Regular biography
Olivier Schneider is a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the High Energy Physics Laboratory. His research focuses on elementary particle physics, particularly heavy flavour physics and CP violation. Schneider has contributed to major experiments such as the LHCb at CERN and the Belle experiment at KEK laboratory. He has been involved in the construction and operation of silicon vertex detectors and has analyzed data from the Large Hadron Collider since its commissioning in 2009. Schneider has held academic positions at the University of Lausanne and EPFL, becoming a full professor at EPFL in 2010. He also engages in teaching and supervises PhD students.
Scholar-generated biography
Olivier Schneider is a Full professor of physics at EPFL, specializing in Particle Physics. His research focuses on the study of fundamental particles and their interactions, with an emphasis on experimental investigations of hadronic and leptonic decays. Schneider has contributed to major projects such as the LHCb experiment, where he has explored phenomena like charmoniumlike states, pentaquark resonances, and lepton universality. His work includes analyses of B meson decays, angular distributions, and precision electroweak measurements, often in collaboration with the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFLAV). His publications frequently appear in reviews of particle physics and highlight key findings in high-energy physics.