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In search of the Higgs boson: H - ZZ

Group Info

Faculty

Marcus Hohlmann
Keith Gallagher (formerly associated CS faculty; emeritus)
Debasis Mitra (associated CS faculty)

Post-doctoral Research Associates (current and former)

Dr. Tamer Elkafrawy (2019-present ), CMS Higgs and vector portals to dark matter and GEM upgrade
Dr. Ravindra K Verma (2021- 2023), CMS T' Analysis, HLT
Dr. Danny Noonan (2016-2022), CMS ttgamma and T' Analysis
Dr. Stefano Colafranceschi (2015-2018), CMS GEM upgrade; GE1/1 production
Dr. Aiwu Zhang (2013-16), GEM R&D for EIC
Dr. Kondo Gnanvo (2007-11), GEM muon tomography

Graduate Students (all Physics)

Ph.D. students:
- Bandar Alsufyani
- Stephen Butalla
- Loriza Hasa
- Pietro Iapozzuto
- Merrick Lavinsky
- Erick Yanes

Undergraduates (P/SS and CS)

Frank DiPaulo
Xayvion Elliot, Madgraph
José Fuentes, Grid Cluster
Evan Gunderson, EIC simulation
John Hernandez
Spencer Hirsch, Machine Learning for CMS physics analysis
Tyler Ton, EIC simulation
Adam Lastowka, uRWELL hardware
Matthew Romano, Geant4
Victor Tumbiolo, Madgraph
Tim Wainscott, Hardware
Zackery Wihela, Grid cluster

Volunteers

Michael Luntz (former engineer), GEM hardware for flight; photoelectric effect

Our HEP Group (2018), from left to right: Noah, Sarah, Angelo, Miguel, Samantha,

Tommy, Jerry, Akshath, Zach, Stephen, Devon, Michael, Ryan, Matt, Jacqui, Mehdi,

and Dr. Hohlmann.

Our CMS GEM Assembly Team (2017)

Our HEP group (2009)

Group Members	E-mail	Telephone
Faculty
Marcus Hohlmann	hohlmann@fit.edu	(321) 674-7275
Debasis Mitra	dmitra@cs.fit.edu
Research Associates

Tamer Elkafrawy	telkafrawy@fit.edu


Graduate Students
Bandar Alsufyani	balsufyani2017@my.fit.edu

Stephen Butalla	sbutalla2012@my.fit.edu

Loriza Hasa	lhasa2016@my.fit.edu
Pietro Iapozzuto	piapozzuto2015@my.fit.edu
Merrick Lavinsky	mlavinsky2016@my.fit.edu

Erick Yanes	eyanes2021@my.fit.edu
Undergraduates

José Fuentes	jfuentes2023@my.fit.edu
Adam Lastowka	alastowka2020@my.fit.edu
Matthew Romano	mromano2021@my.fit.edu

Zackery Wihela	zwihela2020@my.fit.edu

Group Forms

Reimbursement Request

Student Research Volunteer Form

Machine Shop Training

Spreadsheet template for requesting letters of recommendation from Dr. Hohlmann

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