CMS guides:
Sonia Natale
Sonia studied Physics at the University of Rome « La Sapienza » and is CERN based since her Bachelor’s Degree. She spent one year at Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (EPFL) and then she moved to the University of Geneva - DPNC, obtaining her PhD in Particle Physics.
She is a physics researcher, and is an expert in experimental astro-particle physics, silicon detectors and related laser devices. She contributed to the construction and commissioning of the AMS-02 experiment on the NASA International Space Station during her research activity at CERN (UniGe, RWTH, MIT).
She is also a scientific communication speaker involved in several CERN public outreach events and CERN focused programmes (National and International Teachers Training Programmes, National and International Masterclasses, Laboratory sessions as S’Cool Lab). She is a member of several juries and selection committees for Physics competitions for students (CERN BL4S, SYPT, IYPT) and for teachers (CERN « I vostri successi »). Currently involved in the organisation of the first Science and Communication Hackathon event at CERN being part of the organisation Committee.
Dr Sorina Popescu
Education: PdD in Theoretical Physics –Bucharest University and MBA in digital economy Webster University Geneva.
Experience: Senior physicist on detector R&D in High Energy Physics laboratories like, Dubna – Russia, Fermilab CERN – and – US Switzerland. Experienced with teaching for University students and Geneva High School students.
Scientific communication speaker for international and national science popularization like CERN Teachers Programme, S’Cool Lab, Open Days.
Member of CMS experiment for HCAL group since 2007 participated to first CMS wheel lowering, connections, commissioning and first Higgs results.
Technical Support Team:
Noemi Beni
Zoltan Szillasi
