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Summary

Highly analytical developer & data analyst with a Particle Physics background. Experienced in statistical analysis, data modelling, & machine learning. Proficient in C++, Rust, & Python, with a strong foundation developing high-performance software. Skilled in creating impactful visualisations & managing large-scale projects. Excellent communicator with proven ability to collaborate across teams & explain technical concepts to non-experts. Passionate about leveraging data & development skills to deliver results.
Full Name Alina Isobel Hagan
GitHub aihphysics
Website You're here!
Email alina-hagan@outlook.com
Phone +44 7793 450903

Education & Experience

  • 2020-now
    Analysis Lead & Trigger Signature Expert
    ATLAS Collaboration
    • Oversaw live data collection & coordination with international experts
    • Updated ATLAS Validation tools for evolved frameworks in C++ & CMake
    • Lead a worlds-first analysis exploring gluon structure in the proton
  • 2020-now
    PhD
    University of Lancaster, ATLAS Experiment & CERN
    • High-Energy Particle Physics, supervised by Vato Kartvelishvili.
    • Analysis lead, measurement of gluon structure in proton-proton collisions.
  • 2024-now
    Director & Board Member
    Lancaster & Morecambe Makers
    • Coordinating conversion to Community Interest Community
    • Representing student interests as student liasion
    • Running public repair cafes & promoting maker ideals
    • Organising new promotional materials & rebranding
  • 2020-now
    Post Graduate Teaching Assistant
    Lancaster University
    • Assisting students in practical & theoretical contexts
    • Communication & teaching of complex physics ideas
    • Taught multiple fields; programming & simulation, calculus, circuits, fourier analysis, & particle physics.
    • Administrative efforts in grading, identiying & aiding struggling students
  • 2015-2020
    MSc (Hons) Physics 1st
    University of Glasgow
    • Measurements of b-jet substructure & exploration of novel overlap removal methods & data purification.
  • 2019
    Nuclear & Hadron Physics Research Group Internship
    University of Glasgow
    • Design of Novel Graph Neural Networks for the Crystal Ball detector
    • Developed training & testing framework in tensorflow & python

Key Skills

  • C++ & CMake
  • Multithreaded development
  • GitLab & GitHub
  • International project management
  • Latex.
  • Python, matplotlib, tensorflow.
  • Rust, plotters, ndarray
  • Adaptability & learning agility
  • Strong foundation in algorithmics
  • High throughput computing
  • Computer modelling & simulation
  • Advance statistical methods for data analysis
  • Make & Ninja
  • TB scale data analytics
  • Data visualisation
  • BDT & Neural Network design
  • ROOT Data Analysis Framework
  • Intimate knowledge of linear algebra & calculus
  • Insightful data interpretation

Independent Projects

Along with my continuing involvement in physics & community projects I am passionate about broadening my horizons in a multitude of ways. I’m always looking to gain additional skills that I can apply to other areas in my life.
  • 2022
    terminal_rendering
    • A simplified implementation of a rendering engine, with minimal dependencies, designed to work on any unicode compatible terminal.
  • 2023-now
    Rocket Project
    • Design & build of 'L1' rockets, using an F-H impulse motor classes.
  • 2024-now
    Wave Equation Simulator
    • A little FTCS solution to the wave equation written in Rust, WIP WASM bindings for a web interface.

Communications, Papers, & Conferences

I am an excellent communicator & I have been selected on multiple occasions to represent my analysis team & my subgroup at international conferences & collaboration meetings
  • 2023
    LHCC - Large Hadron Collider Committee
    • Reconstruction & trigger for B-Hadron studies in ATLAS Run 3 data.
  • 2023
    ATLAS Week 2023
    • Early Career Scientist Presentation: Exploring Proton Structure: Gluon TMDs at ATLAS.
  • 2023
    Beauty 2023
    • New Heavy Flavour states in ATLAS
    • B-Hadron reconstruction in early ATLAS Run 3 data.
  • 2023
    Quarkonia As Tools
    • Inclusive quarkonium production - experimental overview.
  • 2022
    ATLAS UK Annual Meeting 2022
    • Precision physics with quarkonia
  • 2022
    Quarkonia As Tools
    • Quarkonia & TMDs in pp - Past & future measurements.

Other Interests

  • Film & Digital Photography
  • Rocketry
  • Cooking
  • Climbing & Running
  • Hobby Programming
  • CAD Modelling
  • 3D Printing