Professor Laura Fabbri
As an Associate Professor of Physics at the Università di Bologna, Laura Fabbri specialises in Experimental Particle Physics, with a focus on measuring interactions between the fundamental constituents of matter using advanced particle detectors. A member of the global ATLAS collaboration, one of the leading experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Laura has made significant contributions to the design, testing, and operation of the LUCID detector, a crucial tool for nearly all ATLAS measurements.
A major highlight of her research has been the precise testing of predictions within the Standard Model of Particle Physics. As a key member of the team responsible for the discovery of the Higgs boson, Laura contributed to filling in the final missing piece of the Standard Model, a breakthrough that reshaped the understanding of particle physics.
In recognition of her research achievements, she has been invited to serve on peer review panels for national and international committees, including the ERC under Horizon2020. She also serves as a referee for leading physics journals such as NIM and EPJ and has participated in search panels for Italy’s major research institutions, including INFN and CNR. Additionally, she has played an essential role in organising high-profile physics conferences like ICHEP and LHCP.
Throughout her career, enhancing research impact and fostering public engagement have been key priorities. She co-founded and currently direct the Science Storytelling School (ONSCI), combining their passion for science with storytelling to make complex ideas accessible to broader audiences.
As a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall College, Cambridge, Laura looks forward to focusing on new research aimed at discovering novel phenomena, an area of expertise for the Cambridge ATLAS group. This fellowship promises to provide the ideal environment for continued contributions to the field of particle physics.
Select publications
- G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), Luminosity determination in pp collisions at root s=7
TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The European Physical Journal C 71 1630-
1 -37 Berlino, Germania (2011). - G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), Measurement of W± and Z-boson production cross
sections in pp collisions at √𝑠=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letter B 759 pp.
601 – 621 (2016) - G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), Measurement of the 𝑡𝑡̅ cross section and its ratio to
the Z production cross section using pp collisions at √𝑠=13.6 TeV with the ATLAS detector.
Physics Letter B 848 138376 (2024) - G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), Measurements of the production cross-section for
a Z boson in association with b-jets in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠= 13 TeV with the
ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics 07 (2020) 044. - G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), Observation of 𝐻 → 𝑏𝑏̅ decays and VH production
with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letter B 786 pp 58-86 (2018) - G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), Measurement of VH, production as a function of the
vector-boson transverse momentum in 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. Journal
of High Energy Physics 05 (2019) 141.
Select awards
- Prize for scientific industriousness, reserved for young graduates; Italian Physical Society (SIF)
