Two Department of Physics and Astronomy postdoctoral research associates and a staff member were recognized in June with CMS awards by CERN. These annual awards highlight the essential work done in detector operations, software development, data analysis, and overall collaboration efforts. The dedication of these members is key to the ongoing success and scientific output of the CMS experiment.
Dr. Garvita Agarwal joined ND in September 2023 and works with Prof. Marc Osherson. She was recognized for her outstanding mentorship and community building.
Dr. Andrea Piccinelli joined ND in June 2023 and works with Prof. Kevin Lannon. He was cited for his engagement in the workflow management selection process, extra effort on the investigations, and overall leadership in the Offline and Computing Data and Workflow Management Development over the past years.
Tina Vernon joined ND in January 2017 and works with Prof. Mitch Wayne. She was recognized for exceptional and extended support in logistics and procurement for HCAL, HGCAL and MTD, in particular for the procurement of Silicon Photomultipliers for the Phase-I HCAL upgrade and for Phase-II HGCAL and MTD upgrades.
The Notre Dame group has made important contributions to CMS since the earliest days of the experiment. Faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff continue to play important roles in the analysis of CMS data, software and computing, and major upgrades of several components of the CMS detector. We look forward to another decade of data taking at the High Luminosity LHC that will improve our understanding of nature at its most fundamental level.
Originally published by at physics.nd.edu on June 17, 2026.