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Curriculum Vitae

Address:Germany (Zeuthen)
Tel:+49 (0)1758916099
Email:marfin@cern.ch
Born:1979
Nationality:Belarus
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Education

Feb 2011 – present
DESY CMS Higgs group, Young Investigators Group of Dr. A. Raspereza,
doctoral scholarships
May 2008 – Jan 2011
DESY-Zeuthen, group of Prof. W. Lohmann
Apr 2005 – Apr 2008
Work under INTAS Young Scientist Grant
Aug 2001 – Mar 2005
National Center of Particle and High Energy Physics,
Minsk, Belarus, group of Prof. N. Schumeiko, post-graduate studies,
Jul 1996 – Jun 2001
Belorussian State University, Faculty of Physics, Minsk, Belarus,
undergraduate studies. Graduated with honors in June 2001.
Sep 1986 – Jun 1996
Minsk Gymnasium N3, specialized in economics. Graduated in June 1996.

Professional skills

Operating Systems
Unix/Linux (user- and kernel-level programming),
Windows, Android
Coding
Strong knowledge of C, C++, Python, Bash, TCL/Tk, good knowledge of
Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP
Project Management
SVN, GIT, CVS, Autotools, Make
Systems of publishing
Latex, ReStructuredText
Detector simulation
Geant4, OSCAR, ROOT(TGeant3)
Object-oriented design: the reconstruction software for experiments
CMSSW software, software of event reconstruction in CMS developed myself
Object-oriented design: adaptive Monte Carlo generators:
simulations of parton-parton, electron-parton deep inelastic, photon-photon scattering
software developed myself
Computer Algebra Systems
developing modules for MATHEMATICA, modules for SymPy
Numerical and Algebraic methods
Veltman-Passarino Integrals, the system of differential equations for the RenormGroup,
dimensional regularization in perturbative Quantum Field Theories
Statistical analysis
Frequentist/Bayesian/Likelihood-based techniques for parameter estimation, hypothesis testing
ROOT, RooFit, RooStats, BAT, Minuit
Multivariate analysis
Classification/Regression analyses, probabilistic classifiers (Likelihood-based),
decision trees, multi-layer perceptrons, ensemble learning algorithms, principal component analysis
TMVA package, software developed myself

Languages

Belorussian:Mother Tongue
Russian:Mother Tongue
English:Fluent
German:Intermediate

Work experience

Period Institute / Position Activities
2013 convener of B-tag Physics Object Group in CMS, CERN Responsibility for b-tagging in the CMS High Level Trigger
2011-2013 DESY CMS Higgs group Hamburg, Germany, DESY-Zeuthen, CMS/FCAL group Zeuthen, Germany, PhD student of the supervisors Prof. W. Lohmann and Dr. R. Walsh The model-independent analysis of the $H+b\rightarrow 3b$ channel at 7+8 TeV data recorded by CMS at LHC in 2011(2012). The statistical interpretation of $H+b\rightarrow 3b$ results in the MSSM. Developing and tuning MVA methods for the blinding policy of the Higgs search
2008-2011 DESY-Hamburg, ZEUS group Hamburg, Germany, DESY-Zeuthen, CMS group Zeuthen, Germany, Researcher Calculation of electroweak radiative correction to charge current DIS of $e^{\pm}$ on protons in ZEUS experiment. Selection of $t\bar{t}$ events in CMS. Study of muons from 900 GeV and 2.3 TeV data in CMS. Efficiency estimation for btagging algorithms from data.
2005-2008 National Institute for Particle and High Energy Physics, Minsk, Belarus, CERN, Geneva,Switzerland, Researcher Analysis of process like $pp\rightarrow\gamma\gamma \rightarrow WWX1X2.$ with AQGC at CMS. Membership in the RDMS CMS Working Group for Electroweak Physics. Work under INTAS Young Scientist Grant, no. INTAS-YS-05-112-5429
2001-2005 National Institute for Particle and High Energy Physics Minsk, Belarus, Junior researcher The precise study of gauge boson interactions in photon-photon reactions in the framework of SM and beyond on ee-linear colliders by means of two-photon processes. High accuracy analysis of radiative corrections to WW pair gauge boson production in gamma-gamma collisions. Investigation of Anomalous Quartic Gauge boson Coupling (AQGC) Membership in the TESLA Working Group for Electroweak Physics

Teaching experience

Period Institute Subject
2013 (summer) DESY,Zeuthen Germany Advisor in DESY Summer Student Programme
2013 (winter) Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus Germany Several lectures on quantum mechanics, field theory and cosmology
2012 (summer) DESY, Zeuthen Germany Advisor in DESY Summer Student Programme
2011 (summer) DESY, Zeuthen Germany Advisor in DESY Summer Student Programme
2002 Belorussian State University (BSU), Minsk Belarus Practical lessons on quantum mechanics
2001 BSU, Minsk Practical lessons on particle and high energy physics

Awards and Honors

  • INTAS Young Scientist Grant, no. INTAS-YS-05-112-5429, CERN
  • Awarded by "Wilhelm und Else Heraeus" foundation in recognition for the contributions made to the DPG Spring Meeting 2013 in Dresden

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