Konstantinos A. Petridis

Konstantinos A. Petridis is an Associate Professor in Particle Physics at the School of Physics, University of Bristol. His research focuses on probing the Standard Model through rare decay processes of B-hadrons using the LHCb experiment at CERN, with a particular interest in anomalies suggesting potential new fundamental forces.

• Primary affiliation: School of Physics, University of Bristol
• Research themes: Particle Physics, Detector Development, Computing Architectures

His work combines experimental analysis of beauty quark decays with innovation in data processing workflows, including the adoption of Graphcore's Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) for next-generation particle physics experiments. Collaborations span international teams at CERN and industry partners like Graphcore.

Research Trends: Recent publications emphasize precision measurements in B-hadron decays, constraints on photon polarisation in b → sγ transitions, and detector optimization techniques leveraging novel computing hardware. The studies align with broader efforts to address flavor anomalies and improve experimental efficiency.

Projects: As Principal Investigator, he leads initiatives on resolving flavor anomalies (2021–2024), accelerating Graphcore IPU development (2020–2022), and the SOLID electronics work package (2016–2021).