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Freya Blekman
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Particle physicist at @CMSExperiment at @CERN - Lead Scientist DESY & Professor of Physics University of Hamburg - World citizen ➡🇳🇱🇺🇸 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇧🇪🇩🇪

Posts: #physics #SciComm + academia/tech stuff + my opinions + summaries of #CMSpapers
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Fair logic. No notes.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
freyablekman.bsky.social
Just so it’s clear, I understand the draw to fancy school names but if you want to work at cern there is essentially no difference. The USA isn’t a CERN member country meaning the easiest way to getting CERN is to be sent there by a US university. And thenany university will do.
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
freyablekman.bsky.social
Oh and UC Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz too! Loads of choice!
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
freyablekman.bsky.social
In particle physics (spaces are hard lol)
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
freyablekman.bsky.social
Excellent. Other strong schools innparticle physics are UC Dan Diego and UC Davis btw.
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
freyablekman.bsky.social
In the Southern California area there are a few excellent groups to also do high school student visits. For example:

pbpl.physics.ucla.edu/pages/studen...
www.physics.uci.edu/outreach
ippog.org/node/953

Enjoy!
Students
pbpl.physics.ucla.edu
November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM