Alain Bellerive
Professor, Department of Physics
Professor Bellerive’s research is in experimental particle physics, the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and their interactions. He is involved in the ATLAS Experiment at CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The ATLAS experiment is an exciting project exploring physics at the TeV energy scale, where new kinds of phenomena are expected to appear. The LHC and ATLAS allow for the detailed study of the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking, the exploration of the origin of mass and the search for particles that could make up the elusive dark matter.
Professor Bellerive is currently working on Standard Model analyses and Higgs Physics with the ATLAS detector. He is also contributing to the operation of the ATLAS New Small Wheel (NSW) and is pursuing new opportunities, including the development of Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) with the RD51 Collaboration at CERN for the future International Linear Collider (ILC).