Dr. Yumiceva's research interests are in the experimental study of elementary particles and their interactions in high-energy proton-proton collisions. Currently, Dr. Yumiceva is working on the CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. His research focuses in the search for new physics beyond the standard model. These include the search for new exotic particles using the largest set of recorded sample of top quarks. The top quark is the heaviest subatomic particle ever discovered. The mass of the top quark makes it an ideal laboratory in which to search for something entirely new.