The LHCb experiment is one of the four major particle detectors in Geneva. Through Nikhef, the Netherlands is an important partner in the research project, both in detector construction and data analysis. The Dutch LHCb program is divided among the NWO institute Nikhef and three universities: VU Amsterdam, Maastricht, and Groningen. Mara Senghi Soares will coordinate the activities of the research groups and represent the Netherlands within LHCb.
Mara Senghi Soares
Since 2020, Senghi Soares has been affiliated with VU Amsterdam, where she also becomes an Associate Professor as of November 1st. Senghi Soares was already a staff member at Nikhef and the Deputy Program Leader at LHCb. She is now the second female program leader at Nikhef, taking over the position from LHCb physicist Marcel Merk. Former LHCb physics coordinator Niels Tuning, based in Geneva, becomes the new Deputy Program Leader at LHCb for Nikhef.