Education: B.Sc., Panjab University, Chandigarh (2007); M.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics from the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2009); Ph.D. (Physics) from the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh (March, 2013).

Positions held:

1. Assistant Professor, PAU Ludhiana (May, 2021 - till date).

2. Assistant Professor, G.H.G. Khalsa College, Ludhiana (July, 2014 - May, 2021).

Field of Specialization: Experimental Particle & Nuclear Physics, Particle detectors, Monte-Carlo Simulations.

Research Interests:

1. Standard Model & Beyond Standard Model Physics.
2. Particle detectors.
3. Simulation and Modelling of nanoscale based systems.

Selected Research Publications:

• Sirunyan Albert M, Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2020) Search for supersymmetry in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV in events with high-momentum Z bosons and missing transverse momentum. J High Energ Phys 09: 149. (Impact Factor: 5.875)
• Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2019) Search for Supersymmetry with a compressed mass spectrum in vector boson fusion topology with 1-lepton and 0-lepton final states in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV. J High Energ Phys 08: 150. (Impact Factor: 5.875)
• Sirunyan Albert M, Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2018) Performance of the CMS muon detector and muon reconstruction with proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV. J Instrum 13: P06015. (Impact Factor: 1.399)
• Sirunyan Albert M, Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2017) Search for heavy resonances that decay into a vector boson and a Higgs boson in hadronic final states at √s=13 TeV. Eur Phys J C 77 9: 636. (Impact Factor: 4.843)
• Sirunyan Albert M, Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2016) Reconstruction and identification of tau-lepton decays to hadrons and tau-neutrino at CMS. J Instrum 11: P01019. (Impact Factor: 1.399)
• Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2015) Search for supersymmetry in the vector-boson fusion topology in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV. J High Energ Phys 11: 189. (Impact Factor: 5.875)
• Sirunyan Albert M, Dhingra N. et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2014) Evidence for the direct decay of the 125 GeV Higgs boson to fermions. Nature Phys 10: 557-560. (Impact Factor: 20.147)

• Sirunyan Albert M, Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2013) Identification of b-quark jets with the CMS experiment. J Instrum 08: P04013. (Impact Factor: 1.399)

• Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2012) Search for high mass resonances decaying into tau-lepton pairs in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV. Phys Lett B 716: 82-102. (Impact Factor: 4.771)

• Sirunyan Albert M, Dhingra N et al. (CMS Collaboration) (2012) Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC. Phys Lett B 716: 30-61. (Impact Factor: 4.771)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

1. Fermilab-LPC Fellowship (USA) in CMS Experiment at CERN-LHC, Geneva: 2013-2014.
2. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF): 2009-2011, Senior Research Fellowship (SRF): 2011-2012.
3. Qualified National level Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), February 2009.
4. Qualified National level OCES/DGFS examination conducted by BARC, Mumbai (2009).
5. Gold Medal for standing first in the subject of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (M.Sc.), Panjab University, Chandigarh, May 2009.
6. Qualified NET-JRF, December 2008.
7. Gold Medal for securing first position in B.Sc., Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2007.
8. Secured first rank in M.Sc. entrance examination (CET) conducted by Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2007.
9. Secured 269^th rank at all India Level in Student’s Talent Promotion Examination, 2001.