My research focuses on the electroweak couplings of the top quark: $t\bar{t}Z$, $tZq$, $tWZ$ and $t\bar{t}\gamma$. Besides my contributions to the measurement of these Standard Model processes with the ATLAS experiment, I lead their interpretation in the framework of Effective Field Theory. With colleagues from the CMS collaboration, I am preparing the very first cross-experiment combination of top+X results. I also plan to be involved in the further development of the MadGraph Monte Carlo event generator.

Other responsibilities include:

• Supervision of BSc, MSc and PhD students
• Teaching of specialised MSc courses (particle physics labs)
• Organisation of the HASCO'22 summer school
• Leading the ATLAS Top Reconstruction subgroup

The focus of my RSE fellowship was on measuring the spin correlations of top quarks in associated production with a $Z$ boson ($t\bar{t}Z$). In my related phenomenological paper, I used Monte Carlo generators to predict this quantum property of top quarks in the Standard Model, highlighted how it differs from the more common $t\bar{t}$ case, and showed how to interpret any deviation from these predictions in the framework of Effective Field Theory.

I led the legacy $t\bar{t}Z$ ATLAS measurement and contributed to the first measurement of the $t\bar{t}$ spin density matrix with the full Run 2 dataset; for both analyses, I developed an extensive Effective Field Theory fitting framework in the Julia language. I was also involved in background estimations for a combination of Dark Matter searches with $t\bar{t}+E_\mathrm{T}^\mathrm{miss}$ signatures, as well as prototyping an auto-encoder for an Anomaly Detection based search for new physics.

Other responsibilities included:

• Supervision of MSc and PhD students
• Summarising ATLAS and CMS $t\bar{t}+X$ results for the LHC Top working group
• Supporting the ATLAS Top group in Monte Carlo generation
• Acting as ATLAS Trigger online expert and online release coordinator

• Funding assistance for UK HEP workshops
• Organisation of the yearly Astrophysics + HEP conference
• Liaison with UK students
• Outreach activities