![]() ![]() She works at the CMS experiment in the Large Hadron Collider, developing a new muon system called GEM (Gas Electron Multiplier), which can detect muons in the outermost layer of the CMS. Sharma is best known for her work in gaseous detectors, through which she contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson. She has mentored around 20 PhD students during her time at CERN and has authored or co-authored over 800 publications. Since 2001, she has worked on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, designing high-efficiency detectors to facilitate the detection of the Higgs-Boson particle. By 2001, she had gained enough skills to apply for and receive a long-term position at CERN. Īfter finishing her second PhD, Sharma held positions at the GSI-Darmstadt in Germany and the University of Maryland, College Park. After finishing her first PhD in Delhi, Sharma moved to Geneva with her family in 1989 to conduct her post-doctoral research in gaseous detectors, through which she realized her lack of expertise in instrumentation and thus decided to pursue a second PhD at the University of Geneva. Sharma's involvement at CERN began in 1987 when she won a three-year fellowship to conduct research in the detector development group led by Georges Charpak. Sharma earned a second doctorate degree (D.Sc.) in "Instrumentation for High Energy Physics" from the University of Geneva in 1996 and an executive MBA degree from the International University in Geneva in 2001. She describes herself as a "good student had gold medals" in India, but lacked the practical knowledge of instrumentation and building scientific instruments. In 1989, she received her PhD in experimental particle physics from Delhi University. Sharma studied physics at Banaras Hindu University as an undergraduate student and received her masters in nuclear physics from the same university in 1982. The rigor and support of her parents and schoolteachers encouraged her to pursue higher education in physics. Both of her parents were teachers––her father taught mechanical engineering, and her mother taught economics and geography. Sharma was born to a middle-class family in Aligarh & raised in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. India's President Draupadi Murmu gave her the award for her 'outstanding contribution to science & technology' and in recognition of her 'valuable contribution' in promoting the honour and prestige of India and in fostering the interests of overseas Indians. She also received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award in 2023 which is the highest award that the Indian government can bestow upon an Indian settled abroad. She is internationally recognized for her work in instrumentation and gaseous detectors, specifically for her pioneering work on micro-pattern gaseous detectors. Her research focuses on high energy physics, which explores the origins of the known universe and its component parts. She is the only Indian scientist at CERN who was involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson particle in 2012. ![]() ( May 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īrchana Sharma is an Indian physicist and senior scientist at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. There may be relevant discussion on the talk page. It may need editing to conform to Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. ![]() This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |