Towsifa Akhter
Graduate Research Student
College Station, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolTowsifa Akhter is a PhD candidate in experimental high energy physics at Texas A&M and an active member of the CMS collaboration at CERN, bringing seven years of research experience across particle physics and astrophysics. She holds dual undergraduate degrees in Physics and Astronomy & Astrophysics from Penn State and has worked on projects ranging from LIGO-related sub-solar black hole models to ATLAS/CMS detector analyses and Monte Carlo event selection. Her work blends hands-on detector/experiment research with computational analysis skills developed through REUs and research assistantships, and she has been recognized for public-facing science communication and poster presentations. Based in College Station, she combines rigorous academic training with practical mentoring and outreach experience, making her adept at translating complex physics into accessible results.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, 10-12, High School, 10-12 at North Penn High SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics. Minor: Math, Bachelor’s Degree, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics. Minor: Math at Penn State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Texas A&M University
French, English, Bengali, Hindi
Github Skills (10)
cockpit10
edtech10
backbonejs10
lpc10
cms9
git7
structures6
mahjong6
python6
ssa5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
akhter-towsifa/OSU_Phys_REU
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:62 commits in 1 month
akhter-towsifa/cmssw
Feb 2021 - Feb 2025
CMS Offline Software
Contributions:6 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 1 month
cmsprestashop-modulecockpitansible-collectionsfilemaker
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