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An overview over my scientific achievements

Basics

Name Rene Poncelet
Label Particle physicist
Email rene.poncelet@ifj.edu.pl
Phone +48 (12) 662-8273
Url https://th.ifj.edu.pl/poncelet
Summary A theoretical particle physicist at the IFJ PAN institute working on precision calculations for collider phenomenology.

Work

  • 2023.10 - Today
    Staff scientist/Assistant Professor (adiunkt)
    IFJ PAN Cracow
    Member of the theoretical particle physics department. Research interests: higher-order QCD computations for multi-scale processes, jet physics, fixed-order fragmentation, multi-loop computations, subtraction methods
    • Mass-effects in Higgs production through NNLO QCD
    • Fragmentation processes
    • Theory uncertainties
  • 2021.10 - 2023.09
    Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
    Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
    Early career research position funded by the Leverhulme and Isaac Newton Trust. Research interest: higher-order QCD computations for multi-scale processes, jet physics, fixed-order fragmentation, multi-loop computations, subtraction methods
    • Three-jet production and event shapes at NNLO QCD
    • W+2j production through NNLO QCD
    • flavour-safe anti-kT jet algorithm
  • 2018.10 - 2021.09
    Research Associate (PostDoc)
    Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
    Early career research position funded by the Leverhulme and Isaac Newton Trust. Research interest: higher-order QCD computations, top-quark physics, quark and vector boson polarisation effects, multi-loop computations, subtraction methods
    • NNLO QCD top quark pair production including decays
    • NNLO QCD inclusive jets
    • three-photon production
    • polarised vector-boson production at NNLO

Education

  • 2015.10 - 2018.09

    Aachen, Germany

    PhD
    RWTH Aachen University, Germany
    Theoretical Particle Physics
    • Thesis: Precision Top-Quark Physics with Leptonic Final States
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michal Czakon
    • Referee: Prof. Dr. Robert Harlander
    • Member of DFG Graduate School (GK) "Teilchen- und Astroteilchenphysik im Lichte von LHC"
  • 2013.10 - 2015.09

    Göttingen, Germany

    Master
    Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany
    Physics
    • Thesis: Monte Carlo event generation with the (MC)3 sampling algorithm
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Steffen Schumann
  • 2010.10 - 2013.09

    Göttingen, Germany

    Bachelor
    Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany
    Physics
    • Thesis: Systematic studies on the production of bottom-quarks in parton shower simulations
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Steffen Schumann

Awards

Skills

Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics
Perturbation Theory
Subtraction schemes
Monte Carlo integration
Collider Phenomenology
Programming/Software
C++
Python
Fortran
Mathematica
FORM
bash

Languages

German
Native speaker
English
Fluent

Interests

Physics
Particle Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics
LHC
Jet physics
Heavy quarks
HPC
Numerical methods
Outdoor activities
Running
Hiking
Climbing

Activity

References

Professor Michal Wiktor Czakon, RWTH Aachen University
Reference letter upon request.
Professor Alexander Mitov, Cambridge University
Reference letter upon request.

Projects

  • 2021.10 - 2023.09
    The NNLO QCD revolution: Pushing the boundaries of perturbative QCD
    Precision predictions from the Standard Model of Particle physics are essential to understand collider data. This project concerned the computation of second order QCD corrections for standard candle processes at the LHC.
    • NNLO QCD three jet production
    • Flavoured jet algorithms

Teaching

Mentoring

Outreach