Maria Smizanska

Maria Smizanska is a Senior Research Fellow in the Physics Department at Lancaster University, actively contributing to the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Her research program focuses on high-energy particle physics phenomena through analysis of proton-proton and heavy ion collision data to explore fundamental aspects of the Standard Model and search for physics beyond it.

Dr. Smizanska's research spans multiple frontiers of experimental particle physics, with particular emphasis on precision Higgs boson measurements, top quark physics, and innovative searches for new particles. Her work involves sophisticated data analysis techniques including neural simulation-based inference methods. She contributes to various aspects of the ATLAS experiment from detector performance and trigger systems to physics analysis across multiple channels.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on precision measurements of Standard Model processes (particularly involving Higgs and top quarks) as well as extensive searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. Her work spans collider physics with proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV and heavy ion collisions to study the quark-gluon plasma, employing advanced analysis techniques including machine learning approaches for data reconstruction and interpretation.

Dr. Smizanska has been involved in the Consolidated Grant from 2019-2022, indicating sustained research funding for her work. She is an active member of the ATLAS collaboration, contributing to numerous physics analyses and detector performance studies across multiple publication types including journal articles and conference proceedings.