No.419,
Twiki link
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/ALICE/AliceNewsletter24Jul2026

ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS

ALICE Summer 2026
ALICE Summer Party: July 2026

PICTURES in CDS

 

ALICE Thesis Award

ALICE 2026 "Karel Safarik" Thesis Award winners
Swati Saha (not in the picture), Andrea Tavira García, Gregor Hieronymus Eberwein, and Chiara Ferrero

PICTURES in CDS

 

ALICE CB with DG

Group photo after CERN DG's address to the ALICE CB on the HL-LHC programme and ALICE 3

PICTURES in CDS

 

NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS

Endorsements by the ALICE Collaboration Board (Meeting on 24 July 2026):

  • ALICE Emeriti

  • New Associate membership of ALICE:
    • TH Köln (Germany) - TL: Tobias Krawutschke
    • Gießen University (Germany) - TL: Claudia Hoehne
    • Wuppertal University (Germany) – TL: Karl-Heinz Kampert
    • TecNM (México) - TL: Juan Carlos Cabanillas Noris
    • INAOE, Puebla (México) - TL: Daniel Durini
     
  • Transfer of full membership from Nara University to Tohoku University
     
  • New project: ALICE 3 MID
     
  • Editorial Board Chair
    • Cvetan Valeriev Cheshkov (IP2I) from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029
     
  • PWG Conveners
    • CF: Debojit Sarkar (IIT Bombay) - from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2028
    • UD: Evgeny Kryshen (JINR) - from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028
     
  • Conference Committee:
    • LF: Marek Bombara (Kosice Safarik) - 1st mandate: from 01 October 2026 to 30 September 2028
    • LF: Nicolo Jacazio (Vercelli) - 1st mandate: from 01 December 2026 to 30 November 2028
    • CF: Ramona Lea (Brescia) - 1st mandate: from 01 December 2026 to 30 November 2028
     
  • Editorial Board:
    • Laura Havener (New Haven) - 2nd mandate: 16 November 2026 to 15 November 2028
    • Spencer Klein (Berkeley) - 2nd mandate: 25/ November 2026 to 24 November 2028
    • Robert Vertesi (Budapest) - 1st mandate: 14 November 2026 to 13 November 2028
    • Siegfried Foertsch (Somerset West) - 1st mandate: 01 January 2027 to 31 December2028
     
  • ALICE Meetings outside CERN in 2027:
    • ALICE Physics Week: Vienna, Austria, 12 - 16 April 2027, David Chinellato
    • ALICE Upgrade Week: Košice, Slovakia, 4 - 8 October 2027, Marek Bombara

EVENTS OF INTEREST

NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV

All publications of the ALICE Collaboration submitted to Refereed Journals are in the link here.

 


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20 Jul 2026

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26 Jun 2026

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18 Jun 2026

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18 Jun 2026

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18 Jun 2026

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16 Jun 2026

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  16 Jun 2026

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16 Jun 2026

PAPERS IN THE COLLABORATION REVIEW

Papers currently open for comments can be inspected using the link: Paper in Collaboration Review (Open for Comments).

 

NEWS FROM POINT 2

LS3 started, Cavern Open

Shielding removal completed
L3 Magnet door opens on 31 July

CONFERENCES

CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
ICHEP 2026

ALICE will have a strong presence next week in ICHEP 2026 at Natal, Brazil.
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Emmi Workshop: Light Ion Collisions 2026, 21-25 Sep, Heidelberg, Germany
    • Call open for overview talk on recent experimental results from light-ion collision systems + one to three abstracts for short contributions
  • LHC Days, 21-25 Sep, Split, Croatia
    • Performance and Upgrades of ALICE 
    • Two specific topics
 
 

 

SCHOOLS

 

Upcoming major conferences

21 - 27 Mar 2027
  • Registration and abstract submission now open
  • Early Registration deadline: 31 December
  • Abstract submission deadline: 30 September

JUNIOR'S CORNER

Message from Junior Representatives (Sara, Davide, Meiyi)
 

OUTREACH NEWS

ALICE visits this week:

  • Saturday 18 July 2026 
    • ALICE members’ friends, Poland, Canada
    • visitors from Italy
  • Monday 20 July 2026
    • visitor from TH department, Italy
  • Tuesday 21 July 2026 
    • University of Zilina, Slovakia
    • ALICE member’s friends, Denmark
  • Wednesday 22 July 2026
    • California State University, USA
    • High School Students (Gwangju Office of Education) South Korea
  • Thursday 23 July 2026
    • ALICE members’ friends and family, Armenia, Spain; Bulgarian Teacher Programme
  • Friday 24 July 2026
    • HIM Business School Montreux, Switzerland
    • NVIDIA@CERN, USA
    • ALICE member’s friends, Switzerland
    • colleague’s friends, USA
    • ALICE Juniors

 

ALICE Masterclasses
 

  • 3 July 2026 ALICE masterclasses were held at Wrokław, Poland, during the XVII Quark Confinement & Hadron Spectrum Conference
     
  • 15 July 2026 ALICE masterclasses were held at CERN for high-school students from Liceo Gandini, Lodi, Italy

 

 

Recent Social Media Highlights:

DIVERSITY

  • ALICE Inclusive Teamwork Workshop. The workshop consists of two online interactive sessions led by Thriving Talent and focuses on inclusive teamwork, trust, communication, and creating a positive working environment in ALICE. Still, many places are available per group. Priority will be given to ALICE members in coordination and leadership roles, but all ALICE members are welcome to apply. We kindly ask registered participants to attend both sessions
     
  • "E-learning course “Ethics at CERN” for all CERN personnel":
    To ensure that everyone is aware of the guidelines of our ethical framework, the HR Department has developed an e-learning course entitled “Ethics at CERN”, which is available in English and French on the CERN Learning Hub. As of now, this course is mandatory for all members of the CERN personnel.  Ethics at CERN
     
  • ALICE Diversity Office website can be accessed here. Your feedback is important. You can send us an email that will be treated confidentially by using the email address: alice-diversity-office@cern.ch or send us an anonymous message by using this form.

 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Date
Listed		  

Title

 

Institute

  

Deadline
24 Jul RCNP Osaka Associate Professor Position RCNP, University of Osaka 31 Aug
24 Jul Research Fellow (m/f/d) in the field of experimental high-energy physics Humboldt University 12 Aug
24 Jul Innovative Detectors for Higgs Physics CPPM Marseille 2 Sep
24 Jul Postdoctoral position: Detector development TU Dortmund 13 Aug
24 Jul Research Fellow on LHCb experiment Warwick University 17 Aug
24 Jul Cooling and Ventillation Engineer CERN 19 Aug
24 Jul Electronics Engineer (HSE-TS-IMS-2026-161-LD) CERN 18 Aug
24 Jul Research Fellow University of Warwick, UK 17 Aug
24 Jul Postdoctoral/Research Fellow - Particle Physics University of Liverpool, UK 17 Aug
17 Jul Postdoc Research Associate for Studying Gluon Saturation with Baseline EIC Energies The ePIC group at BNL  
17 Jul Postdoctoral researcher on the ATLAS experiment at the LHC Laboratoire des 2 Infinis – Toulouse 5 Aug
17 Jul Scientist PETRA III accelerator DESY 10 Aug
10 Jul Experimental Physicist CERN 6 Sep
10 Jul Postdoctoral position in experimental high energy particle or nuclear physics in ATLAS at the LHC University of Tarapacá (UTA), Chile 25 Jul
3 Jul Professor (x2), Associate Professor (x2) & Assistant Professor University of Tokyo, Japan  
3 Jul PhD position in Dark Sector searches with the NA64 fixed-target experiment University of Valencia 6 Sep
3 Jul Postdoctoral Research Associate - Mu2e Purdue University 31 Jul
3 Jul Director of High Energy Physics Division Argonne National Laboratory 31 Dec
3 Jul Particle Accelerator Operator CERN 29 Jul
3 Jul Junior Research Scientists in Experimental or Theoretical Physics University of Mainz 23 Aug
3 Jul Post-doctoral researcher on CMS data analysis using Machine Learning (M/F/X) IPHC Strasbourg 1 Sep
26 Jun Postdoctoral Position in Heavy-Ion Physics: Bayesian Inference of Jet-Quenching Observables Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Republic of Korea, contact:
Beomkyu Kim		 31 Jul
26 Jun ATLAS LHC Postdoctoral Position University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UICC) 15 Aug
26 Jun Postdoctoral research associate (CMS) University of Notre Dame 1 Aug
26 Jun Postdoctoral Research Associate High-Energy Physics University of Illinois 15 Aug
19 Jun Belle II term-limited assistant professor KEK 30 Jul
19 Jun Associate Professor of Experimental Physics Niels Bohr Institute 2 Aug
19 Jun Postdoctoral Research Associate(CMS) Purdue University 1 Aug
19 Jun Postdoctoral research associate on the CMS experiment University of Notre Dame 1 Aug
19 Jun Non-tenured associate professor KEK 7 Aug
19 Jun Request for Nomination of Candidates for the Next Director of J-PARC Center J-PARC 19 Aug
12 Jun PhD position in experimental particle physics Ghent University 31 Jul
5 Jun Associate Professor of Experimental Physics Niels Bohr Institute 2 Aug
5 Jun Civil Engineer CERN 5 Aug
29 May Postdoctoral Research Position in Machine Learning for Collider Experiments (ATLAS)) Weizmann Inst. 7 Sep
22 May Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships - Expression of Interest Gran Sasso Science Institute 9 Sep
15 May Postdoc in Real-Time Data Analysis with LHCb Indiana University 6 Oct
1 May Two Postdoctoral positions in LHCb CCNU, Wuhan 31 Jul
24 Apr Postdoctoral position in fixed-target experimental physics CCNU, Wuhan 31 Jul
17 Apr Postdoctoral Position : Machine Learning development in High Energy Physics for collider physics IIT Kanpur 31 Jul
10 Apr Open call for Postdoctoral Programme IJCLab, Orsay 31 Jul
13 Mar Assistant Professor in experimental particle physics Indian Inst. Tech. Madras, Chennai 31 Dec
13 Mar Electronics Technical Engineer CERN 1 Aug

Please refer to the Job Announcements page for details.
 
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