Lesya Horyn

Dr. Lesya Horyn is a particle physics researcher. She grew up in New York, where her parents fostered a love of science and learning.. She began doing physics research at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. She then received a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University, where she began working on the ATLAS experiment with collaborators both at Tufts and as a Research Experience for Undergraduates student at Duke University. She then completed a Ph. D at University of Chicago...See more

Dr. Lesya Horyn is a particle physics researcher. She grew up in New York, where her parents fostered a love of science and learning.. She began doing physics research at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. She then received a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University, where she began working on the ATLAS experiment with collaborators both at Tufts and as a Research Experience for Undergraduates student at Duke University. She then completed a Ph. D at University of Chicago, where she performed the work presented in this thesis under the supervision of Professor Young-Kee Kim and Dr. Tova Holmes. She currently works on the CMS experiment with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and resides in Geneva, Switzerland. In her spare time, she likes reading, cycling, and traveling near and far. See less