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Currently working at CERN, Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire.

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Khawla Jaffel

Work Experience

Postdoc in Particle Physics

2025–Present
CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research
Keemilise ja Bioloogilise Füüsika Instituut

Postdoc in Particle Physics

2023–2025
CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research
University of Science and Technology of China

Education

Ph.D. in Particle Physics

2019–2023
UCLouvain, Belgium
Advisor: Prof. Christophe Delaere
Dissertation: Search for 2HDM neutral Higgs bosons through ℓ⁺ℓ⁻bb at CMS (Run 2 data).

M.Sc. in Condensed Matter Physics

2015–2017
Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis
Thesis: Modélisation des performances des structures lasers à base des chalcogénures (MoS2/WSe2).

B.Sc. in Physics and Chemistry

2012–2015
Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis

Courses, Workshops & Conferences

  • LHC Higgs WG 19th Workshop (Nov 2022, CERN)
  • Georges Lemaître Chair Lecture (May 2022, UCLouvain)
  • Higgs Workshops (2020–2022)
  • Machine Learning for Science Workshop (Dec 2020)
  • CMS Data Analysis School (2019, Pisa)
  • Quantum Africa Conference (2017, Tunis)

HEP Skills

Monte Carlo techniques (⋆5), Machine learning tools (⋆4), Data modeling (⋆5), Statistical techniques (⋆4).

(⋆ scale: 0 = basic → 6 = expert)