ATLAS UK People and Activities

A page listing the activities of members of the ATLAS UK Higgs, SM, top and exotics groups.

Italicised persons are not known to have been recently active.

List of Working Groups

First Table: Higgs group

Person Status Activity
Birmingham
Kostas Nikolopoulos   h→aa/Za, h→ZZ-> 4l, h→Q+γ, Q=Y,J/ψ,φ,..., hh→bbττ
Paul Thompson   h→bb (Vh, and mono-h), h→cc, h→μμ/eμ/ee, A→ZH
Andy Chisholm   h→cc/bb,BSM h→Qγ, Q=Y,J/ψ,φ,..
Tom Neep   h→cc, t→H(γγ)q
Panagiotis Bellos   h→Za(→hadrons), hh→bbττ
Robert Ward   BSM h→Qγ, Q=Y,J/ψ, h→D*γ/K*γ,...
Julia Silva PhD student (final year) BSM h→Qγ, Q=Y,J/ψ,φ
Mihaela Marinescu PhD student (3rd year) BSM h→Za/Zφ/Z;ρ
Edinburgh
Phil Clark Academic ttH(yy)
Victoria Martin Academic ttH(yy), ttHH(bbbb) prospects
Liza Mijovic Postdoc ttH(yy)
Hasib Ahmed Postdoc ttH(yy)
Stephen Jiggins Postdoc VH(to bb)
Tom Carter PhD (4th year) ttH(yy)
Emily Takeva PhD (writing up) ttH(yy)
Glasgow
Tony Doyle Academic ttH(Htobb)
Mark Owen Academic ttH(Htobb)
Bruno Borbely PhD (writing up) ttH(Htobb)
Zefran Rozario PhD (2nd year) ttH(Htobb)
Aidan Robson Academic VH(to bb)
Andy Buckley Academic VH(to bb)
Giuseppe Callea Postdoc VH(to bb)
Johnny Friend PhD (3rd year) VH(to bb)
Jay Howarth Academic ttbar properties
Baptiste Ravina Postdoc ttbar properties
Ethan Simpson PhD (2nd year) ttbar properties
Lancaster
Eva Bouhova-Thacker Postdoc H -> tautau (CP)
Harald Fox Academic HH -> bbtautau, H-> tautau (CP)
Andy Wharton Postdoc HH -> bbtautau, long lived new particles
Adam Barton Postdoc Bs/CP violation
Roger Jones Academic Bs/CP violation, Long lived new particles
Maria Smizanska Senior Research Fellow Bs/CP violation, Long lived new particles
Sebastiano Spinali Student (Y3) H -> tautau (CP)
Ruby Ferguson Student (Y2) H -> tautau (CP)
Melissa Yaxley Student (Y4) Long lived new particles
Neza Ribaric Student (Y2) Long lived new particles
Liverpool
Eloisa Arena PhD Higgs -> invisible with 2 lepton
Jan Kretzschmar Academic (currently inactive: H to mumu, H to ee (emu))
Ting Fung Lee PhD SM VH->bb
Andy Mehta Academic SM VH->bb, SM-H->mumu, emu, VH, H-> invisible with 2 lepton
Monica D'Onofrio Academic H-> invisible with 2 lepton
Matt Sullivan Postdoc H-> invisible with 2 lepton
Manchester
Quake Yang Qin Post-doc ttH(bb) CP
Brian Le Post-doc ttH(bb) and tH(bb) CP
Valentina Vecchio Post-doc tHq(ML), tHq(H->bb)
Mohamed Aly PhD (2nd year) tHq(H->bb)
Yvonne Peters Academic ttH(bb) and CP
Zak Lawrence PhD (4th year) ttH(bb) CP, tH(bb) CP boosted
Joshua Winter PhD (2nd year) ttH(bb), tHj(H->bb), 4top EFT CP analysis
Alexander May PhD (1st year) ttH(bb) CP
Oxford
Chris Hays Academic H->WW
Kla Karava PhD (5th year) H->WW
James Frost Postdoc H(bb) + jet, H->Invisible
Daniela Bortoletto Academic H->ZZ and VH,H->bb/cc
Ian Shipsey Academic H->ZZ; Higgs width and H to mumu
Elisabeth Schopf Postdoc VH,H->bb/cc
Eleonora Rossi Postdoc H->ZZ and H to mumu Higgs combination Higgs EFT interpretation Global EFT
Yingjie Wei PhD (5th year) H->ZZ off-shell
Siyuan Yan PhD (4th year) H->ZZ (incl. Higgs mass)
Maxence Draguet PhD (3rd year) VH,H->bb
Chunhao Tian PhD (1st year) H->ZZ
QMUL
Jon Hays Academic VH(bb) HH(bbtautau)
Tom Charman PhD student (3rd year) VH(bbt)
Adrian Bevan Academic VH(bb) HH(bbtautau) Higgs combinations
Natasha Hehir PhD student (2nd year) Higgs combinations
Rodrigo Gamboa Goni PhD student (4th year) HH(bbtautau)
Seth Zenz Academic VH(bb)
Lubos Vozdecky PhD student (1st year) VH(bb)
RAL
Tim Adye Researcher Higgs combinations
Rhys Owen   BSM h->Q+gamma, Q=Y,J/ψ,φ,etc
RHUL
Levi Evans PhD (started Oct 2020) ttH(H-bb)
Callum Booth PhD (started Oct 2017) ttH (H-bb)
Sudha Ahuja Post-doc ttH (H-bb)
William Panduro-Vazquez Post-doc ttH (H-bb)
Pedro Teixeira-Dias Academic ttH (H-bb)
Sheffield
Christos Anastopoulos Academic H to 4l
Kristin Lohwasser Academic H to WW
Trevor Vickey Academic MSSM H->tautau, H->tautau CP, and HH->bbtautau
Nathan Readioff Postdoc H->tautau CP
Thomas Powell PhD Student H to 4l
Kamal Saoucha Postdoc yy→4l & Egamma
Mitch Norfolk PhD Student MSSM H->tautau
Sussex
Josh McFayden Academic ttH multilepton
Gianna Moenig PhD Student ttH multilepton
UCL
Tim Scanlon Academic VH(to bb)
Sam Van Stroud PhD Student VH(to bb)
Donal McLaughlin PhD Student VH(to bb)
Yanhui Ma Post-doc VH(to bb)
Sebastien Rettie Post-doc VH(to bb)
Warwick
Kathrin Becker Academic H->tautau couplings and CP
Roxani Lazaridou PhD student (3rd year) H->tautau couplings
Eva Guilloton PhD student (3rd year) H->tautau couplings

Second Table: HDBS group

Person Status Activity
Liverpool
Carl Gwilliam Academic HH -> bbtautau, HH combination
Zhiyuan (Jordan) Li Student (Y4) HH -> bbtautau, HH combination
Matt Sullivan Postdoc HH -> bbtautau, HH combination
Nikolaos Rompotis Academic A->ZH (H≠h125), BSM Higgs combination/interpretation, h->Z axion, HH -> bbtautau
Adam Ruby Student (Y4) h->Z axion
Cristiano Sebastiani Postdoc h->Z axion
Oxford
Todd Huffman   Novel b-tagging methods at the TeV scale; resonant and non-resonant diHiggs searches, HHH
James Frost   Di-Higgs -> 4b (ggF and VBF)
Iza Veliscek PhD student (4th year) HH->4b and HH combinations (HH4b specialist)
Tim Bruckler PhD student (3rd year) Xbb tagger and mono-Higgs
Maggie Chen PhD student (2nd year) bb-jet trigger, gluon jet veto, HHH->6b
UCL
Nikos Konstantinidis Academic HH->4b
Liaoshan Shi Postdoc HH->4b
Sebastien Rettie Postdoc HH->4b
Ebony Zhang PhD Student (finishing Sept 2024) HH->4b
Marin Mlinarevic PhD Student (finishing Sept 2024) HH->4b
Thandi Madula PhD Student (finishing Sept 2025) HH->4b
Noah Clarke Hall PhD Student (finishing Sept 2026) HH->4b
Andreas Korn Academic VH Generic Heavy Higgs search
Yanhui Ma Post-doc VH Generic Heavy Higgs search
Greg Barbour PhD student VH Generic Heavy Higgs search
Cambridge
Bill Balunas   Di-Higgs -> 4b (various topologies & interpretations), Tri-Higgs->6b
Holly Pacey   Tri-Higgs->6b search
Manchester
Warwick
Bill Murray   A->ZH->Zhh
Rachel Ashby-Pickering Ph. D. student A->ZH->Zhh
Chris Pollard   HH
QMUL
Adrian Bevan   HH(bbtautau)
Jon Hays   HH(bbtautau)
Natasha Hehir   HH(bbtautau), HH combinations
David Englert   HH combinations
Rodrigo Gamboa Goni   VH/HH(bbtautau)
Ulla Blumenschein   AZh(bb)
Tong Qiu (3rd year)   AZh(bb)

Third Table: Top group

In bold the person to contact for information on Top activities in the group

Institute Person Activity
Birmingham Miriam Watson 13 TeV top quark spin correlations in dilepton channel + supervising dilepton charge asymmetry and charged lepton flavour violation (cLFV)
  Chris Hawkes general interest/supervision, supervising charged lepton flavour violation (cLFV)
  Alexis Stampekis (Ph.D. 4th year) Charged lepton flavour violation (cLFV) in eμ channel
  Will George (Ph.D. third year) Charged lepton flavour violation (cLFV), μτ channel, muon performance studies for the early Run 3 top cross-section
Glasgow Mark Owen (academic) Top-quark mass, ttH, Boosted ttbar diff cross section, global EFT fit, ttZ differential cross-sections
  Andy Buckley (academic) b-jet Fragmentation at 13 TeV, ttbar spin correlation and quantum entanglement, MC tuning and generator development
  Jay Howarth (academic) Quantum entanglement, spin correlations, ttZ differential cross sections, low-μ early top cross-section for Run3
  Federica Fabbri (post-doc) Boosted ttbar diff cross section, ttz diff cross-sections, diff boosted substructure measurement (l+jet), Top-quark mass, Lund plane measurement in ttbar events, Top modelling Sub-convener
  Jonathan Jamieson (post-doc) Boosted ttbar differential cross section, global EFT fit, top-quark mass, ttbar modelling, ATLAS Top UK convenor
  Adam Rennie (post-doc) diff boosted substructure measurement (l+jet)
  Dwayne Spiteri (GRID/ATLAS post-doc) diff boosted substructure measurement (l+jet)
  Albert Borbely (GRID/ATLAS post-doc) ttH (H->bb) boosted
  Neil Warrack (Ph.D. write-up) ttbar spin correlation and quantum entanglement
  Ethan Simpson (Ph.D. fourth year) Quantum Entanglement, Spin correlations and ttX properties
  Harriet Watson (Ph.D. third year) ttZ differential cross-sections
  Elliot Watton (Ph.D. second year) Top-quark mass using boosted jets
Lancaster Guennadi Borissov Test of Lepton Flavour Universality in top quark decays
  Emma Marshall (Ph.D., 3rd year) Test of LFU in the decays W->tau nu and W -> e nu
  Zainab Alsolami (Ph.D., 3rd year) Test of LFU in the decays W->mu nu and W -> e nu
 
Vakhtang Kartvelishvili
top-antitop production in association with a (prompt) Jpsi
Manchester Yvonne Peters ttHbb, tH, 4top
  Quake Yang Qin (post-doc) SM 4top and non resonance BSM interpretation in SSML channel
  Brian Le (Post-doc) ttH(bb) dilepton and tH(bb)
  Valentina Vecchio (Post-doc) tHq(ML) and tHbb
RHUL Veronique Boisvert top cross section, top mass, CP violation, some using SMT, diff. cross sections
  Emily Hampshire (Ph.D., 3rd year) b CPV using tops, Lepton Flavour Universality Violation in b using SMT in top events
  Asim Aslam (PhD, 1st year) b CPV using tops, Lepton Flavour Universality Violation in b using SMT in top events
  Davide Malito (post-doc) top differential xs, b CPV using tops, Lepton Flavour Universality Violation in b using SMT in top events
Sussex Iacopo Vivarelli ttV (V=W,Z)
  Josh McFayden EFT fits, ttV(=W,Z), tW-scattering
  Gianna Moenig (PhD, yr 2) EFT fits, ttV (V=W,Z)
  Thomas Stevenson (PostDoc) Top WG EFT Contact, ttV (V=W,Z), ttZvv, tZq, ‘Global’ Top+X EFT fits
  Kate Shaw (Academic) ttV (V=W,Z)
  Zoe Earnshaw (PhD, yr 3) ttZ nunu, EFT fits
  Jacob Kempster LHC EFT WG Top Contact, Top WG EFT Contact, ttbar Charge asymmetry, Charged lepton flavour violation (cLFV) in top processes, Early Run 3 top cross section, 'Global' Top+X fits, B-anomalies
  Caley Yardley (PhD, yr 1) Top+X measurements and EFT interpretations
Warwick Paul Harrison Top -> b c bbar decays
  Mo Ghani (PhD 2nd Year) Top -> b c bbar decays
Sheffield Davide Costanzo ttZ (nunu) xsec in 0L channel
  Matthew Thomas Anthony (PostDoc) tt+Z(->vv) cross section measurement (0L channel)
  Michael Postill (2nd year PhD student) tt+Z(->vv) cross section measurement (0L channel)

Fourth Table: Standard Model group

Institute Person Activity
Birmingham Contacts: Paul Newman, Dave Charlton  
  Paul Newman Inclusive diffractive dissociation with ALFA
  Harry Cooke (PhD final year), Dave Charlton Tribosons (V(jj)Z(ll)γ) and VBS with Zγ (llγ)13 TeV
  Adrien Auriol (PhD 3rd year), Paul Newman γγ→ZZ searches 13 TeV
  Júlia Silva (PhD final year), Andy Chisholm, Kostas Nikolopoulos W→πγ/ργ
  Mihaela Marinescu (PhD 3rd year), Júlia Silva (PhD final year), Kostas Nikolopoulos, Tom Neep Early W/Z cross-section with Run-3 data
  Josh Lomas (PhD 2nd year), Paul Newman Proton-tagged dilepton+missing mass
Cambridge    
  Sarah Williams (postdoc) SUSY-inspired diboson measurements
  Jesse Liu (postdoc) Soft QCD, forward physics, γγ>ee/µµ/ττ (pp/PbPb), cosmic rays
Edinburgh    
  Sinead Farrington High mass DY
  Sara Alderweireldt High mass DY
  Guillermo Hamity High mass DY
Glasgow Contacts: Craig Buttar, Andy Buckley  
  Andy Buckley, Giuseppe Callea V+HF (boosted) 13 TeV
  Andy Buckley, Giuseppe Callea b-jet fragmentation 13 TeV
Liverpool Contact: Uta Klein, Jan Kretzschmar  
  Uta Klein Low mass mumu ptmumu and mass-dependent cross sections; peak and High mass NC and CC DY cross sections + theory SM+SMEFT
  Ricardo Gonzalez (Y4 student) High mass NC and CC DY cross sections + theory SM and SMEFT
  Samuel Alibocus (Y3 student) High mass CC DY cross sections
  Jan Kretzschmar, Uta Klein, Joshua Newell (Y1 PhD) W mass, W pT, W, Z cross sections in 5,13 TeV low mu runs
Manchester Contact: Andy Pilkington, Terry Wyatt, Darren Price  
  Darren Price VBF W 13 TeV, EFT interpretations
  Ben Honan, Andrew Pilkington EWK Wyjj observation and Wyjj differential cross sections with full Run-II
  Matteo D'Uffizi, Zuchen Huang (PhD 3rd year), Andrew Pilkington ZZjj differential cross sections at full Run-II, EFT interpretations
  Andrew Pilkington, Darren Price, Matous Vozak Unfolded MET+jets in full Run-II and DM interpretations
  Andrew Pilkington ZZ polarisation and CP-sensitive observables, EFT interpretations
  Andrew Pilkington, Savannah Clawson Exclusive yy->WW differential cross sections in full Run-II, EFT interpretations, HL-LHC predictions
  Andrew Pilkington, Antonio Costa, Zuchen Huang (PhD 3rd year) Inclusive Wy differential cross sections in full Run-II, EFT interpretations
  Alex Oh, Savanna Shaw, Tom Hitchings, Patrick Dougan VVV production, EFT interpretation, light Yukawa coupling interpretation, Graviton interpretation
  George Marsden W->tau LU with R(bbWW)/R(Z)
  Peng Wang phi*_eta, tau CP
  Diego Baron (PhD Y4) Tau LU in VBF , tau CP
Oxford Contact: Claire Gwenlan, Chris Hays
  Mandy Cooper Sarkar, Eimear Conroy (PhD 4th year), Claire Gwenlan, Gavin Pownall, Francesco Giuli PDF sensitivities
  Eimear Conroy (PhD 4th year), Gavin Pownall, Claire Gwenlan W + jets 13 TeV
  Francesco Giuli Low mass DY 13 TeV
  Chris Hays, Simon Koch (PhD 2nd year) High-mass DY to tau-tau
  Karolos Potamianos, Luka Nedic (PhD 3rd year) VBS W±W±jj
  Ynyr Harris, Alan Barr QCD Instantons
QMUL Contact: Eram Rizvi, Ulla Blumenschein  
  Eram Rizvi Low mass DY 13 TeV
  Eram Rizvi High mass DY and EFTs at 13 TeV
  Eram Rizvi sin2thW from cross-sections at 8TeV
  Eram Rizvi High mT W production 13 TeV
  Jesal Mandalia High mT W production 13 TeV
  Ulla Blumenschein Z+jets (collinear) 13 TeV
  Ulla Blumenschein V+HF 13 TeV
  Jake Oliver V+HF 13 TeV
  Arran Freegard Z+jets (collinear) and V+HF 13TeV
Sheffield Contact: Kristin Lohwasser  
  Kristin Lohwasser WW, yy->WW
  Philip Sommer Same-sign WW, yy->WW, yy->4l
  Hannes Mildner (UK SM convener) WW and EFT
  Jack MacDonald WW
  Kamal Saoucha yy->4l
  Helen Maguire yy->WW semi-leptonic
Sussex    
  Mark Sutton Parton distributions
UCL    
  Mario Campanelli 8 TeV incl. jets
  Mario Campanelli semi-leptonic WV + aTGCs 8 TeV
  Jon Butterworth fiducial MET + jets
  Christian Gutschow fiducial MET + jets
  Aidan Kelly fiducial MET + jets
  Yoran Yeh fiducial MET + jets
  Jon Butterworth high-mass ditau
  Christian Gutschow high-mass ditau
  Luzhan (Tony) Yue high-mass ditau
  Yuanda Zhu high-mass ditau
Warwick    
  Chris Pollard High-mass tau-tau
  Tim Martin Underlying event with K and Lambda

Fifth Table: Supersymmetry group

Institute Person Activity
Sheffield Mark Hodgkinson 0L + ≥3 b-jets
  Dan Tovey Gluino searches with jets and MET
  Davide Costanzo 0L + ≥3 b-jets
Liverpool Monica D'Onofrio (Academic) DM and SUSY EWK Wh, disappearing tracks, upgrade
  Joe Carmignani (postdoc) SUSY EWK Wh
  James Smith (Y4 student) SUSY EWK disappearing tracks
Oxford Alan Barr SUSY searches and phenomenology
  Claire Gwenlan Jets + MET searches
  Claudia Merlassino 3rd generation SUSY & SUSY triggers
  Koichi Nagai MultiJets + MET
  Jonas Wuerzinger SUSY searches with photons, SUSY phenomenology & MET trigger
  Alessandro Ruggiero Gaugino searches & MET trigger
Cambridge Christopher Lester (academic) MT2, (Legacy mass measurements)
  Tina Potter (academic) 4L RPV/EWK SUSY, compressed signatures, staus, combinations
  Oleg Brandt (academic) LLPs: DV+jets LLP search, DV+MET LLP search, LLPs @ ANUBIS, ANUBIS FLF project lead
  Sarah Williams (postdoc) EWK SUSY (2/3l signatures), Higgsino signatures, pMSSM reinterpretations
  William Fawcett (postdoc) RPV multijet search
  Holly Pacey (postdoc) R22 staus EWK SUSY
  Dominic Jones (4th Year PhD) compressed EWK, Staus, combinations
  Benjamin Hodkinson (4th Year PhD) pMSSM summary, combinations
  David Rousso (4th Year PhD) Long-lived SUSY, DV+jets LLP search, DV+MET LLP search
  Sebastian Rutherford-Colmenares (2nd Year PhD) EWK SUSY, Staus
  Anna Mullin (2nd Year PhD) LLPs, DV+jets interpretations
Lancaster Maria Smizanska Long Lived Sleptons, decaying to lepton + Gravitino: SM Backgrounds
  Roger Jones Long Lived Sleptons, decaying to lepton + Gravitino: signal modeling
  Melissa Yexley (3rd Year PhD) Long Lived SUSY Sleptons, decaying to lepton + Gravitino: signal vrt Bg optimisation: final states with muons
  Adam Barton Long Lived SUSY Sleptons, decaying to lepton + Gravitino: Bg rejection, vertexing, software
  Neza Ribaric Long Lived SUSY Sleptons, decaying to lepton + Gravitino: signal vrt Bg optimisation: final states with electrons and mixed: muon + electron
  Andy Wharton Long-lived RPV SUSY (slepton -> lepton + gravitino) searches with micro-displaced leptons in the final state + analysis strategy for new displaced SV's searches.
Sussex Antonella De Santo EWK SUSY (SS2L & 3L)
  Batool Safarzadeh Samani EWK SUSY (3L, combinations)
  Marco Aparo (PhD, yr 3) EWK SUSY (SS2L & 3L, combinations)
  Mario Grandi (PhD, yr 4) Direct Stau, C1N2 in tau final states ((OS di-tau; universal fake tau factor - Fake Tau Task Force)
  Daniela Maria Koeck (PhD, yr 3) Direct Stau, C1N2 in tau final states (SS di-tau; final states with tauLep+tauHad)
  Fabrizio Salvatore SUSY in tau final states: direct stau, C1N2 in tau final states (SS and OS), universal fake tau factor
  Iacopo Vivarelli 3rd generation SUSY
  Mario Spina (PhD, yr 4) Soft tagging
QMUL Marcella Bona DM+hf (bb+MET)
  Alison Elliot DM+hf (bb+MET); unfolding bb+MET
Warwick Stefanie Morgenstern Long-lived SUSY: Stopped particles search

Sixth Table: Exotics group

Institute Person Activity
Birmingham Gareth Bird (Final-year PhD joint with RAL) heavy neutral leptons (prompt signature)
Glasgow Anna Duncan tt resonances
Edinburgh Christos Leonidopoulos group leader
  Ben Wynne (Postdoc) W_R + Heavy neutrino
  Antonia Struebig (Postdoc) W_R + Heavy neutrino
  Neofytos Themistokleous W_R + Heavy neutrino
  Elena Villhauer Non-commutative Black holes, Soft-Unclustered Energy Patterns
  Yanyan Gao Dark photons in LLP, dark matter in tW
  Emily Pender (Y3 PhD) Dark photons in LLP
  Richards Gonzalez (Y1 PhD) Dark photons in LLP
  Sinead Farrington LLP to taus (OPEN3GEN) ERC project lead
  Akanksha Vishwakarma Postdoc on OPEN3GEN project
  Guillermo Hamity Postdoc on OPEN3GEN project, LLP to tau search, tau CP, tau trigger
  Sara Alderweireldt Postdoc on OPEN3GEN project, LLP to tau search, LRT tau trigger, trigger ops
  Victoria Parrish Y4 PhD student on OPEN3GEN project
  Estifa'a Zaid Y4 PhD student on OPEN3GEN project
  Jack Gargan Y3 PhD student on OPEN3GEN project
Lancaster Iain Bertram Dijet searches (extra dimensions, excited quarks, dark matter mediator,... using quark-gluon tagging ...)
  Katherine Rybacki (Y4 student) Dijet searches (extra dimensions, excited quarks, dark matter mediator,... using quark-gluon tagging ..)
Liverpool Uta Klein Z' and W' searches, W'+Z' combination, HVT
  Ricardo Gonzalez (Y4 student) W' searches, W'+Z' and interpretation
  Uta Klein , Ricardo Gonzalez NEW LPX Search for Lorentz-symmetry violating signatures with dileptons
  Michael o'Keefe (left & graduated) W' electron channel searches and Roostat limit setting
  Carl Gwilliam 3rd generation LQLQ -> btaubtau
  Monica D'Onofrio LQ searches (3G and mixed res.), dark photons, displaced axion
  Rebecca Irwin (Student (Y2) h->Z displaced axion
  Alessandro Biondini (Y4 student) dark photon searches
  Cristiano Sebastiani (postdoc) dark photon searches
  Andy Mehta LQ (mixed resonances) searches
Oxford James Frost Dijet and DM searches - Mono-Higgs/mono-s(bb), 2HDMa combination, CDM convenor
  Tim Bruckler (3rd year DPhil Student) dark Higgs searches
  Chris Hays Off-shell LQ constraints from DY to tau-tau
RHUL Tracey Berry (academic) Dilepton searches (Z'/G-> ee, CI->ee)
  Rosanne Hasan (1st year PhD) TLA Dimuon search, Dilepton searches (Z'-> ee)
  Sean Lawlor (4th year PhD) Dilepton searches (Clockwork G-> ee,)
Cambridge Andy Parker (academic) Extra Dimensions
  Christopher Lester (academic) Charge-Flavour Violation, Non-standard sources of Parity Violation
  Oleg Brandt (academic) LLPs @ ANUBIS FLF project (project lead), DM search (boosted ISR(y) + large-R jet, Higgs → invisible, DM interpretations
  Jon Burr (postdoc) LLPs @ ANUBIS FLF project, ATLAS MET triggers
  Aashaq Shah (postdoc) LLPs @ ANUBIS FLF project
  Lars Henkelmann (4th Year PhD) DM search (boosted ISR(y) + large-R jet, jet substructure
  Paul Jones (1st Year PhD) LLP search with muon spectrometer
Manchester Candice Basson DM+bb searches, Unfolded MET+HF jets
  Darren Price Unfolded MET+jets, DM+bb searches, LNV Majorana Neutrino VBF l±l± jj (l=mu, tau)
  Sam Dysch LNV Majorana Neutrino VBF l±l± jj (l=mu, tau)
  Ben Wilson LNV Majorana Neutrino VBF l±l± jj (l=mu, tau)
  Andy Pilkington Unfolded MET+jets and MET+ ll
  Matous Vozak Unfolded MET+ll
  Terry Wyatt tau LFU tests, Unfolded MET+jets
  Quake Yang Qin (post-doc) ttH/A->4top, heavy resonance search in 4top
  Caterina Doglioni (academic) BSM, dark matter and dark sectors with dijets + X including trigger-level analysis and partial event building, ex-trigger-exotics liaison (ask if help needed!), dark matter complementarity
  Tobias Fitschen (postdoc) Run-2 dijet trigger level analysis (TLA), Run-3 dijet+ISR TLA, semivisible jets (SVJ+tau)
  Pratik Jawahar (1st year PhD) ML anomaly detection
  Danielle Wilson (1st year PhD) dijet resonance analysis (DJR), s-channel semivisible jets (SVJ)
  Maximilian Amerl (1st year PhD) Run-3 dijet+ISR trigger level analysis (TLA)
  Michaela Queitsch-Maitland (academic) VBS Heavy Majorana Neutrinos
RAL Will Buttinger heavy neutral leptons
  Monika Wielers heavy neutral leptons
  Julie Kirk heavy neutral leptons
Sussex Batool Safarzadeh Samani HNLs
  Antonella De Santo HNLs
Warwick Gabriel Facini LLP: HDMI (h->aa->4b, with long-lived a)
  Benjamin Keriddge (2nd year Ph.D) LLP: HDMI (h->aa->4b, with long-lived a)
  Stefanie Morgenstern LLP: HDMI (h->aa->4b, with long-lived a)
  Chris Pollard High-mass tau-tau
QMUL Marcella Bona Dark sector searches for dark matter (Semi-visible jets and dark jets)
  Alison Elliot Dark sector searches for dark matter (Semi-visible jets and dark jets)
  Joe Davies (final year PhD) Dark sector searches for dark matter (Semi-visible jets and dark jets)
UCL Andreas Korn LLP: HDMI (h->aa->4b, with long-lived a)
  Emil Haines (2nd year PhD) LLP: HDMI (h->aa->4b, with long-lived a)
  Jon Butterworth Reinterpretation/Constraints on BSM using measurements.
  Tony Yue (3rd year PhD) Constraints on BSM using measurements. (Ditau, others...)
  Yoran Yeh (3rd year PhD) Constraints on BSM using measurements. (MET+jets)
  Chris Gutschow Constraints on BSM using measurements. (MET+jets, Ditau)
  Peng Wang Constraints on BSM using measurements

Seventh Table: B Physics group

Institute Person Activity
QMUL Marcella Bona B(s) to mumu & RK* & LHC combinations of Jpsiphi & Bsmumu
  Nathan Heatley RK*
Sussex Alex Cerri B(s) to mumu BR and search, Bs to mumu lifetime
  Stanislav Biryukov B(s) to mumu BR and search, Bs to mumu lifetime
  Ondrej Kovanda B(s) to mumu BR and search, Bs to mumu lifetime
Lancaster Maria Smizanska Bs(J/psi phi) CPV, Lifetimes B+(JpsiK +),Bd(J/psi K0*) and Bs(J/psi phi)
  Adam Barton Bs(J/psi phi) CPV, Lifetimes B+(JpsiK +),Bd(J/psi K0*) and Bs(J/psi phi)
  Andy Wharton Bs(J/psi phi) CPV, Lifetimes B+(JpsiK +),Bd(J/psi K0*) and Bs(J/psi phi)
  Roger Jones Bs(J/psi phi) CPV, Lifetimes B+(JpsiK +),Bd(J/psi K0*) and Bs(J/psi phi)
  Guennadi Borissov Bs(J/psi phi) CPV, Lifetimes B+(JpsiK +),Bd(J/psi K0*) and Bs(J/psi phi)
  Malcolm Skinner Bs(J/psi phi) CPV, Lifetimes B+(JpsiK +),Bd(J/psi K0*) and Bs(J/psi phi)
  Eva Bouhova-Thacker Lifetime difference in Bd system, searches for low mass states
  David Hagan Gluon TMD studies with Jpsi + gamma final state
  Vato Kartvelishvili Heavy quarkonium production, associated production, Gluon TMD studies with Jpsi+gamma final state, searches for low-mass resonances
RAL Julie Kirk Bs(J/psi phi) CPV
  James Walder Bs(J/psi phi) CPV, Lifetimes B+(JpsiK +),Bd(J/psi K0*) and Bs(J/psi phi), Associated quarkonium production, searches for low mass states
Manchester Darren Price Associated quarkonium production, searches for low mass states
Liverpool Carl Gwilliam LFV tau -> 3mu
  Matt Sullivan LFV tau -> 3mu
  Jan Kretzschmar LFV tau -> 3mu
  Conor McPartland (Y2 student) LFV tau -> 3mu
RHUL Veronique Boisvert b CPV using top events, b LFV using top events
  Emily Hampshire (Ph.D., 3rd year) b CPV using tops, Lepton Flavour Universality Violation in b using SMT in top events
  Asim Aslam (PhD, 1st year) b CPV using tops, Lepton Flavour Universality Violation in b using SMT in top events
  Davide Malito (post-doc) b CPV using tops, Lepton Flavour Universality Violation in b using SMT in top events

Eighth Table: Combined performance group

Institute Person CP Group Activity
Birmingham Andy Chisholm (academic) FTAG Calibration
  Tom Neep (researcher) FTAG Calibration
  Kostas Nikolopoulos (academic) CTIDE Efficiency measurements (Flost)
  Julia Silva (4th Year PhD) CTIDE Efficiency measurements (Flost)
  Paul Newman (academic) Forward AFP Combined performance convener
  Adrien Auriol (3rd year PhD) Forward AFP pile-up and other simulation implementations
Cambridge Holly Pacey (postdoc) JetEtMiss MET reconstruction/performance/calibration/uncertainties/Run-3 Taskforce/..
  Holly Pacey (postdoc) Trigger MET Trigger Signature Co-ordinator
  Ben Hodkinson (4th Year PhD) JetEtMiss MET ML working point 'METNet' studies / MET validation
  Seb Rutherford (2nd Year PhD) JetEtMiss MET Soft Term. calibration/uncertainties / Run-3 Taskforce
  Jeremy Wilkinson (1st Year PhD) JetEtMiss MET R22/Run-3 Working point development
  Bill Balunas (postdoc-ish) JetEtMiss (JSV) Jet and MET reconstruction software, derivations, analysis tools, ...
Liverpool Andrew Mehta (academic) FTAG charm mistag calibration
  Nikos Rompotis (academic) FTAG charm mistag calibration
  Uta Klein (academic) LUMI Luminosity Z counting; coordinator
  Jan Kretzschmar (academic) LUMI Luminosity Z counting
  Samuel Alibocus (3rd year PhD) LUMI Luminosity Z counting
  Josh Newell (1st year PhD) LUMI Luminosity Z counting
  Jan Kretzschmar (academic) PMG Powheg, MC production
Manchester Brian Le (postdoc) JetEtMiss Jet tagging subconvenor, background SF
  Zak Lawrence (4th Year) FTAG pTrel calibration
  Caterina Doglioni (academic) Trigger Run-2 and Run-3 jet trigger performance and calibration, non-standard workflows (TLA, Partial Event Building)
  Tobias Fitschen (postdoc) Trigger Run-3 jet trigger performance and calibration
  Pratik Jawahar (1st year PhD) Upgrade Trigger A Common Tracking Software (ACTS) for HL-LHC EF tracking
  Danielle Wilson (1st year PhD) TBC (JetETMiss or Trigger) TBC
  Maximilian Amerl (1st year PhD) Trigger Run-3 trigger jet performance and calibration
  Valentina Vecchio (postdoc) FTAG FTAG Calibration convenor, pTrel calibration
  Mohamed Aly (3th Year) FTAG Xbb tagger validation, MC-to-MC
  Joshua Winter (3th Year) FTAG Xbb CDI file, Xbb g->bb calibration
Warwick Chris Pollard (academic) FTAG continuous calibrations, trigger, algorithms + software
  Chris Pollard (academic) Jets MCJES
UCL Jackson Barr (2nd Year PhD) FTAG algorithms, b-jet calibration
  Nikita Pond (1st Year PhD) FTAG algorithms
  Pippa Duckett (2nd Year PhD) FTAG, Tracking GN1 upgrade, track seeding
  Donal McLaughlin (4th Year PhD) Tracking dense environments
  Sebastien Rettie (postdoc) FTAG, Tracking algorithms, dense environments (convener 20-22)
  Sam Van Stroud (postdoc) FTAG, Tracking algorithms, dense environments
  Gabriel Facini (academic) Tracking dense environments, group convener '21-'23
  Tim Scanlon (academic) FTAG, Tracking tracking in dense environments, flavour-tagging algorithms/calibration
Sheffield Christos Anastopoulos (academic) e/gamma, Tracking e/gamma expert, lead developer of e/gamma software, significant contributor to tracking software
  Kristin Lohwasser (academic) e/gamma e/gamma electron identification and efficiency measurements
  Joshua Puddefoot PhD student e/gamma Electron LH identification
  Mark Hodgkinson (Research Fellow) JetEtMiss Coordinates Global Particle Flow Activities, lead sw developer on particle flow software, machine learning for E/p measurements, technical help with topotowers work
  Michael Postill (PhD Student) JetEtMiss Eta dependent rho based jet pileup corrections using topo-towers
  Matt Anthony (postdoc) JetEtMiss Particle Flow and UFO configuration, technical help with topotowers work
  Davide Costanzo (academic) JetEtMiss Supervision of topotowers work
  Trevor Vickey (academic) TauCP TauID (happy to help in Run-3, carried out tau performance studies for HL-LHC TDRs)
  Nathan Readioff (postdoc) TauCP TauID (happy to help in Run-3, contributed to Run-2 H tau-tau CP )
  Mitch Norfolk (Y4 PhD) TauCP Contributed to xTauFramework (currently writing up)
  Percy Leese (masters) TauCP TauID (happy to help in Run-3)
Edinburgh Sinead Farrington TauCP convener
  Guillermo Hamity (postdoc) TauCP Reco&ID, track classification
  Estifa'a Zaid (Y4 PhD) TauCP Track classification
  Akanksha Vishwakarma (postdoc) TauCP TauID
  Sara Alderweireldt (postdoc) TauCP TauLRT object derivation
Oxford Ian Shipsey (academic) MCP muon calibration
  Daniela Bortoletto (academic) FTAG algorithms, high-pT extrapolation
  Siyuan Yan (PhD, 4th year) MCP muon calibration
  Eleonora Rossi (postdoc) MCP muon calibration
  Maxence Draguet (PhD, 3rd year) FTAG algorithms
  Eimear Conroy (4th year PhD) JetEtMiss Pile-up tagging
Glasgow Giuseppe Callea (Postdoc) FTAG Xbb tagger calibration
  Adam Anderson (PhD, 1st year) FTAG Xbb tagger calibration

Ninth Table: Software and Computing

Institute Person Activity
Sheffield Mark Hodgkinson Reconstruction group convener, gpf development lead
  Christos Anastopoulos Reconstruction group convener, egamma reco lead
  Matt Anthony gpf python configuration
Cambridge John Chapman Simulation Software development, former Simulation convener
  Bill Balunas Jet software
  Jon Burr Analysis software support
Warwick Ligang Xia b-tagging reco
  Ben Morgan Geant4 development and optimization
Edinburgh Stephen Jiggins Weak boson pmg subgroup convener
  Liza Mijovic Fast-chain simulation development
  P Clark ATLFAST3 development
  T Carter ATLFAST3 development
Glasgow Andy Buckley HepMC3, Pythia8 expert
  Federica Fabbri Top process pmg subgroup convener
  Giuseppe Callea Physics Validation convener
Oxford Todd Huffman b-tagging reco
  Chris Hays PMG Software support
UCL Chris Gutschow Sherpa and Rivet expert, former PMG convener
  Sam Van Stroud b-tagging reco
Liverpool Jan Kretzschmar Powheg support, former PMG convener
Manchester Q. Dong boosted tau reco
Birmingham Paul Thomson Weak boson pmg subgroup convener
Sussex Josh McFayden dataset discovery tools, madgraph expert, former PMG convener
RAL Tim Adye Statistical analysis software (RooUnfold)
  Will Buttinger Statistical analysis software (StatAnalysis, xRooFit, TRooFit), AthAnalysis expert, former ASG convener (2015-2017)


-- ChrisCollins - 22 Jul 2008 -- JuergenThomas - 28 Jul 2008 ArthurMoraes - 02 Aug 2008 -- PedroTD - 11-Oct-2011-- ChrisCollins - 22 Jul 2008 -- JuergenThomas - 28 Jul 2008 ArthurMoraes - 02 Aug 2008 -- PedroTD - 11-Oct-2011-- ChrisCollins - 22 Jul 2008 -- JuergenThomas - 28 Jul 2008 ArthurMoraes - 02 Aug 2008 -- PedroTD - 11-Oct-2011-- ChrisCollins - 22 Jul 2008 -- JuergenThomas - 28 Jul 2008 ArthurMoraes - 02 Aug 2008 -- PedroTD - 11-Oct-2011

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