Research
My ATLAS research is focused on studies of the Higgs boson and searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). With the run-1 ATLAS data I made significant contributions to the search for the Higgs boson, discovered in 2012, particularly via its decay to a pair off b-quarks. Following the discovery, I was instrumental a wide range of searches for additional Higgs bosons (such as a heavier CP-even Higgs, a CP-odd Higgs or a charged Higgs) and spearheaded the first run-2 ATLAS Higgs searches as ATLAS BSM Higgs subgroup convener. I have subsequently utilised the Higgs boson as a new-physics probe. With the early 13 TeV data, I played a major role in the novel search for dark matter recoiling against a Higgs boson. As ATLAS Exotics Diboson and Multilepton (DBL) subgroup convener, I oversaw the searches for new diboson resonances with the 2015+16 data, probing uncharted masses. I subsequently led the search for the as-yet-unobserved Higgs pair production, which is a fundamental test of the Higgs mechanism, in the bbtautau channel, establishing the world's best limit on the SM di-Higgs cross section. From 2018-2020, I lead the ATLAS BSM search programme as Exotics Working group convener, overseeing over 500 international physicists. Besides physics analysis I have contributed significantly to ATLAS track reconstruction software and the identification and calibration of jets originating from b-quarks. I am currently the ATLAS UK Physics Coordinator and ramping up my involvement in the silicon tracker replacement for the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade.
I recently joined the upcoming FASER experiment to search for dark photons down-stream of ATLAS, where I am currently working on the simulation of the FASER calorimeter.
Research groups
Research grants
LIVERPOOL REQUEST FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 2022
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
April 2023 - September 2025
Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2022
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
October 2022 - September 2025
Research collaborations
ATLAS
CERN
The ATLAS Collaboration at the LHC
FASER
CERN
The FASER Collaboration at the LHC
H1
DESY
The H1 Collaboration at the DESY Lab