Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) HEP Group
Department of Physics
University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

Sudhir Malik


Past Graduate (Master) Students


Guillermo Fidalgo (August 2020 - May 2024)

Master Thesis Title : Trigger Studies for the Emerging Jets Analysis and Machine Learning for Tracker DQM at CMS Experiment

Graduation Date : May 2024

Next: Ph.D. in Particle Physics at University of Alabama Tuscaloosa



Edgar Albelo (January 2021 - June 2023)

Master Thesis Title : Characterization of Non-Irradiated and Irradiated 3D Pixel Sensors for Phase-2 CMS Inner Tracker Upgrade

Graduation Date : June 2023

Next: Research at Naval Base



Cristhian Barbosa (January 2021 - May 2023)

Master Thesis Title : Study of the Effects Of Detector Issues on Emerging Jets for Possible Signatures of Dark Matter

Graduation Date : May 2023

Next: Ph.D. Bioengineering (UPRM)



Mauricio Matta Seclan (January 2021 - May 2023)

Master Thesis Title : Testbeam Study of Non-Irradiated and Irradiated Pixel Sensors for Phase-2 CMS Inner Tracker Upgrade

Graduation Date : May 2023

Next: Teaching at Universidad Privada del Norte, Peru



Harold Guererro (August 2019 - May 2022)

Master Thesis Title : Event Generation Study Through Geant4 and Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Graduation Date : May 2022

Next: Physics Teacher at Saint Francis School, Carolina, PR



Alexis Aguirre (August 2019 - Dec 2021)

Master Thesis Title : Characterisation of 3D silcion sensors bonded to RD53 chip for CMS Phase-2 Pixel Detector

Graduation Date : Dec 2021

Next: Ph.D. Mathematics, UPRM



Alvaro Guerrero (August 2018 - June 2021)

Master Thesis Title (Dec 2020): Characterization of planar sensors bonded to RD53A Readout Chip for CMS Phase 2 Inner Tracker System

Graduation Date : Spring 2021

Next: PhD Program in Physics University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras



Angel Rosado (Jan 2018 - May 2020)

Master Thesis Title (May 2020): Z to Invisible Background Estimation for the Top Squark Search in All Hadronic Final States for LHC Run 2

Graduation Date : Mat 2020

Next: PhD Program in Particle Physics at Florida State University Tallahassee



Andres Abreu (Jan 2016 - July 2018)

Master Thesis Title: Measurement of the Z Invisible background for Stop Quark Searches in the All-Hadronic Channel at 13 TeV

Graduation Date : July 2018

Next: PhD Program in Particle Physics at University of Kansas



Wilber Ortiz (Jan 2016 - Jan 2018)

Master Thesis Title (May 2017): Characterization of Sensors for CMS Phase II Forward Pixel Detector

Graduation Date : Jan 2018

Next: PhD Program in Physics University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras