Jesse Thaler is a theoretical particle physicist whose research focus is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment at CERN.
The LHC is pushing the frontiers of scientific knowledge through high energy particle collisions. With the discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC in 2012, the standard model of particle physics is now complete, yet its shortcomings loom larger than ever. The standard model does not fully address a number of outstanding questions in fundamental physics, including the nature of dark matter, the apparent weakness of gravity, and the symmetry structure of our universe. Together with high-intensity collider experiments and ground- and satellite-based dark matter experiments, the LHC has ushered in a new era of discovery, with enormous potential to reveal what new physics lies beyond the standard model.
