Run2 - Alumni Memories with Alejandro Sanz Ull

Published on July 1, 2022
CERN Alumni: Alejandro Sanz Ull
Today: Data scientist at Caterpillar, Geneva
 

What memories do you have of Run2? 

"Run 2:
- Installing dosimeters in the LHC magnets at the end of LS1, time was really tight.
- Following the restart of the LHC with my officemates.
- The weasel incident.
- Superconducting magnet testing at the end of LS1.
- The open days! (LS2)
- The 750 GeV particle announcement at the end of 2015.
- Magnetic measurements for SESAME in I8"

Alejandro (second on the left) in the SM18 Sushi project

What is your best memory of working at CERN? 

"The first day I walked into the PS Booster. I couldn't believe I was in a particle accelerator."

What skills did you develop during your CERN work experience which have been particularly useful in your subsequent career trajectory?

"Knowing that I have the ability to learn anything quickly."

Alejandro and his CERN colleagues during CERN Relay Race