I joined sPHENIX in May 2019 as a third year bachelor student at National Central University. Which means it has been 4.7 years as of now. Now I am in my second year of PhD program in the same institution, and continuing working on sPHENIX.

What is the focus of your work on the sPHENIX experiment?

My focus is mostly the INTT detector. INTT was in the R&D phase at the time I joined the group. So we basically built the detector from scratch, which is fun. Recently I am also working on the dN/deta analysis with run 23 INTT data.

Where were you born and what is your educational background before your current position?

I was born in Taipei, Taiwan. I got my master degree at National Central University.

What is the title of your Ph.D. or tentative title? Awards or biggest talk highlight?

As I am now in my second year of PhD program, I may not be able to answer it. The alternative I could have is, my master thesis title “Assembly and Beam Test Analysis of sPHENIX INTT Detector”. I received an excellent graduate (master degree) thesis award from the Physical Society of Taiwan in 2022. My biggest talk highlight would be the flash talk at Quark Matter 2023 with the title “The Intermediate Silicon tracker of sPHENIX”.

How did you decide to go into heavy ion or spin research?

I've witnessed almost the whole progress how INTT went so far. I found that it would be interesting to see what physics INTT/sPHENIX detector can deliver. So I decided to continue working on the sPHENIX experiment.

What do you like to do in your spare time?

Go to gym or play basketball. So would be good if the BNL gym can open during weekend 😁😁.

Fun fact?

I like to collect the mugs from different countries/cities. I have 7 mugs on my desk now.