Flavia de Almeida Dias
Wow those chats are intense! Just ask questions on the profile if I did not manage to answer in the chat. You are all great!
Favourite Thing: Smash things to see what comes out of it
My CV
Education:
PhD: São Paulo State University (BR) / California Institute of Technology (USA) – 2009-2012
Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Particle Physics, B.Sc in Physics
Work History:
CERN! (2008-present)
Current Job:
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC
Employer:
The University of Edinburgh
Me and my work
I use the worlds biggest camera to look at what happens when protons are smashed together in order to better understand the universe
My Typical Day
Designing software to analyse new data from the LHC, meetings with co-workers and students to talk about our work progress and solve our latest snags together
What I'd do with the money
With the money I would setup portable particle physics experiment with cloud chambers to bring the joy of particle physics to the high schools further away from big cities
My Interview
How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Talkative, dedicated, hyper
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Morcheeba
What's your favourite food?
Guacamole
What is the most fun thing you've done?
Travelled all continents (except Antarctica) in a year, all for conferences and workshops
What did you want to be after you left school?
A scientist! Oh wait…
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Yes, I could not stop talking to my colleagues during classes, so my teachers were always annoyed at me
What was your favourite subject at school?
Literature
What's the best thing you've done as a scientist?
I have contributed in the discovery of the Higgs boson
What or who inspired you to become a scientist?
My granddad gave me the book “Cosmos”, by Carl Sagan (transcripts from the TV series) when I was 10, and I was immediately in love with astronomy and the mysteries of the Universe
If you weren't a scientist, what would you be?
Sad!
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
Be happy, live long, achieve career goals
Tell us a joke.
Higgs Boson walks into a church and says “you can’t have mass without me!”
Other stuff
Work photos:
With the ATLAS detector, 100 m underground in the Swiss-French border near Geneva, at CERN.
ATLAS detector (top) and CMS detector (bottom), particle detectors at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
The Large Hadron Collider tunnel.
My profile link:
https://pressuren15.imascientist.org.uk/profile/flaviadealmeidadias/
Short link: https://ias.im/u.98914
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