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Cristina Mantilla-Suarez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on experimental high energy physics, particularly the properties of the Higgs boson and the particle nature of dark matter.
- Education: Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University (2020)
Her work with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) involves studying Higgs boson self-interactions and applying Artificial Intelligence to enhance particle identification. Additionally, she explores low-cost, high-intensity accelerator beamlines for dark matter searches, such as the DarkQuest experiment, and leads the construction of the Light Dark Matter Experiment at SLAC, targeting thermal dark matter masses below the proton mass (1-500 MeV).
Research Trends from her publications highlight advancements in detector technology, collider experiments, dark matter phenomenology, and AI integration for data analysis. She contributes to major collaborations like CMS and LDMX.
- Committees: Beitchman Summer Graduate Research Fellowship Committee, Graduate Student Admissions Committee, Outstanding Undergraduate/Graduate Student Award Committee, Colloquia and Special Lectures Committee
