Leigh Whitehead
Research Professor at University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLeigh Whitehead is a Research Professor and neutrino physicist based in Cambridge with over a decade of experience leading experimental particle-physics projects. After a PhD and postgraduate work at Warwick, UCL and CERN, Leigh has driven data analysis for ProtoDUNE and plays a senior research role on the DUNE experiment, combining domain expertise with practical detector experience. He has a strong interest in applying deep learning to neutrino physics, bringing modern ML workflows to large-scale experimental datasets. Known for bridging hands-on instrumentation work with advanced analysis methods, Leigh translates complex experimental systems into robust, data-driven results.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Physics, Physics, Master of Physics, Physics at University of Warwick
Github Skills (11)
latex10
particle10
tpc10
particle-physics10
machine-learning8
physics8
pandora6
testing6
dune5
pattern-recognition1
pattern1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
lhwhitehead/LArContent
Oct 2020 - Jan 2025
Algorithms and tools for LAr TPC event reconstruction
Contributions:21 pushes, 9 branches in 4 years 3 months
reconstructiontpc
lhwhitehead/dunereco
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:15 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 8 months
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