Category: People
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Maud Delphine Grasmenil
Maud joined IPPOG in May 2024 as a CERN Administrative Student. With a multifarious background in editing, education and translation, her main mission in the core team is to help publish multilingual outreach resources on IPPOG’s website. After graduating in social sciences (EHESS, Paris), Maud first worked as an editorial assistant in major French publishing…
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Hector Pillot
Hector graduated in 2023 with a degree in Particle Physics, during which he gained professional experience in the ALICE and CMS Collaborations. Passionate about making science both accessible and engaging for everyone, he completed his formation with a master in science communication. He regularly takes part in science outreach programs organized by the AurorAlpes Association…
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Pedro Abreu
Former CHAIR 2020-2025 After graduating in Physics in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon in 1986, Pedro joined LIP the following year, setting foot at CERN for the first time to work on the DELPHI Experiment. In 1988 he began teaching at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal and in 1991…
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Michael Kobel
Former CHAIR 2009-2012 Following an associate professorship at the University of Bonn (1999–2006), Michael was appointed at the Dresden University of Technology as a full professor and head of the Institute for Particle Physics. He is also currently Dean of Study Affairs (Dept. of Physics. TU Dresden), responsible for new curricula development. Since 1984 he…
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Claire Adam
Claire was 16 when she first heard about particles and forces on a black-and-white TV: a science communicator was enthusiastically talking about the Big Bang, about being made of stardust, and about “grand unification.” After completing her studies at Université Paris-Saclay, she chose a PhD on the Fréjus underground laboratory experiment, which was searching for…
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Uta Bilow
Uta studied chemistry at the University of Bonn. After her PhD (1994), she turned to science communication. Since, she has worked as a freelance science journalist and communicator. She has produced articles for newspapers, magazines and radio, as well as giving writing and communication trainings for young scientists and moderating events. During the LHC startup…
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Ken Cecire
While in graduate school, Ken Cecire found that his greatest satisfaction was a teaching assistant in undergraduate introductory courses. Upon receiving an MA in Physics at City College, New York in 1981, Ken became a high school physics teacher. After several years of summer research at Jefferson Lab, Ken left the classroom in 1999 and…
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Kazuo Tanaka
Kazuo Tanaka is a particle physicist who specializes in experiments using accelerators. His past work includes experiments with antihydrogen at CERN’s The Antiproton Decelerator in Switzerland and muon experiments at J-PARC in Japan. Currently, he is also involved in applying radiation detection technologies in medical applications and implementing them in astronomical observation satellites.Additionally, he has…
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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…