Director of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies
Sergei V. Shmatov, Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics).
Date and place of birth:
2 November 1972, Alma-Ata, USSR
Education and degrees:
- 1989−1995 Student of Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), Department of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
- 2002 Candidate of Science (Physics and Mathematics), PhD Thesis: “Study of the Multi-Particle Production with Global Characteristics of Nucleus-Nucleus Interactions at the LHC Energies”
- 2020 Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics), Doctoral Thesis: “Study of Muon Pair Production in the CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider”
Professional career:
- 1995−2003 Junior Researcher, Researcher, Laboratory of High Energies (LHE), JINR
- 2003−2004 Head of Group, Laboratory of Particle Physics (LPP), JINR
- 2004−2006 Head of Sector, LPP, JINR
- 2006−2023 Head of Sector, The Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics (VBLHEP), JINR
- Since 2023 Director, Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies (MLIT), JINR
Scientific and organizational activity:
- 2002−2023 Russia and Dubna Member States (RDMS) Grid Data Manager for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration at the LHC, CERN
- Since 2003 Member, Scientific Secretary, Co-chairperson of programme and organizing committees of more than 30 international workshops, conferences, schools and other events
- Since 2004 Leader of the JINR programme of physics research with the CMS Detector at the LHC, CERN
- 2004−2006 Member of the Section of the LPP Science & Technology Council, JINR
- Since 2005 Physics Coordinator of Dubna Member States (DMS) participation programme of physics research with the CMS Detector at the LHC, CERN
- Since 2005 Chairperson of the DMS CMS Physics Meeting
- 2005−2007 Member of the LPP Science & Technology Council, JINR
- Since 2009 Scientific Secretary of the Joint Seminar of RDMS CMS Collaboration “Physics at the LHC”
- Since 2010 Member of the Physics Section of the VBLHEP Science & Technology Council, JINR
- 2019−2021 Member of the International Working Group for JINR Long-Term Development Strategy up to 2030 and beyond (Section of Relativistic Heavy-Ion and Spin Physics)
- Since 2022 Member of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies (MLIT) Science & Technology Council, JINR
- Since 2022 Deputy JINR Representative in CMS Collaboration, CERN
- Since 2023 Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Letters in EChAY”
- Since 2023 Deputy Chairman of the Dissertation Council, LIT, JINR
- Since 2023 Member of the Scientific and Technical Council of JINR
Experiments and projects:
- 1993−1998 Experiments at the Synchrophasotron/Nuclotron, JINR
- Since 1996 CMS experiment at the LHC, CERN
- Since 2002 CMS Tier-2 Level Center for distributed data analysis at JINR
- 2002−2003 HERA-B experiment, DESY
- Since 2003 Worldwide LHC Computing Grid Project
- 2004−2010 European project EGEE (Enabling GRID for E-sciencE)
- Since 2008 CMS Regional Operation Center in JINR
- Since 2011 CMS Tier-1 Level Center for distributed data analysis at JINR
- Since 2022 SPD Collaboration at the NICA collider, JINR
- Since 2023 MPD Collaboration at the NICA collider, JINR
Educational activities:
- Since 2002 Supervising Diploma theses, master’s works and PhD theses
- Since 2002 Permanent lectures at schools and trainings on high-energy and computing physics
- 2003−2006 Lecturer, University Centre, JINR
- 2012−2020 Associate Professor, Department of Fundamental Problems of Microworld Physics, Dubna State University
- Since 2020 Professor, Department of Fundamental Problems of Microworld Physics, Dubna State University
Scientific interests:
- Physics of elementary particles (The Standard Model and Beyond)
- Problems of dark matter
- Heavy Ion Physics
- Computational methods and software for data processing and analysis, physics modeling for high energy physics
- Development of data models and data processing models for high energy physics
- Grid technologies, parallel and distributed computing
Scientific publications:
Author of more than 150 papers and reviews on elementary particle physics, searches for physics beyond the Standard Model, heavy ion physics, computing in high energy physics. Co-author of more than 1,400 scientific papers within the CMS and MPD Collaborations.
Prizes and awards:
- Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize for detailed study of the Higgs boson, research of new particles, rare processes, and the nature of matter and antimatter at the LHC (2025, as part of the CMS Collaboration)
- Letter of Appreciation from the Head of the Dubna City District (2025)
- 3 JINR Prizes (2021, 2023, 2024)
- 6 LPP and VBLHEP prizes (2006–2021)
- JINR Certificates of Honour (2013, 2021)
- The High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society (2013, in a team of the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations)
- Commendation from the CMS Collaboration Spokesperson (2013, in a team of the RDMS CMS Collaboration)
