Category: IPPOG CORE TEAM
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Hanife Olgunsoy
Hanife Olgunsoy is a Staff Member at CERN since 2004.She has a background in Accounting & Finance and she worked at CERN Finance Department for more than 10 years where she started in the Treasury service and worked for many years in the General Accounting service. Hanife joined the IR Unit, Ressources Coordination & Adminis…
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Anja Kranjc Horvat
Anja is an educational researcher and project coordinator at EPFL, working for the European University Alliance EuroTeQ, where she focuses on bridging research and practice in engineering education. She was previously a senior fellow at CERN, contributing to science outreach initiatives for the CERN Science Gateway. Her background is closely aligned with IPPOG’s mission. During…
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Wilma Saijonkari
Wilma joined IPPOG in September 2026 as a CERN Administrative Student, supporting the IPPOG Core Team with the development and communication of the organisation’s website and online content. With a background in communications, marketing and digital content creation, Wilma has experience across events, the public sector and international organisations. Her work has included website development,…
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Fabiola Cacciatore
Fabiola Cacciatore holds a master in Science Communication from the University of Parma, complemented by another master’s degree in Digital Marketing and Social Media Management from the 24 Hours Business School. Her academic background reflects a dynamic blend of expertise, combining the nuances of communication with a strategic understanding of digital marketing and social media…
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Steven Goldfarb
Steve is an experimental particle physicist at the University of Melbourne, working on the ATLAS Experiment at CERN. Within ATLAS, he has served as Muon Software Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator, and contributed to early studies in the search for the Higgs boson. Steve currently chairs the ATLAS Outreach Speaker Committee, coordinates the University of Michigan undergraduate…
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Despina Hatzifotiadou
Despina studied physics at the University of Thessaloniki, in Greece. She obtained her PhD from the same University on a baryonium experiment at LEAR, CERN. After a two-year CERN fellowship with OPAL she remained at CERN working on detector development projects (LAA) and the L3 experiment. Since 2000 she has been working for the ALICE…