UP scientist wins Breakthrough Prize for Higgs boson research

Marvin Flores, an assistant professor at UP Diliman College of Science National Institute of Physics, is among over 3,000 scientists from the ATLAS Collaboration who received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their research on high-energy collisions using the Large Hadron Collider.

The prize recognizes detailed measurements of Higgs boson properties which confirm fundamental concepts in physics and deepens understanding of the universe's building blocks.

Flores leads the Philippine team involved in BSM modelling and simulation, emphasizing the importance of their work beyond the Standard Model theory.

The collaboration plans to establish a Philippine cluster involving other local universities to further expand its research efforts.

ATLAS, one of the largest and most complex scientific instruments ever built, measures over 40 meters in length and around 25 meters in height, designed to explore fundamental questions about matter and forces in our universe.