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SUMMARY:ICFO | RONALD FERNANDO GARCIA RUIZ
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DESCRIPTION:BIO:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\nDr. Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz is an Assis
 tant Professor at the Department of Physics at MIT. His research actives a
 re focused on the development of laser spectroscopy techniques to investig
 ate the properties of subatomic particles using atoms and molecules made u
 p of short-lived radioactive nuclei. His experimental work provides unique
  information about the fundamental forces of nature\, the properties of nu
 clear matter at the limits of existence\, and the search for new physics b
 eyond the Standard Model of particle physics.\nRonald grew up in a small t
 own in the Colombian mountains. As a teenager he moved to Bogota\, where h
 e obtained a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in physics in 2009 at Universidad Na
 cional de Colombia. After earning a Master&rsquo\;s degree in Physics in 2
 011 at Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute\;noma de M&eacute\;xico\, he moved 
 to Belgium to start his PhD degree at KU Leuven. Ronald was based at CERN 
 during most of his PhD working on laser spectroscopy techniques for the st
 udy of short-lived atomic nuclei. After his PhD\, he became a Research Ass
 ociate at The University of Manchester (2016-2017). In 2018\, he was award
 ed a CERN Research Fellowship to lead the local CRIS team. At CERN\, he ha
 s led several experimental programmes motivated by modern developments in 
 nuclear science\, atomic physics and quantum chemistry.\n&nbsp\;\nABSTRACT
 :\nRecent advancements in the experimental manipulation and analysis of mo
 lecules are opening new avenues for exploring the fundamental laws of the 
 universe. In particular\, molecules that incorporate radioactive\, heavy\,
  octupole-deformed nuclei\, such as radium\, provide increased sensitivity
  for detecting yet-to-be-discovered parity and time-reversal violating nuc
 lear properties [1\,2]. The violation of these symmetries is a crucial con
 dition for explaining the imbalance of matter and antimatter in the univer
 se and can provide evidence for the existence of new fundamental particles
 . This colloquium will present recent highlights and perspectives from las
 er spectroscopy experiments on these species [1-4]\, as well as discuss th
 e relevance of these experiments in addressing open problems in nuclear an
 d particle physics.
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