Baris Altunkaynak

Baris Altunkaynak is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Physics at Northeastern University's College of Science, and serves as the Supervisor of the Introductory Physics Laboratory (IPL). He is actively involved in teaching and laboratory supervision, managing the IPL which serves approximately 1,300 students per term. His research interests span particle physics, high-energy physics, and theoretical physics, with a focus on topics including supersymmetry (SUSY), Higgs boson interactions, dark matter, and LHC phenomenology. Altunkaynak has contributed to studies on collider signatures, mass hierarchies in supersymmetric models, and deflected mirage mediation scenarios. He has also engaged in experimental and theoretical analyses of particle interactions and detector technologies.

His work includes collaborations on LHC Run-II benchmarking, Higgs boson mass predictions within supergravity frameworks, and the development of multidimensional phase-space methods for particle decay analysis. Altunkaynak’s research often bridges theoretical models with experimental data, aiming to uncover new physics beyond the Standard Model. His contributions to the physics community include both experimental and computational approaches, such as live-streaming radio-telescope observations and algebraic solutions to optimization problems in rectangle packing.

Though no specific grants or student advisement records are listed, his role in the IPL highlights a strong commitment to undergraduate education and hands-on laboratory training. His research trajectory reflects a blend of cutting-edge particle physics with methodological innovations in data analysis and experimental design.