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Caterina Vernieri

Assistant Professor of particle physics and astrophysics

(Jim Gensheimer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Areas of research: Physics of the universe; particle physics; LHC physics with the ATLAS Experiment; Higgs boson; advanced accelerator R&D; future electron-positron collider R&D; tracker detectors

At particle colliders we study fundamental particles and forces, which helps us better understand why the universe is the way it is. For those experiments, we develop cutting-edge technology that often finds other uses that benefit society, ranging from the World Wide Web to medical imaging devices.

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Edward Hohenstein, Emma McBride and Caterina Vernieri study what happens to molecules hit by light, recreate extreme states of matter like those inside stars...

Past Event

Presented by Caterina Vernieri. The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 at the world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in...

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Caterina Vernieri

Three SLAC researchers are recognized with prestigious DOE Early Career Awards

A Camera for the Invisible: Bringing the Higgs Boson into Focus

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