

2017-2018

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