Laura Bruce

Laura is a PhD candidate in Physics at Harvard University, advised by Professor Masahiro Morii. Her research focuses on the search for physics beyond the Standard Model through studies of long-lived particle (LLP) decays at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using partial Run 3 data collected at 13.6 TeV.

Laura has played a key role in two major ATLAS detector upgrades for the High-Luminosity LHC. She contributed to DAQ operations during commissioning of the New Small Wheel and developed reception test boxes for the ITk barrel strip detector integration at CERN (SR1).

In addition to her research, Laura serves on the U.S. LHC Users Executive Committee (since February 2025) and previously on the ATLAS Early Career Scientist Board (2023–2025). She is also active in outreach, organizing and leading visits to ATLAS and other experiments at CERN, and participating in the HEP D.C. Advocacy Trip in April 2025. 

Laura earned her B.S. in Physics with honors and a minor in Creative Writing from Washington and Lee University in 2020, where she was a Goldwater scholar, member of Pi Beta Phi, and a Division III Scholar All-American in swimming. Originally from Tampa, FL, and New Orleans, LA, Laura enjoys hiking, skiing, running, and swimming in her free time. 

Published papers of significant contribution (aside from being ATLAS author):

• ttW Differential Cross-section Measurement (2401.05299)
• Search for Displaced Standard Model Light Leptons at 13 TeV and 13.6 TeV (2410.16835)
• Electrocolonography: Non-Invasive Detection of Colonic Cyclic Motor Activity from Multielectrode Body Surface Recordings (10.1109/TBME.2019.2941851)