Faculty

Name	Experiment	Email	Phone
Dr Lily Asquith	NOvA and DUNE	l.asquith@sussex.ac.uk	01273 673047
Prof Alex Cerri	ATLAS and Future Colliders	a.cerri.ac.uk	01273 678187
Prof Antonella De Santo	ATLAS and Future Colliders	a.de-santo@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678115
Dr Elisabeth Falk	SNO+	e.falk@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678538
Dr Clark Griffith	nEDM, DUNE, LiquidO	w.c.griffith@sussex.ac.uk	01273 873940
Prof Jeff Hartnell	NOvA, DUNE, LiquidO	j.j.hartnell@sussex.ac.uk	01273 873214
Dr Josh McFayden	ATLAS and FASER	j.a.mcfayden@sussex.ac.uk	01273 877333
Prof Simon Peeters	DUNE	s.j.m.peeters@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678128
Prof Fabrizio Salvatore	ATLAS and Future Colliders	p.f.salvatore@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678749
Dr Kate Shaw	ATLAS and DUNE	kate.shaw@sussex.ac.uk	01273 873523

Research Staff

Name	Experiment	Email	Phone
Dr Benedict Allbroke	ATLAS	b.allbrooke@sussex.ac.uk	01273 877650
Dr Marco Aparo	ATLAS	m.aparo@sussex.ac.uk	01273 876764
Dr Dominic Jones	ATLAS	dmj26@sussex.ac.uk	01273 876764
Dr Jacob Kempster	ATLAS	j.j.kempster@sussex.ac.uk	01273 876764
Dr Michal Rigan	DUNE	m.rigan@sussex.ac.uk	01273 877658
Dr Wilf Shorrock	NOvA and LiquidO	w.shorrock@sussex.ac.uk	01273 876764
Dr Thiago Sogo Bezerra	NOvA and LiquidO	s26@sussex.ac.uk	01273 877658
Dr Thomas Stevenson	ATLAS	t.j.stevenson@sussex.ac.uk	01273 877650
Dr Mark Sutton	ATLAS	m.r.sutton@sussex.ac.uk	01273 877650
Dr Nicolo Tucori	Det. R&D	N.Tuccori@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678662
Dr Zhidong Zhang	ATLAS	zhidong.zhang@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678797

Research students

Name	Experiment	Topic	Year	Advisor
Robert Kralik	NOvA and DUNE	Neutrino Reconstruction	2020	Lily Asquith
Joshua Porter	NOvA and LiquidO	Detector Technology	2020	Jeff Hartnell
Klaudia Wawrowska	DUNE	Indirect Dark Matter detection	2020	Simon Peeters
James Page	SNO+	Reactor Antineutrino Oscillations	2020	Lisa Falk
Katie Piper	ATLAS	BSM physics and EGamma Trigger at ATLAS	2021	Fabrizio Salvatore
Robert Darby	SBND	Michel electron reconstruction and BSM searches	2021	Clark Griffith
Harry Simpson	ATLAS	BSM physics and ID Trigger at ATLAS	2021	Antonella De Santo
Stanislav Biryukov	ATLAS	ATLAS Flavour Physics and Future Colliders R&D	2021	Alex Cerri
Gianna Mönig	ATLAS	Top+X measurements and EFT fits	2021	Josh McFayden
Andreas Löschcke Centeno	ATLAS	TDAQ and Calorimeter R&D for Future Collider (AIDAInnova)	2021	Fabrizio Salvatore
Jessica Lock	LiquidO and NOvA	Detector development and neutrinos	2022	Jeff Hartnell
Ben Cattermole	LiquidO and CLOUD	Experiment, Detector development and neutrinos	2022	Clark Griffith
Caley Yardley	ATLAS	Top+X Measurements and EFT interpretations	2022	Kate Shaw
Shaadil Mandarry	ATLAS	BSM searches at ATLAS	2022	Antonella De Santo
Sophie Butchart	DUNE	Supernova neutrino detection with DUNE and outreach	2022	Simon Peeters
Clara Dima	SNO+	SNO+ antineutrino oscillations	2023	Lisa Falk
Emerson Bannister	NOvA		2023	Lily Asquith
Betsy Cunnett	ATLAS		2023	Josh McFayden
Saurabh Saini	Muon Collider		2023	Alex Cerri
Max de Carlos Generowicz	LiquidO and CLOUD	Detector development and neutrinos	2024	Jeff Hartnell
Mattia Fornasiero	ATLAS		2024	Antonella De Santo
Ben Elderton	ATLAS		2024	Fabrizio Salvatore
Sayan Das	SBND and LiquidO		2024	Clark Griffith
Eva Sabater Andres	DUNE		2024	Kate Shaw
Adam Wong	LiquidO and CLOUD	Detector development and neutrinos	2024	Jeff Hartnell

Recent PhD Graduates

Name	Experiment	Thesis	Year	What next?
Dr Zoe Earnshaw	ATLAS		2024
Dr Brett Mayes	NOvA	Machine learning methods for the improvement of event containment in the NOvA far detector	2024
Dr Ondrej Kovanda	ATLAS	Indirect search for new physics affecting the B0(s)!¹u¹u decay with the ATLAS experiment	2023
Dr Nicolo Tucori	LiquidO	Optimising scintillator based x-ray detectors for fast imaging systems	2023	Postdoc at Sussex
Dr Meirin Evans	ATLAS	Meirin in Meyrin: machine learning in the ttz 2f channel and preparing ATLAS data for education worldwide	2022
Dr Aran Borkum	DUNE	Solar neutrinos at DUNE	2023	Software engineer at MPB (Brighton)
Dr Yibing Zhang	NOvA	Measurement of neutrino oscillations using neutrino and antineutrino beams in the NOvA experiment	2022
Dr Charlie Mills	SNO+	Improved sensitivity to ∆m221 by classification of the 13C(α, n) 16O background in the SNO+ antineutrino analysis	2022	Postdoc at Institute of Cancer Research
Dr Daniela Koeck	ATLAS	Search for supersymmetry in final states including two same-sign hadronically decaying tau leptons: a tale from triggers to taus	2022	Postdoc at Oregon
Dr Marco Aparo	ATLAS		2022	Postdoc at Sussex
Dr Michael Rigan	SNO+	SNO+ supernova sensitivity during pure scintillator phase	2022	Postdoc at Sussex
Dr Ioannis Xiotidis	ATLAS	Rare B physics processes	2021	Postdoc at Imperial College London
Dr Iker de Icaza Astiz	DUNE	Dark Neutrino Search with the Short-Baseline Near Detector	2020	Postdoc at Sussex
Dr Mario Spina	ATLAS	Search for scalar bottom quarks in compressed final states with b-jets and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector	2022
Dr Dan Kelsey	ATLAS	Optimising triggers and jet reconstruction for Higgs measurement with the ATLAS experiment	2021	Technical Consultant in Data
Dr Alex Booth	NOvA	Electron neutrino appearance at the NOvA experiment.Po	2021	Postdoc at QMUL
Dr Mario Grandi	ATLAS	Search for supersymmetry with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in final states with two hadronically decaying Ԏ-leptons : fantastic taus and where to find them.	2021	Working at ISS
Dr Fabrizio Trovato	ATLAS	Searches for chargino and neutralino production in decays to three-lepton final states via intermediate Bosons using √s=13 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector.	2020	Postdoc at Sussex, Data Scientist
Dr Sam Jones	ATLAS	Search for squarks in compressed states and states with jets from charm quarks with the ATLAS detector.	2019
Dr Fabio Tresoldi	ATLAS	Study of B → μ⁺μ⁻ decays with the ATLAS detector.	2019	Data Scientist at Pix4D
Dr Emma Winkels	ATLAS	Observation of the associated production of the Higgs boson with a top quark pair with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC: a study in the boosted regime of the H→bƀ decay channel.	2019	Dutch Research Council
Dr Chris Abel	nEDM	Hybrid 3He and alkali magnetometry techniques for fundamental physics experiments.	2019	Postdoc at Sussex
Dr Diana Mendez	NOvA	Comparison of oscillation parameters measured from νµ and ⊽µ disappearance in the NOvA experiment.	2019	Postdoc at BNL New York
Dr Tom Coates	ILC	Data acquisition software development and physics studies for future lepton colliders.	2019	Data Scientist at ONS Cardiff
Dr Nick Ayres	nEDM	Data and Systematic Error Analysis for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute and Search for Axionlike Dark Matter	2019	Postdoc at ETH Zurich
Dr Mark Stringer	SNO+	Sensitivity of SNO+ to Supernova Neutrinos	2019	Postdoc at Queens Ontario
Dr Nicola Abraham	ATLAS	Search for Electroweak Supersymmetry in final states with three electrons or muons plus missing transverse momentum in 13 TeV proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider with the ATLAS Detector.	2018	Data Scientist Hamburg
Dr Fabrizio Miano	ATLAS	Optimisation studies and data-driven background ...	2018	Senior Data Engineer at Capgemini
Dr Jacob Thorne	nEDM	Electric field optimisation for cryogenic nEDM experiments.	2018	Postdoc at Bern
Dr Luke Vinton	NOvA	Measurement of muon neutrino disappearance with a NOvA experiment.	2018	Data Scientist at ONS
Dr Giuseppe Lerner	ATLAS	Search for third generation scalar quarks in events with b-tagged jets with the ATLAS detector.	2018	CERN Research Fellow
Dr Yusufu Shehu	ATLAS	Search for the electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in three-lepton events at the ATLAS detector with focus on compressed mass spectra.	2017	Data Scientist at Moogsoft
Dr James Waterfield	SNO+	Optical calibration system for SNO+ and sensitivity to neutrinoless double-beta decay.	2017	Developer at Cogapp
Dr Zara Grout	ATLAS	Supersymmetry searches in events with at least four leptons using the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.	2015	Postdoc at UCL
Dr James Sinclair	SNO+	Positioning and timing calibration of SNO+.	2015	Postdoc at Bern
Dr Itzebelt Santoyo Castillo	ATLAS	Search for supersymmetry in final states with three leptons and missing transverse energy with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider.	2015	Data Scientist at SAP
Dr Edward Leming	Detector R&D for Medical Physics	Particle physics methodologies applied to time-of-flight positron emission tomography with silicon-photomultipliers and inorganic scintillators.	2015	Head of Data at Resolver
Dr Stewart Martin-Haugh	ATLAS	Searches for supersymmetry in events with three leptons at the ATLAS Detector.	2014	Research Scientist at STFC
Dr Anthony Rose	ATLAS	Search for supersymmetry in events with leptons (e, μ, τ), jets and missing transverse energy with the ATLAS detector at the LHC.	2013	Data Scientist at SpaceX
Dr Andrew John Davidson	CryoEDM	High voltage breakdown in the Ramsey cell of the CryoEDM experiment: an experimental study of some relevant parameters.	2013	Computer Scientist at Tesla
Dr Aikaterini Katsika	CryoEDM	Magnetic aspects of the Cryo-nEDM experiment.	2013	Postdoc at Triumf

Technical and Support Staff

Name	Role	Email	Phone
Dr Cassandra Churchwell	Senior Technical Manager	c.churchwell@sussex.ac.uk	01273 876606
Mr Tony Earle	Senior Technical Specialist - Digital Electronics Engineer	a.d.earle@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678078
Mr Antony Gibson-Foster	Senior Technical Specialist - EPP research support	antony.gibson@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678078
Mr Stephen Major	Technical Specialist - Electronics Engineer	s.r.major@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678102
Mr Alan Mayers		a.mayers@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678067
Mr Chris Moore	Senior Technical Specialist - MPS workshop manager	c.a.moore@sussex.ac.uk	01273 678067
Mr Pablo Murray	Technician - Infrastructure	p.murray@sussex.ac.uk	01273 872871

Emeritus and Visiting

Name	Role	Email
Prof Philip Harris	Emeritus Professor	P.G.Harris@sussex.ac.uk

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