Computational and data science research to enable discoveries in fundamental physics

IRIS-HEP is a software institute funded by the National Science Foundation. It is developing state-of-the-art software cyberinfrastructure required for the challenges of data intensive scientific research at the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) at CERN, and other planned HEP experiments of the 2020’s. These facilities are discovery machines which aim to understand the fundamental building blocks of nature and their interactions. Full Overview

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“2025 IRIS-HEP Fellows Program is open for applications”

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“2025 Call for Projects and Mentors for IRIS-HEP Fellows Program”

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“This story is the third in a series about gap year IRIS-HEP fellows and how the program has helped shape their careers.”

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“This story is the second in a series about gap year IRIS-HEP fellows and how the program has helped shape their careers.”

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IRIS-HEP Fellows

The IRIS-HEP Fellows program provides funding support for selected individuals to spend several months working closely with a mentor on an HEP software R&D topic relevant to the Institute. Find out more about opportunities with the IRIS-HEP Fellows program. Current fellows include:
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Arvind Tawker
University of California, Davis

Jul – Sep, 2025

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Kyrylo Filonenko
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Jul – Sep, 2025

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Luka Gavrysh
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Jul – Sep, 2025

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Danylo Kulakov
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Jul – Sep, 2025

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Yurii Perets
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Jul – Sep, 2024
Jul – Sep, 2025

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Dmytro Belytskyi
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Jun – Aug, 2024
Jun – Sep, 2025

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Hannah Havel
Northern Illinois University

Jun – Sep, 2025

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Roman Petrov
Pryazovskyi State Technical University

Jun – Sep, 2025

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Oleksii Hrechykha
Kyiv Academic University

Jul – Sep, 2024
Jun – Aug, 2025

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Jianan (David) Lai
University of Oregon

Jun – Aug, 2025

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Andrii Len
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Jun – Sep, 2022
Jul – Sep, 2023
Jun – Aug, 2024
Jun – Aug, 2025

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Mengke Zhang
University of California, San Diego

May – Aug, 2025

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Devon Bontrager
University of Kansas

May – Aug, 2025

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Mykyta Platonov
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

May – Aug, 2025

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Peilin Ye
University of Pennsylvania

May – Aug, 2025

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Maxym Naumchyk
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

Jul – Aug, 2022
Jun – Sep, 2023
Jul – Sep, 2024
Mar – Jul, 2025

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