Curriculum Vitae

Appointments

1. 2023 – present
   Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

   Physics Department, MIT Heavy Ion Group (MITHIG)

Education

1. 2018 – 2023
   Ph.D. Physics, Yale University

   Thesis: Novel Uses of Machine Learning for Differential Jet Quenching Measurements at the LHC · Advisor: John Harris
2. 2021
   M.S., M.Phil. Physics, Yale University
3. 2014 – 2018
   B.A. Physics and Computer Science, Colby College

Collaboration Membership

1. 2023 – present
   sPHENIX Collaboration

   Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York
2. 2023 – present
   CMS Collaboration

   CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
3. 2023 – present
   Electron-Positron Alliance (Archived Data)
4. 2017 – 2023
   ALICE Collaboration

   CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Research Experience

1. 2023 – present
   CMS Collaboration

   CERN

   • Photon-tagged jet axis decorrelation measurement in heavy-ion collisions
   • Evidence of medium response to hard probes with Z–hadron correlations
   • First measurement of D⁰ meson photoproduction in ultra-peripheral heavy-ion collisions
   • Development and commissioning of the CMS Forward Shower Counter (FSC)
   • Development and commissioning of the CMS Zero Degree Calorimeter (ZDC) and its trigger system
2. 2023 – present
   sPHENIX Collaboration

   BNL

   • Development of next-generation AI-based trigger systems for sPHENIX and the EIC
3. 2023 – present
   Electron-Positron Alliance (Archived Data)

   • Precision measurement of energy-energy correlators from the collinear to the Sudakov limit
4. 2017 – 2023
   ALICE Collaboration

   CERN

   • Measurement and interpretation of the cone-size dependence of charged-particle jet suppression
   • Implementation of a novel machine-learning-based background subtraction technique for jets in heavy-ion collisions
   • Time-reclustered measurements of jets and their substructure in pp collisions
   • Development, validation, and commissioning of automated bad-channel calibration of the ALICE Electromagnetic Calorimeter in Run 3
   • ALICE Run 3 data preparation, focused on validation and implementation of the O² jet software framework
5. 2023 – present
   Phenomenological Studies

   • Imaging the wake of the jet with energy correlators (2023–present)
   • Machine-learning-based calorimeter clustering at the EIC (2023)

Selected Publications

1. 2025
   Energy Correlators from Partons to Hadrons: Unveiling the Dynamics of the Strong Interactions with Archival ALEPH Data

   e⁺e⁻ alliance · Submitted to Nature · arXiv:2511.00149
2. 2025
   Evidence of medium response to hard probes using correlations of Z bosons with hadrons in heavy ion collisions

   CMS Collaboration · Submitted to Phys. Lett. B · arXiv:2507.09307
3. 2024
   First measurement of jet axis decorrelation with photon-tagged jets in pp and PbPb collisions at 5.02 TeV

   CMS Collaboration · CMS-PAS-HIN-21-019
4. 2024
   Measurement of the radius dependence of charged-particle jet suppression in Pb–Pb collisions at √s_NN = 5.02 TeV

   ALICE Collaboration · Phys. Lett. B 849 (2024) 138412
5. 2025
   Machine Learning Power Week 2023: Clustering in Hadronic Calorimeters

   Submitted to Computing and Software for Big Science · arXiv:2508.09938
6. 2026
   The Colors of Jet Quenching

   Prepared for submission to Phys. Rev. Lett. · arXiv:2609.05609

See the Publications page for the curated list, or INSPIRE-HEP for all 282 papers.

Selected Invited Talks

1. Aug 2026
   Overview of recent experimental progress in inferring QGP properties

   Strong and Electroweak Matter 2026 (SEWM) · Helsinki, Finland
2. Jul 2026
   Experimental Summary

   BOOST 2026 · Kraków, Poland
3. Apr 2026
   Energy Correlators Across Collision Systems

   Probing our Understanding of Quark Gluon Matter, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics · Santa Barbara, CA, USA
4. Feb 2026
   Insights at the extremes: Exploring the limits of Hot and Cold QCD

   Special CFNS Seminar, Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY, USA
5. Nov 2025
   Energy Correlators at the Recycling Frontier: Unveiling QCD Dynamics with Archival ALEPH Data

   Niels Bohr Seminar, University of Manchester · Manchester, UK
6. Apr 2025
   Machine learning as a technique for physics analysis

   Quark Matter 2025 · Frankfurt, Germany
7. Sept 2024
   Machine learning for the analysis of hard probes

   Hard Probes 2024 — 12th Int. Conf. on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions · Nagasaki, Japan

Complete list of 32 invited and 24 contributed talks on the Talks page.

Honors & Awards

1. 2025
   Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

   Awarded to co-authors of publications based on LHC Run-2 data at the experimental collaborations
2. 2025
   CMS Award for outstanding contributions to the CMS experiment

   For major contributions to the refurbishment of the Zero Degree Calorimeter (ZDC) and streamlining of the ZDC software
3. 2022 – 2023
   D. Alan Bromley Fellowship

   Yale University
4. 2020 – 2023
   National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
5. 2020
   Nada Ledinko Fellowship
6. 2018
   Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Activities

1. 2025 – present
   CMS High-p_T PInG L3 Convener

   Convener of the physics interest group focusing on high-p_T probes
2. 2025 – present
   CMS FSC Software Coordinator

   Coordinating all software activities for the newly installed CMS Forward Shower Counter for diffractive physics
3. 2025 – present
   Analysis Review Committee (CMS internal)

   Multiplicity and transverse-momentum dependence of two-particle number and p_T correlations in pp collisions at 13 TeV
4. 2025
   Organizer, New Opportunities in Particle and Nuclear Physics with Energy Correlators

   Inaugural workshop held at the Central China Center for Nuclear Theory
5. 2024 – present
   CMS ZDC/HCAL DPG Software Coordinator

   Coordinating all software activities for the CMS ZDC
6. 2024 – present
   CMS ZDC Working Group Member

   Served on the task force to re-commission the ZDC following the bakeout of LHC Sector 45
7. 2023 – 2025
   Analysis Review Committee (CMS internal)

   Search for medium effects using jet axis decorrelation in inclusive jets from PbPb collisions at √s_NN = 5.02 TeV
8. 2023
   Organizer, INT-21-2B: Probing QCD at High Energy and Density with Jets
9. 2023
   Organizer, HGS-HIRe ML Power Week: ML-Based Clustering at the EIC
10. 2022 – 2023
    Co-coordinator, ALICE Machine Learning Working Group
11. 2021 – 2023
    Analysis Review Committees (ALICE internal)

    Inclusive jet p_T spectrum in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV; hardest k_T,g jet splittings in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at √s_NN = 5.02 TeV; jet-axis differences in pp collisions at √s = 5.02 TeV

Teaching & Mentoring

1. 2026 – present
   Xiaolin Rong

   Graduate student, MIT
2. 2023 – present
   Yu-Chen Chen

   Graduate student, MIT
3. 2023 – present
   Arjun Kudinoor

   Graduate student, MIT
4. 2024 – 2025
   Molly Park

   Graduate student, MIT
5. 2023 – 2024
   Ananya Rai

   Graduate student, Yale University
6. 2022 – 2023
   Zihui (Mary) Zhang

   Undergraduate student, Colby College
7. 2019 – 2020
   Teaching Fellow, Yale University

   Modern Physical Measurement
8. 2018 – 2019
   Teaching Fellow, Yale University

   General Physics Laboratory
9. 2014 – 2018
   Teaching Assistant, Colby College

   Computation and Visual Thinking; Foundations of Mechanics; Foundations of Electricity and Magnetism

Outreach & Service

1. 2025 – present
   Pen-Pal, Letters to a Pre-Scientist
2. 2024 – present
   CMS Young Scientist Committee, US Regional Representative
3. 2021 – 2023
   ALICE Junior Representative
4. 2020 – 2023
   ALICE USA Junior Ambassador
5. 2020 – 2023
   Representative, Graduate Student Advisory Committee

   Yale University
6. 2020 – 2021
   Representative, Graduate Curriculum Review Committee

   Yale University
7. 2022
   Session Organizer, Pathways Summer Scholars
8. 2019 – 2023
   Organizer, LHC Masterclass

   Yale University
9. 2021 – 2022
   Chair, Graduate Women in Physics+

   Yale University
10. 2018 – 2023
    Volunteer, Girls’ Science Investigations

    Yale University

In the News

1. 2026
   “How explorations in physics have informed artificial intelligence”

   Innovation News
2. 2024
   “A charming look into the structure of nuclei using collisions with photon clouds”

   CMS News
3. 2024
   “CMS uses photons to probe the structure of nuclei”

   CERN News
4. 2023
   ALICE Ph.D. thesis: Hannah J. Bossi, Yale University

   YouTube summary
5. 2022
   Yale Wright Lab physicists travel to a conference in Poland

   YouTube video
6. 2021
   “Who’s Who at the Lab – Hannah Bossi”

   Wright Lab News
7. 2020
   “What are we made of?”

   Colby News