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Last updated on 22 November 2023.

General Information

Name Matt LeBlanc
Languages English (Native), French (B2)

Positions

  • 2024+
    Assistant Professor (Research)
    Brown University
    Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Department of Physics
  • 2023
    Postdoctoral Research Associate
    University of Manchester
    Manchester, United Kingdom
    Department of Physics
  • 2021-2023
    Research Fellow
    CERN
    Geneva, Switzerland
    Experimental Physics Department
  • 2017-2020
    Postdoctoral Research Associate
    University of Arizona
    Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Department of Physics

Appointments

  • 2022-2023
    Jet/EtMiss Combined Performance Group
    ATLAS Collaboration
    Group Convener
  • 2022-2023
    Physics Coordination
    ATLAS Collaboration
    ex-officio member (Jet/EtMiss Convenership)
  • 2020-2022
    Standard Model Jet & Photon Physics Subgroup
    ATLAS Collaboration
    Subgroup Convener
  • 2019-2020
    Jet/EtMiss Definitions & MC Calibrations Subgroup
    ATLAS Collaboration
    Subgroup Convener
  • 2018-2019
    Jet/EtMiss Jet Energy Scale & Resolution Subgroup
    ATLAS Collaboration
    Subgroup Convener

Education

  • 2017
    Ph. D.
    University of Victoria
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Experimental Particle Physics
  • 2011
    B.Sc. (H.)
    Acadia University
    Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Physics; Mathematics & Statistics

Service and Outreach

  • 2023-
    Associate Editor
    Frontiers in Big Data and AI in High-Energy Physics
  • 2022-
    International Advisory Committee
    BOOST Conference Series
  • 2023
    Experimental Convener, WG1 -- "Min. Bias, Underlying Event & MC Generators"
    14th International Workshop on Multi-Parton Interactions at the LHC (MPI@LHC 2023)
  • 2021
    Organising Committee
    BOOST 2021
  • 2020-2023
    Videoconference Moderator
    IPPOG / QuarkNet Physics Masterclasses
  • 2018, 2019,
    2021, 2023
    Organising Committee
    ATLAS Hadronic Calibration Workshop
  • 2021-
    Peer Referee
    PRL, EPJC, JHEP, NST
  • 2014-2015
    Guide, Emily Carr School of Art & Design Artists-In-Residence Visits
    TRIUMF
  • 2013-2015
    Volunteer Public Tour Guide
    TRIUMF

Awards and Honours

  • 2022
    Wu-Ki Tung Award for Early-Career Research in QCD
    CTEQ Collaboration
    • "For important contributions to the measurements of QCD dynamics using jets and jet substructure, as well as for long standing contributions and leadership in jet reconstruction and calibration."
  • 2014-2017
    Postgraduate Scholarship - Doctoral
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • 2012-2013
    Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • 2011-2012
    University of Victoria Fellowship
    Univeristy of Victoria
  • 2010
    IPP Summer Student Fellowship
    Institute of Particle Physics
    CERN