Joël Repond

Resume

Experience

2016-2019
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

PhD Student

  • Publication of scientific papers, presentation at international conferences.
  • Analysis of large amount of data from simulations and measurements on a daily basis.

  • Conducted research with people from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds.

  • Improvement and leverage of simulation codes on HPC resources.

  • Scientific secretary for a beam dynamics working group, website management.

  • Teaching assistant for the "Introduction to Particle Accelerator" lectures of the professor L. Rivkin.

2015
Laboratory of Particle Physics and Cosmology (EPFL)

Internship

  • Numerical study of the reheating stage of the early universe in the framework of the Higgs-Inflation scenario.

  • Publication in a peer reviewed journal (DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/07/043).

2013-2014
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

Teaching Assistant

Supervision of exercise sessions in physics and numerical physics for first and second undergraduate year students.

2013
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

Internship

Elaboration of detailed exercise corrections for a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in physics.

2012
Centre d'Imagerie BioMédicale (EPFL)

Internship

  • Implementation and study of a new prototype of cryostat (magnetic resonance imaging).

  • Control box drawn with SolidWorks (Dassault Systèmes).

Education

2019
European Organization for Nuclear Research

PhD in Physics

Possible Mitigations of Longitudinal Intensity Limitations for HL-LHC Beam in the CERN SPS (DOI: 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7694).

2015
Swiss Federal Institue of Technology in Lausanne

Master of Science in Physics

• Major in Particle Physics and Cosmology with thesis: Preheating in Higgs inflation - Numerical simulations (grade 6/6).

• Minor in Computational Science and Engineering.

Life Philosophy

Make improvements, not excuses.

Content Writing

Research

95%

Editing/proofreading

85%

Illustration

35%

WordPress

45%

Social Media

75%

SEO

15%

Strenght

  • Versatile
  • Resilient
  • Love challenges
  • Problem-Solving
  • Deadline-driven
  • Attention to Detail
  • Provide Answers
  • Original

Languages

French

100%

English

90%

German

10%

Portugese

2%

Soft skills

  • Open-mindedness
  • Empathy
  • Work Ethic
  • Analytical Insight
  • Ability to Prioritize
  • Enthusiasm
  • Curiousity
  • Flexibility
  • Analysis

Coding Skills

C/C++

75%

Python

90%

Web & MySQL

50%

Matlab

70%

Bash

75%

Mathematica

65%

Interests

  • New Technologies
  • Science
  • Finance
  • Cooking
  • Astronomy
  • Chess
  • Guitar
  • Gardening
  • Computer and Coding