Paraskevas Sphicas

Paris Sphicas
Born
Paraskevas Andreas Sphicas
Greek: Παρασκευάς Σφήκας

(1963-07-13) July 13, 1963
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsCERN
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
ThesisSearch for a high-mass resonance decaying to jets in proton-antiproton collisions (1988)
Doctoral advisorJean Pierre Revol
Websitewww.iasa.gr/people/sphicas

Paraskevas Andreas Sphicas FRS (Greek: Παρασκευάς Σφήκας) is a particle physicist who focuses on studies of High energy collisions in the Large Hadron Collider through which he explores supersymmetry and the mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking. He is a senior scientist at CERN and professor of physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2019.