Prof. Arka Santra

Career
1. Assistant Professor (March-July, 2024):  Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. 2. Postdoctoral Researcher (2017-2020): Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Research specialization: A. ATLAS Experiment - Searching for supersymmetry with two lepton and jets final states; searching for bilinear R-parity violating supersymmetry models. B. MoEDAL Experiment - Searching for magnetic monopoles in the photon fusion production process, performed the duty of a Deputy Software Coordinator.  3. Postdoctoral Researcher (2020-2024): Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Research specialization: A. ATLAS Experiment - Searching for Z’ exotic particle with decay to muons, searching for periodic signals like clockwork/linear dilaton. B. LUXE Experiment - Searching for Beyond Standard Model particles such as Axion-like particles, building the tracker subsystem (software with clustering and tracking algorithm and hardware with preparing the silicon staves)