Career highlights
Staff interviews
Hear directly from PPD staff as they discuss their roles and what it takes to work in the world of experimental particle physics.
Dr Ben Smart
Ben is currently working on developing data acquisition for the ATLAS pixel detector and preparing the RAL facility for pixel module loading and testing.
Dr Jens Dopke
Jens is a Senior Detector Scientist working on the assembly of, electronics for and data acquisition from, large Particle Physics experiments.
Currently mostly involved in ATLAS, he also invests time into the design and test of future detector systems, as well as reaching out towards the arts and humanities through X-ray-based imaging projects with the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Steph Hills
Steph is the European Communications and Stakeholder Manager for STFC at CERN, currently working in the CERN UK Press Office.
Prof Bill Murray
Prof Bill Murray is a joint academic with Warwick University who is currently engaging with future collider projects.
He was also the ATLAS Higgs Convener in the run-up to Higgs’s discovery in 2012 and then Physics Coordinator.
Dr Emmanuel Olaiya
Dr Emmanuel Olaiya, an experimental particle physicist who works mainly on beyond the Standard Model physics such as Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM), Z prime bosons and Quantum Black Holes.
He is also an expert in computing and software.
NuSTEM resources
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Person of the Week
From engineers to graphic designers, STEM offers a wide range of careers. NUSTEM’s Person of the Week aims to introduce children to diverse STEM role models and job roles.
Careers in STEM
NUSTEM also developed Careers in STEM Postcards to help students in the Key Stage 3 curriculum learn more about careers in science and technology. These resources include staff from across STFC, including PPD.
NuSTEM Person of the Week
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