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\nLast update December 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tSummary\n\t\t\t\tLanguages\n\t\t\t\tEducation and awards\n\t\t\t\tResearch topics\n\t\t\t\tCarrer @ CNRS and University\n\t\t\t\tDistinctions\n\t\t\t\tAcademic Supervision and Internships\n\t\t\t\tExamination, Jury\n\t\t\t\tProfessional grants and Awards\n\t\t\t\tConsultancy & Committees\n\t\t\t\tLeading positions @ CNRS and University\n\t\t\t\tLeading positions @ CERN\n\t\t\t\tOther Leading positions\n\t\t\t\tProfiles in Media\n\t\t\t\tProfessional and Learned Societies\n\t\t\t\tSchools, Conferences, Workshop, Seminars\n\t\t\t\tGiven talks at conferences \n\t\t\t\tPublications\n\t\t\t\tScientific communication, Media\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSummary\n\t\t\t\t
I am a senior scientist and physicist in nuclear and particle physics and cosmology. I was born and raised in Algeria where I completed my undergraduate university studies in physics. After obtaining\u00a0 my bachelor and the diploma of higher specialized studies in\u00a0 in nuclear physics at the Science and Technology University\u00a0 (USTHB) of Algiers (Algeria) in 1987, I\u00a0 had the opportunity to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Grenoble in France.<\/p>\n
I have been awarded a Master in 1988, then a PhD in nuclear and particle physics from the University of Grenoble in 1990 and I am currently a research director at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), physicist in the experimental field of nuclear physics, particle physics and cosmology. I work at CERN<\/a> (European Organization for Particle Physics) on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and I am a member of the ATLAS<\/a> experiment. I contributed to the major discovery of this century in particle physics, the Higgs boson (Phys.Lett.B 716 (2012) 1-29<\/a>). Before that, I took part in a heavy ion collision experiment at CERN’s super proton synchrotron (SPS), the NA50 experiment that in year 2000 contributed to the discovery<\/a> of the quark-gluon-plasma state, the QGP<\/a>. I was also a member of a NASA space experiment, AMS<\/a>, for the search for antimatter in space. My work has been carried out in international collaborations with a strong interdisciplinary, combining fundamental physics, instrumentation and scientific computing. I held positions of coordination, as team leader (Grenoble LPSC) for the ATLAS collaboration, member of the publications committee of the ATLAS experiment and its physics office coordinator. I held the position of scientific manager of the National LHC Grid infrastructure (LCG-France<\/a>) but also internationally (WLCG), leading also the international research network P2IM<\/a>. During that period, I have been member of the EU PF7\/EUMEDGRID-Support<\/a> project and was its France representative. Within this framework led by Italy, I participated to the collaborations with the Mediterranean basin countries, helping them to get skills and expertise in Grid computing. I am participating in the work to develop a strategic plan for France participation in the project for a future circular collider of 100 km in circumference and 100 TeV of energy, the FCC<\/a>. I lead WADAPT-France, French part of the Wireless Allowing Data and Power Transfer consortium, which studies wireless multi-gigabit data transfer for high-energy physics applications.<\/p>\n In 2022, I launched a collaborative project on a future underground laboratory in Africa, PAUL project (arXiv:2306.12083 [hep-ex]<\/a>). In January 2024, at the SSP sumposium, the project was officially declared and it obtained a seed-funding to explore its feasibility inside the Huguenot Tunnel in the Cape Town region, South Africa. The concept design of the future laboratory has been contracted to the Tunnel company who delivered it April 2025. The next phase is to study the concept and design of the future laboratory itself. I have built an international research consortium between Europe and Austral Africa on this topic, IRN PAULINE<\/a> , a 5-year project with a budget granted by CNRS. I have been awarded a Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchange project, NEXUS<\/a> in May 2025. NEXUS aims to advance research by improving detector performance, refining instrumentation, and broadening theoretical perspectives through a sustainable network of experts. In partnership with world-renowned laboratories in Europe [CNRS research labs(LPSC Grenoble and LS Modane, IP2I Lyon, LP2I Bordeaux, LPNHE Paris, IJCLab Orsay, Subatech Nantes), INFN (LNGS and LNF), LS Canfranc, Boulby UK], the United States (SURF), Canada (SNOLAB), Australia (Melbourne and Adelaide Universities), and South Africa [PAUL project: Stellenbosch University, University of the Western Cape, University of the Witwatersrand and SKAO], NEXUS will tackle exceptional experimental and theoretical challenges to track dark matter, among other subjects of interest in astroparticles.<\/p>\n I supervised the PhD work of eight doctoral students and more than twenty research internships, from Bachelor to Master studies. I have brought my expertise to the evaluation of European Commission projects, within the framework of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe since 2017 and the evaluation of projects of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (FCI<\/a>) in 2023 and 2025. On the other hand, I was invited by the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF<\/a>) to assess Master’s and doctoral school programs in West Africa.<\/p>\n In my efforts to promote science, technology and know-how for developing countries, I served in the \u00ab\u00a0physics for development\u00a0\u00bb committees of the European Physical Society<\/a>\u00a0 and the IUPAP<\/a> (C13 commission). I co-founded with the French Physics Society<\/a>, a series of fundamental physics schools for the Maghreb region called EPAM (Advanced physics schools in Maghreb) from 2009 to 2012. I directed the school, which took place in Morocco\/Taza<\/a>. In 2019, I co-founded the African strategy for fundamental physics and its applications (ASFAP<\/a>), a pan-African strategy project. We are planning an opening symposium to present the report to the international community which will be held at the University of Lome, Togo, on September 22-25, 2025. I was elected \u00ab\u00a0fellow<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS<\/a>) in 2020. I have participated in 2023 to the work of the African<\/a> Synchrotron Initiative committee, a Think-Tank mandated by the AAS and the African Union in charge of creating a favourable environment for the implementation of the future African Synchrotron.<\/p>\n My activities in science mediation and outreach are about physics for development and gender balance. In particular, I coordinated the exhibition \u00ab\u00a0La Science taille XXelles\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> which took place in Grenoble. I founded the association \u00ab\u00a0Parit\u00e9 Science\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> in the Alps and I am member of the board of administration of the association \u00ab\u00a0Femmes et Sciences\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> and the EPWS<\/a> (European Platform for women Scientists).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLanguages\n\t\t\t\t Algerian<\/strong> and French<\/strong> (native), English <\/strong>(proficiency), Arabic <\/strong>(professional), Swedish <\/strong>and Italian <\/strong>(basic).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEducation and awards\n\t\t\t\t 1986<\/strong>: Bachelor in Physics @ Houari Boum\u00e9dienne University (USTHB), Algiers, Algeria.<\/p>\n 1987<\/strong>: Master <\/em>in subatomic physics @ USTHB, Algiers, Algeria.<\/p>\n 1988<\/strong>: Master of Advanced Studies (DEA) in nuclear and particle Physics @ UGA, France.<\/p>\n 1990<\/strong>: PhD in Nuclear and Particle Physics @ UGA, France. (tel-00724115<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1999<\/strong>: Research Habilitation diploma @ UGA, France. (tel-00001406<\/a>)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tResearch topics\n\t\t\t\t 1988-1991: <\/strong>PhD thesis in nuclear physics: \u00ab\u00a0Hypernuclei lifetime measurement, produced at fission using antiproton beam at CERN<\/a> .<\/p>\n 1991-1996:<\/strong> Search for the quark gluon plasma state using heavy ions beams on fixed targets at\u00a0<\/p>\n CERN; NA38<\/a> and NA50<\/a> experiments. In 2000, NA50 experiment found evidence<\/a> of the deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the charmonium suppression pattern which is a proof of the existence of the QGP state.<\/p>\n 1997-1999:<\/strong>\u00a0 Search for Antimatter in space with the Anti-matter Spectrometer (AMS<\/a>).<\/p>\n 2000-today:<\/strong> Particle Physics at ATLAS<\/a> on the CERN\/LHC<\/a>; I contributed along other tasks and activities to the major discovery <\/strong>of the last fifty years in the field of particle physics, the Higgs Boson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 2004-2014:<\/strong> Computing and Grid for the LHC.<\/p>\n 2019-2024:<\/strong> participation to the study and design of the Future Circular Colliders design and study project (FCC<\/a>).<\/p>\n 2022<\/strong>– : Founding an underground laboratory (PAUL<\/a>) in South Africa for dark matter research.<\/p>\n 2025<\/strong>: \u00a0NEXUS<\/a> (<\/strong>North-south EXchange for Underground S<\/strong>cience) <\/strong>Horizon Europe Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Staff Exchanges project coordinator.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCarrer @ CNRS and University\n\t\t\t\t 1990-1991:<\/strong> Teaching assistant at UGA, France.<\/p>\n 1991:<\/strong> CNRS research assistant.<\/p>\n 2007:<\/strong> \u00ab\u00a0Hubert Curien\u00a0\u00bb promotion of CNRS future leaders.<\/p>\n 2010:<\/strong> CNRS research scientist.<\/p>\n 2022:<\/strong> CNRS senior research director.<\/p>\n 2023-2007<\/strong>: Extraordinary professor at Stellenbosch University<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDistinctions\n\t\t\t\t 2023<\/strong>: Extraordinary professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.<\/p>\n 2022: <\/strong>Associated member of the Acad\u00e9mie Delphinale<\/a>, France.<\/p>\n 2020: <\/strong>Fellow <\/a>of the African Academy of Sciences (<\/strong>AAS).<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcademic Supervision and Internships\n\t\t\t\t \u00a0<\/p>\n PhDs Supervision in France : https:\/\/www.theses.fr\/084171219<\/a><\/p>\n Jaroslav Nowak (Wraclav, Poland),\u00a0 February-June 2002 — ATLAS B Physics, Bs to J\/psi Eta (pi+ pi- p0)<\/p>\n Johanna Simon, Praktikumsbericht – Technische Universitat Darmstadt: AMS, RICH prototype Test Beam analysis, 1999.<\/p>\n Marianne Falda and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Marcelli, 2004 (2 weeks in june): Research, Science, Particle physics and ATLAS<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExamination, Jury\n\t\t\t\t Theses<\/strong><\/p>\n Recruitment Board<\/strong><\/p>\n 2025-2029<\/strong>: NEXUS<\/a> Horizon Europe Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Staff Exchanges project.<\/p>\n 2024-2029<\/strong>: International Research Network with South Africa, Botswana and Morocco, PAULINE<\/a><\/p>\n 2015-2018: <\/strong>International research Network with Morocco,\u00a0 P2IM<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2010-2014: <\/strong>French National Research Agency grant, HiggsNet<\/a> : Research for extra-dimensions at ATLAS experiment using high momentum two photons dacys.<\/p>\n 2010-2012: <\/strong>EU PF7\/EUMEDGRID-Support<\/a> project grant to participate to the collaboration with the Mediterranean basin countries in Grid computing.<\/p>\n 2008-2009:<\/strong> French China Particle Physics Laboratory<\/a> grant for developing collaborations with Shandong University, China.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConsultancy & Committees\n\t\t\t\t 2023&2025<\/strong>: Expert review for the evaluation of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (FCI<\/a>).<\/p>\n 2021 <\/strong>-: EU Expert for the evaluation of Horizon Europe<\/a> MSCA projects.<\/p>\n 2021<\/strong>:<\/p>\n 2017-2020: <\/strong>EU Expert for the evaluation of H2020<\/a>-MSCA projects.<\/p>\n 2005-2006:<\/strong> Director’s review committee member for Fermilab<\/a> experiments computing (USA).<\/p>\n 2004-2014: <\/strong>Member of the Scientific Council of the computing centre: CC-IN2P3<\/a>, France.<\/p>\n 2004-2014:<\/strong> CERN Computing Resource Review board member.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeading positions @ CNRS and University\n\t\t\t\t 2025<\/strong>:\u00a0 Coordinator of the Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchanges NEXUS <\/strong><\/a>project.<\/p>\n 2024 -:<\/strong> Founding-director of PAUL International Networking PAULINE<\/a> .<\/p>\n 2023- : <\/strong>\u00a0PAUL project <\/strong>Steering Committee chair<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2015-2018<\/strong>: Founding-director of the International Research Network with Morocco, \u00a0P2IM<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2004-2014:<\/strong> \u00a0Scientific Director<\/a> of the National Computing and Grid<\/a> for the LHC.<\/p>\n 2003-2013:<\/strong> ATLAS collaboration Grenoble LPSC Team Leader.<\/p>\n 2003-2004:<\/strong> ATLAS Physics France<\/a> committee member.<\/p>\n 2001-2010:<\/strong> ATLAS Computing France<\/a> committee member.<\/p>\n 2001-2003: <\/strong>Grenoble LPSC Lab. communication coordinator.<\/p>\n 2000-2003:<\/strong> Grenoble LPSC Seminars organization chair.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeading positions @ CERN\n\t\t\t\t 2025-2027: <\/strong>ATLAS collaboration EDI office coordinator.<\/p>\n 2016-2020:<\/strong> ATLAS collaboration Physics Office coordinator<\/p>\n 2016-2018:<\/strong> ATLAS experiment Publications Committee member.<\/p>\n 2008-2014:<\/strong> CERN-WLCG<\/a> Overview board member.<\/p>\n 2003-2013:<\/strong>\u00a0 ATLAS collaboration board member.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOther Leading positions\n\t\t\t\tPost-Doctoral<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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