Jorge L. Rodriguez

Department of Physics
Florida International University
11120 SW 8TH Street, Miami, Florida 33199

Office: (305) 348-0259
Fax: (305) 348-6700

Research interests: Experimental Particle Physics, exploring the structure of matter at its most fundamental. In particular, I am interested physics beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics searching for supersymmetric particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with the Compact Muons Solenoid (CMS) experiment. Previously, I studied flavor physics and CP violation at Belle, the KEK B-factory, in Tsukuba Japan and at CLEO-II the electron/positron collider experiment at Cornell University. In recent years, I have developed a strong technical interest in high performance computing with a particular focus on improving research productivity in high energy physics and science in general. I am currently involved in several computing projects: the Open Science Grid, ExTENCI and DYNES. All of these project aim to develop existing compuational tools and techniques to aid in scientific research. I have recently become involved in FIU's first High Performance Computing effort.
Teaching: I am also delighted to have the opportunity to teach physics to anyone who either wants to pursue a career in physics, science in general, has devloped an interest in the field, or simply has to fulfill a requirement in their major, the later at times being the most fun.

This semester I am teaching the following courses:

  • Great Ideas in Science ISC 1000. The syllabus for the course and other information is available through FIU's Moodle ecampus.fiu.edu/moodle but only for students with access to the course.
  • Senior Laboratory. Material for this course including the syllabus is available from the departmental twiki pages at physics.fiu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/PHY4821LSyllabus
    list of publication from SPIRES


    JorgeLuis.Rodriguez@fiu.edu