Antonis Papanestis
LHCb Group Leader

Antonis Papanestis is an applied physicist with over 25 years of experience in detector development, detector control systems, and managing complex projects. He leads the LHCb group at the Particle Physics Department at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Dr Papanestis joined RAL in 2000 as a member of the LHCb group. His early contributions to the reconstruction software were followed by the development of the Detector Control System for the Cherenkov detectors. He was the Project Leader of the LHCb Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) sub-system for 5 from 2013 to 2018. From 2018 to 2022 he was the project manager for DUNE-UK, the UK contributions to the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab, expected to start operations in 2028. When not working Antonis likes reading science fiction and riding roller coasters with his sons. He enjoys public speaking on the latest developments in physics and promoting the achievements of scientists working at CERN. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5405-2901