Max Swiatlowski

Dr. Max Swiatlowski works on the ATLAS experiment at CERN, where his research focuses on the triggering and reconstruction of hadronic final states produced by collisions of protons at the Large Hadron Collider.

Swiatlowski’s work enables us to simplify and understand the hundreds of particles produced in these collisions, which we can the use to better understand the Standard Model and physics beyond. He is particularly interested in using special kinds of particle showers called ‘b-jets’ to understand the nature of the vacuum energy potential which creates the Higgs Boson, and to search for new particles that can solve some of the Standard Model’s flaws. He also investigates novel and wide-ranging applications of deep learning, from triggering and reconstruction to new analysis techniques.

Swiatlowski currently serves as the convener of the Global Performancegroup in ATLAS, and coordinates searches for pairs of Higgs particles. In the past, he has also worked coordinated the Jet/ETMiss group, the trigger physics upgrade group, participated in searches for milli-charged particles at the LHC, and performed measurements of QCD using novel jet substructure techniques.

Swiatlowski is always looking for new undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and collaborations, so please drop him a line if you’d like to work together! Open positions will depend on funding and current project needs.