Research Associate Postdoctoral

Tamer Elkafrawy, PhD Page * of **

Tamer Elkafrawy

CERN, EP-UCM, 40/2-A19, Mail Stop E25920, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland **********@***.*** *****.*********@****.** ********@****.*** +41-75-411-**** Citizenship: United States of America

Education

• Ph.D. in Accelerator-Based Atomic Physics, Western Michigan University, USA Dec. 2012

• M.A. in Physics, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, USA Aug. 2008

• B.S. in Physics (Honors), Department of Physics, Ain Shams University, Egypt June 2005 Career Development

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, CMS Experiment, Florida Institute of Technology 2019 – present Supervisor: Marcus Hohlmann, Collaborators: Paul Padley (Rice U.) and Teruki Kamon (TAMU)

• Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate at Fermilab via Michigan State University 2017 – 2019 Local Supervisor: Gabriele Benelli (Brown U.)

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, CMS Experiment, ASRT-ENHEP, Egypt – based in USA 2015 – 2017 Supervisor: Shaaban Khalil

• Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Physics Dept, Ain Shams Univ, Egypt 2014–2015

(quit this position for the U.S. permanent resident requirements)

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, CMS Experiment, ASRT-ENHEP, Egypt – based at CERN 2013 – 2014 Supervisor: Anton Dimitrov (CMS RPC Technical Coordinator at CERN)

• Internship at ESR Storage Ring, the GSI Accelerator Complex, Darmstadt, Germany Summer 2008 Supervisor: Siegbert Hagmann

• Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, Western Michigan University 2006 – 2012 Supervisor: John Tanis (Deceased), PhD committee member: Asghar Kayani (Current chairman) Current/Recent Research Activities

CMS Experiment 2019 – present (Based at CERN from Feb. 2022)

• Physics: Search for dark scalar/vector bosons via Hypercharge & Higgs portals with leptonic signature.

• Rev: Have been a reviewer for GEM/Muon papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

• RC: Have been taking GEM DOC shifts at P5 utilizing the new GEM DCS system.

• QC: Currently establishing the ME0 QC7 platform.

• QC: Established the ME0 Optohybrid test platform and have been leading the validation effort of them.

• QC: Currently leading the electronics validation of the CMS GEM GE2/1 and ME0 muon detectors.

• QC: Participated in setting up the GE2/1 QC7 platform.

• QC: Coded and designed the interface for GE2/1 electronics validation quality control (QC7).

• QC: Designed a visual strip-channel and VFAT-eta-Phi mappings for the CMS GE2/1 muon detectors.

• R&D: Extensively investigated the noisy-strip issue with the GE2/1 readout boards.

• R&D: Explored the dead-channel issue of VFAT3b front-end chip in both CMS GE2/1 & ME0 detectors.

• R&D: Investigated the impact of VFAT temperature variations on performance during operational phases.

• R&D: Supervised the 2022 discharge propagation measurements in the CMS GEM ME0 muon detectors.

• R&D: Investigated crosstalk in the CMS GEM ME0 muon detectors towards mitigation strategies at FIT. LPC, Fermilab 2017 – present

• Physics: Facilitating & creating several TWiki pages for long/short exercises of Muons, Photon/Electron, Visualization, Contact Interactions, and Dark Matter/Mono Higgs at CMSDAS@LPC, Fermilab.

• Physics: Search for dark matter produced in association with mono-Higgs in the four-lepton final state with observables studied in MC/data where exclusion limits are derived in the context of simplified models. Prior Research Experience

CMS Experiment 2013 – 2014 (based at CERN), 2015 – 2017 (based in USA)

• Led the CMS-RPC detector operation and control (DOC), utilizing the detector control system (DCS).

• Assembled from A-Z one of the first triple-GEM prototypes with the configurations 3/1/2/1 and 3/2/2/2.

• Tested triple-GEM prototype for gas tightness, operational integrity at HV (4,500 V), and gain uniformity.

• Performed installation and calibration of the temperature fiber-optic sensors (T-FOS) for CMS Endcaps.

• Investigated anomalies in "Endcap Currents" during LS1, using thorough analysis & corrective measures.

• Played an integral role in both the construction and electronics testing of RPC muon detectors during LS1. CURRICULUM VITAE

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• Played a key role in the installation, interventions, and commissioning of 144 RPC muon chambers

(comprising 72 super-modules) for the fourth new stations of CMS-Endcap, RE+4 and RE-4 during LS1. Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator, Western Michigan University 2008–2012

• Designed and carried out an experiment dedicated to the observation of radiative double electron capture

(RDEC) during collisions of bare oxygen and fluorine ions with thin carbon foils.

• Performed regular maintenance and was responsible for the operation of the Van de Graaff Accelerator Facility at Western Michigan University (WMU) during the experiment.

• Set up and maintained WMU-DAQ for Si(Li) x-ray and Si-surface barrier detectors.

• Developed C++ scripts to convert WMU-data format (.evt) to standardized CERN-data format (.ROOT).

• Maintained WMU DAQ-Readout software and tailored WMU online analysis framework (SpecTcl)

• Performed offline analyses of the data taken at WMU using ROOT towards my PhD dissertation.

• Collaborated twice with Prof. Emanuel Kamber on the investigation of the electron capture processes in slow collisions (50–500 eV) of Ne2,3+ recoil ions with N2, CO2, and H2O.

• Played a crucial role in the maintenance efforts of the tandem Van de Graaff accelerator, overseeing the replacement of both the high-energy (Jan 18 – Feb 4, 2010) and the low-energy (Jul 9 – 17, 2012) chains.

• Contributed significantly to the enhancement of the accelerator's capabilities by assisting in the installation of two new ion sources (SNICS and Alphatross) alongside the existing Duoplasmatron ion source.

• Set up and carried out an experiment dedicated to an investigation of resonant transfer and excitation

(RTE) during fast collisions (0.5–2 MeV/u) of O5+ ions with Ar as a heavy gas target. ESR Storage Ring, the GSI Accelerator Complex, Darmstadt, Germany Summer 2008

(1) Bremsstrahlung during electron transfer to continuum

(2) Inverse photoionization studied via radiative electron capture into highly charged ions (HCIs) Leadership/Membership at CMS Experiment, CERN

• Leading the effort of the Optohybrid (OH) validation of the CMS ME0 muon detectors 5/2024 – present

• Member of the Muon Conference and Publication Board (MCPB) 12/2023 – present

• L3 coordinator: Electronics validation & chamber assembly of CMS GEM muon detectors 11/2023–present

• Member of GEM Conference and Publication Committee (GEM CPC) 2/2023 – present

• Lead Contact of Muons Program at CMSDAS@LPC, Fermilab 12/2022 – present

• Coordinator: Electronics validation of the CMS GE2/1 muon detectors 2/2022 – present

• Co-chair/facilitator of CMS Muon and Contact Interactions at CMSDAS@LPC, Fermilab 2019 – present

• Coordinator: CMS-RPC DOC 2013–2014 (LS1)

Teaching Experience

LPC, Fermilab (High Energy Physics – Graduate Level) 2019 – present

• Sessions at CMSDAS for various topics of CMS physics analysis (for details, see “Mentoring” below) Michigan State University (Coaching, Academic Mentoring) 2017 – 2019

• PHY 231C: Introductory Physics I: Algebra-based Mechanics

• PHY 232C: Introductory Physics II: Algebra-based Electromagnetism

• PHY 184: Physics for Scientists and Engineers II The Princeton Review, USA (Tutoring for ~800 hrs – rating = 4.71/5, – Undergraduate Level) 2016 – 2018 Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (Class Teaching) 2014 – 2015

• PHYS 1020: Thermodynamics: Young/Freedman/Ford Book, 13th ed.

• PHYS 2040: Electromagnetism: David J. Griffiths Book, 3rd ed.

• PHYS 2210: Atomic Physics: Several sources

• PHYS 3090: Mathematical Physics I: Arfken Book, 6th ed.

• PHYS 4210: Plasma Physics I: Several sourcess

• PHYS 5090: Plasma Physics II: Several sources

• PHYS 5530: Mathematical Physics III: Arfken Book, 6th ed. Western Michigan University (Lab teaching, problem-solving session, class grading) 2006 – 2012

• PHYS 1000 Class Grading: How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life, by Bloomfield, 3rd ed.

• PHYS 1130 Class Grading: General Physics I: Physics, by Cutnell & Johnson, 7th and 8th ed.

• PHYS 1140 Lab Teaching: General Physics I: Direct applications on PHYS. 1130

• PHYS 1150 Class Grading: General Physics II: Physics, by Cutnell & Johnson, 7th and 8th ed.

• PHYS 3090 Class Grading: Introduction to Modern Physics: Book by Taylor, Zafiratos, Dubson, 2nd ed.

• PHYS 3100 Lab Teaching: Introduction to Modern Physics: Direct applications on PHYS. 3090

• PHYS 3420 Class Grading: Electronics: Electronics Course Pack and Laboratory Manual, by G. Hardi Tamer Elkafrawy, PhD Page 3 of 11

Skills

• Languages: English, German (working proficiency)

• Programing Languages: Bash, C, C++, Python, tcsh, HTML

• Software: AMORE, CMSSW, DATE, Git, LaTeX, Mathematica, PVSS, ROOT, MadGraph5_aMC

• Operating Systems: Apple’s macOS, Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android, Apple’s iOS Research Grants and Research Proposal Writing

• DOE grant DE-SC0013794 (Cont.), Florida Institute of Technology, Search for dark photons via vector and Higgs portals at the CMS during Run 3 of the LHC ($xxx,xxx contributor) 2023–2025 (granted)

• DOE grant DE-SC0013794 (Cont.), Florida Institute of Technology, Search for dark photons via vector and Higgs portals at the CMS during Runs 2 and 3 of the LHC ($320,000, contributor) 2019–2023

• Renewal of NSF grants #1401429 for 3 more years, encouraged by my PRA paper (2016), “Radiative Double Electron Capture (RDEC) of Ions with Quasi-Free Electrons”, ($120,000, contributor) Jul. 2017

• Wrote a research proposal for JPL, NASA, “Measurement of absolute cross sections for electron impact excitation of HCIs and charge-exchange in HCI-neutral targets collisions” Nov. 2012

• Attended “Strategies for successful grant writing: Corporate, Foundation, and Federal Grants” Oct. 5, 2011 Workshop given by grants expert, David Bauer, Western Michigan University

• Wrote a travel-subsidy grant proposal for Western Michigan University, “Investigation of resonant transfer and excitation for ~1 MeV/u O5+ + Ar Collisions” ($600) Mar. 2010

• Wrote a travel-subsidy grant proposal for Western Michigan University, “X-ray processes associated with projectile charge changing in ~1 MeV/u O5+ + Ar collisions” ($600) Jan. 2009

• Wrote a research grant proposal for DAAD, “Experimental investigations of radiative electron capture to the continuum in relativistic ion-atom collisions” (not granted) Aug. 2007 Awards, Honors, and Travel Subsidies: Proofs provided upon request. 1. First place mini-symposium award for the best data analysis team at CMSDAS @ Fermilab Jan. 2022 2. The prestigious Amin Lotfi National Physics Award, a nationwide award, Egypt ($3,000) 2015 3. Received American Green Card under EB1 category, Extraordinary Ability in Sciences (Physics) 2014 4. Member of Phi Kappa Phi (ΦΚΦ), the U.S. nation’s oldest and most selective honor society 2012 5. Phys Dept Travel Grant Award (3 times), Western Michigan University ($4,200) 2008, 2011, 2012 6. Member of Sigma Pi Sigma (ΣΠΣ), the national physics honor society 2011 7. Recipient of “Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges” 2011 8. American Physical Society (APS) Student Travel Grant Award ($500) 2009 9. The Outstanding Academic Achievement and Scholarship Award, Western Michigan University 2009 10. Full-time Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Western Michigan University 2006 – 2012 Service

Refereeing for Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Member of Muon Conference and Publication Board (MCPB) (Since Dec. 2023, many reviews)

• Member of GEM Conference and Publication Committee (GEM CPC) (Since Feb. 2023, many reviews)

• Physical Review Letters (Since Dec. 2018, several reviews)

• Journal of Physics B (Since 2012, now paused – several reviews)

• Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods in Physics Research B (Since 2012, now paused – several reviews) Conference and School Organization

• Session co-chair then chair, CMS Data Analysis School (CMSDAS), LPC, Fermilab 2021–present

• Session chair and organizing committee member of the 4th ESHEP, Cairo, Egypt Apr. 26–May 5, 2014

• Conference chair assistant of the 22nd CAARI, Fort Worth, TX, USA Aug. 5–10, 2012

• Assisted in carrying out the 26th ICPEAC, Western Michigan University Jul. 22–28, 2009 Contribution to Diversity

• Virtual Poster Judge at The 2022 Physics Congress (PhysCon) Oct. 6–8, 2022

• Guide in the US CMS Exhibit Booth at National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) Conf Nov. 4–7, 2021

• Poster/talk Judge and Student Travel Award Reviewer ABRCMS (four times) 2015–2019 Tamer Elkafrawy, PhD Page 4 of 11

Scholarly Activities

Schools and Trainings

• The 10th CMS Management Training Workshop, CMS, CERN. Dec. 1, 2022

• GEM School, "quality control procedure towards production", TIF Lab, CERN Jun. 23–27, 2014

• Fire safety: use of fire extinguisher + live exercises, CMS, CERN Nov. 15, 2013

• Self-rescue mask training, CMS, CERN Sept. 26, 2013

• Confined Space Entry Training, Western Michigan University Jul. 9, 2012

• Phys Instrument Shop at WMU: milling machines, engine lathes, sawing equipment Oct. 1–21, 2008 Mentoring/Supervision

• At CMSDAS, LPC, Fermilab (2019 – present): ~60 graduate students per year 2025: Muons (Lead Contact) - upcoming

2024: Muons (Lead Contact)

2023: Muons (Lead Contact)

2022: Pre-exercises, Muons, Contact Interactions (Facilitator + session co-chair) 2021: Muons, Event Display & Visualization, Contact Interactions (Facilitator + session co-chair) 2020: Photon/Electron, Muons, Contact Interactions (Facilitator) 2019: Photon/Electron, Muons, Dark Matter/Mono Higgs (Facilitator)

• At Florida Tech (FIT) – remotely from CERN

Erick Yanes, PhD candidate at FIT, 2023 – present: for CMS data analysis of h hDhD 4ZD 4µ+4µ- Merrick Lavinsky, PhD candidate at FIT, 2023 – present: for CMS data analysis of h ZZD 2µ+2µ- Bandar Alsufyani, PhD candidate at FIT, 2023 – present: for CMS data analysis of h ZDZD 2µ+2µ-

• Through the US CMS Mentoring Pairing Program

David Abrahamyan, senior undergraduate student Northeastern University, 2023–2024 Rohan Shenoy, senior undergraduate student, University of California, San Diego, 2022–2023 Ramanpreet Singh, PhD candidate, Northern Illinois University, 2021–2022

• At CERN

Tanvi Sheokand, PhD candidate at Panjab University, India, summer of 2024: for GEM ME0 upgrade. Ghaneemah Alasfour, grad student at Kuwait-AUM, summer of 2024: for GEM GE2/1 electronics testing. Besjana Murtezi, CERN summer student, 2023, Kosovo: for electronics validation of GE2/1 detectors. Riana Shaba, CERN summer student, 2023, Albania: for electronics validation of GE2/1 muon detectors. Shachar Gottlieb, CERN summer student, 2023, TAMU, USA: for GE2/1 chamber assembly. Kyla Martinez, CERN summer student, 2023, TAMU, USA: for GE2/1 chamber assembly. Shlok Verma, CERN summer student, 2023, India: for VFAT3b validation and GE2/1 Optohybrid cooling. Danylo Kovalenko (Remote), CERN summer student, 2022, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine: for the principles of electronics validation of GE2/1 muon detectors. Mi Ran Kim, PhD candidate, Feb–Oct 2022, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea: for the event selection for the HZZlljj channel and setting up signal and control regions and background estimate as well as the quality control stages QC3-5 of the CMS GEM GE2/1 muon detectors. Salwa Mohamed, PhD candidate, Feb – Nov 2022, ASRT-ENHEP, Egypt: for the discharge propagation probability measurements in the GEM ME0 muon detectors. Shereen Aly, grad student, 2014, ASRT-ENHEP, Egypt: for electronics validation of CMS RPC detectors. Ahmed Ibrahim, grad student, 2013, ASRT-ENHEP, Egypt: for electronics validation of the RPC detectors. Outreach

• Guiding tours at the GEM lab at CERN for the identification of CMS GEM muon detectors 2022–present

• Interviewed by Arts@CERN for the identification of the CMS GE2/1 muon detectors Nov. 9, 2022

• Represented US CMS in the virtual Exhibit Booth at NSBP Conference, USA Nov. 4–7, 2021

• Guided tours at P5 for the identification of CMS for students and the public during LS1, Switzerland 2014

• TV interview, “CMS upgrade activities during LS1” at CMS-CERN, Switzerland Jan. 23, 2014 TV Südbaden (German local TV station) jointly with Tahrir Academy (Egyptian online media)

• Guided tours for the identification of the tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator, WMU, USA 2008 – 2012 Memberships

American Physical Society (APS): Division of Particles & Fields (DPF)

● Regular Member since 2020

● Early Career Member since 2014

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Publications

CMS Journal Papers where I had indirect contributions See INSPIRE-00384106 or CERN Document Server

CMS/Fermilab Publications and Detector/Analysis Notes on which I was the lead author or to which I made major contributions (my name in bold) 1. “Validation and performance results of the first CMS GEM GE2/1 muon production chambers,” T. Elkafrawy on behalf of the CMS Muon Group, PoS (ICHEP2024) XXX, XXX (2024) [upcoming]. 2. “Model-independent search for pair production of new bosons decaying into muons in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV,” S. Butalla, A. Castaneda, S. Dildick, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, A. Safonov, and W. Shi, CMS Paper HIG-21-004 (Status: ReadyForSub). 3. “Validation and performance results of the first CMS GEM GE2/1 muon production chambers,” T. Elkafrawy, CMS DP-2024/074.

4. “Development of the CMS detector for the CERN LHC Run 3,” A. Hayrapetyan T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 19, P05064 (2024) [CMS-PRF-21-001], [arXiv:2309.05466]. 5. “Impact of magnetic field on the stability of the CMS GE1/1 GEM detector operation,” M. Abbas T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 18, P11029 (2023) [CMS NOTE-2023/010]. 6. “Production and validation of industrially produced large-sized GEM foils for the Phase-2 upgrade of the CMS muon spectrometer,” M. Abbas T. Elkafrawy et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1057, 168723

(2023) [CMS-NOTE-2023-006].

7. “Reduction of high voltage discharge in GEM detectors for the ME0 station of the CMS forward muon system,” S. Mohamed, T. Elkafrawy, and J. Merlin on behalf of the CMS Muon Group, PoS (LHCP2022) 422, 265 (2022).

8. “Search for new bosons decaying into pairs of muons using 2017 CMS data,” A. Castaneda, S. Dildick, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, A. Safonov, and W. Shi, CMS AN-21-220.

9. “Study of lifetimes and cross sections of a dark vector boson with a final state of muons and dark fermions at s = 13 TeV,” T. Elkafrawy, M. Rahmani, and M. Hohlmann, CMS IN-2021/004. 10. “Forward Physics Facility,” Roshan M. Abraham T. Elkafrawy et al., Letter of Interest for SNOWMASS-2021.

11. “Search for new bosons decaying into pairs of muons using Run 2 CMS data,” A. Castaneda, S. Dildick, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, A. Safonov, and W. Shi, CMS AN-19-153.

12. “Radiation background with the CMS RPCs at the LHC,” S. Costantini T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 10, C05031 (2015).

13. “Performance of the gas gain monitoring system of the CMS RPC muon detector,” L. Benussi T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 10, C01003 (2015). 14. “Resistive plate chambers for the LS1 muon upgrade in CMS experiment at LHC,“ M. Shopova. T. Elkafrawy et al., Bulgarian Chemical Communications 47, 186 (2015), ISSN: 0861-9808. 15. “CMS RPC muon detector performance with 2010-2012 LHC data,” G. Pugliese T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 9, C12016 (2014).

16. “CMS RPC commissioning of the existing detector during the long shutdown,” A. Cimmino T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 9, C10043 (2014). 17. “Resistive plate chambers for 2013-2014 muon upgrade in CMS at LHC,” S. Colafranceschi T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 9, C10033 (2014). 18. “Web-based monitoring tools for Resistive Plate Chambers in the CMS experiment at CERN,” M.S. Kim

T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 9, C10031 (2014). 19. “CMS RPC tracker muon reconstruction,” J. Goh. T. Elkafrawy et al., Journal of Instrumentation 9, C10027 (2014).

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Non-CMS Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Conference Proceedings on which I was the lead author or to which I made major contributions (my name in bold) 20. “Exotic Higgs decays to dark bosons in the multi-dimuon final state at the LHC,” T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, and P. Padley, to be submitted to Phys. Rev. D. in August of 2024. 21. “Event characterization of dark bosons via exotic Higgs decays with final states of displaced dimuons in high luminosity era of the LHC,” T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, and P. Padley, PoS

(ICHEP2022) 414, 1023 (2022). [arXiv:2211.12573]

22. “Illuminating long-lived dark vector bosons via exotic Higgs decays at s = 13 TeV”, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, P. Padley, H. Kim, M. Rahmani, S. Dildick, PoS (LHCP2021) 397, 224 (2021).

[arXiv:2111.03960v2]

23. “Single-photon emission associated with double electron capture in F9+ + C collisions,” T. Elkafrawy, A. Simon, J.A. Tanis, and A. Warczak, Physical Review A 94, 042705 (2016). [arXiv:1609.04733] 24. “Single-Photon Emission Correlated to Double-Electron Capture by Bare Ions: Background Processes,” T. Elkafrawy, A. Warczak, A. Simon, and J. A. Tanis, Physica Scripta T156, 014047 (2013). 25. “Single-Electron Capture Collisions of Ground and Metastable Ne2+ Ions with Molecular Gases,” A. Hasan, O. Abu-Haija, J. Harris, T. Elkafrawy, A. Kayani, and E.Y. Kamber, Physica Scripta T156, 014041 (2013).

26. “Evidence for Radiative Double Electron Capture (RDEC) in F9+ + Carbon Collisions,” T. Elkafrawy, A. Warczak, A. Simon, and J. A. Tanis, AIP Conference Proceedings 1525, 64 (2013). 27. “Radiative Double Electron Capture (RDEC) in Ion-Atom Collisions,” A. Simon, J.A. Tanis, T. Elkafrawy, and A. Warczak, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 388, 012034 (2012). 28. “Transmission of Fast Highly Charged Ions through a Single Glass Macrocapillary and Polycarbonate Nanocapillary Foils,” A.M. Ayyad, B.S. Dassanayake, D. Keerthisinghe, G.G. DeSilva, T. Elkafrawy, A.N. Kayani, and J.A. Tanis, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 388, 082027 (2012). 29. “X Rays Coincident with Single and Double Capture in F8,9+ + C Collisions,” T. Elkafrawy, A. Warczak, A. Simon, and J.A. Tanis, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 388, 082012 (2012). 30. “Projectile Charge Changing Correlated with K-x-ray Emission in O5+ + He and Ar Collisions,” T. Elkafrawy and J.A. Tanis, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 388, 082007 (2012). 31. “Radiative Double Electron Capture (RDEC) in Collisions of O8+ Ions with Carbon,” A. Simon, A. Warczak, T. Elkafrawy, and J.A. Tanis, Physical Review Letters 104, 123001 (2010). 32. “Correlated Radiative Double Electron Capture (RDEC) in Collisions of Bare Oxygen Ions with Carbon Targets,” A. Simon, J.A. Tanis, T. Elkafrawy, and A. Warczak, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 194, 082044 (2009).

33. “X-ray Processes Associated with Projectile Charge Changing in ~1 MeV/u Collisions of O5+ on Ar,” T. Elkafrawy, A. Simon, and J.A. Tanis, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 194, 082033 (2009). Oral Presentations

Invited/Featured Talks (speaker underlined, my name in bold) 1. “Muon Detectors beyond HEP,” Muon Week, CERN, Feb. 1, 2024, T. Elkafrawy. 2. “Muon Reconstruction at the CMS Experiment,” CMSDAS@LPC, Fermilab, Jan. 9, 2024, T. Elkafrawy. 3. “GEM readiness for EYETS 2023/24 installation,” CMS Week, TC Plenary, Dec. 6, 2023, T. Elkafrawy. 4. “QC and performance results on GE2.1 x YETS23-24,” CMS Week, General Muon Meeting (GMM), Dec. 5, 2023, T. Elkafrawy.

5. “Impact of refurbishment on QC7 results,” General GEM Meeting (GGM), Dec. 11, 2023, T. Elkafrawy. 6. “Muon Reconstruction at the CMS Experiment,” CMSDAS@LPC, Fermilab, Jan 10, 2023, T. Elkafrawy. 7. “Report on Research Activities,” National Taiwan University, Oct. 16, 2019, T. Elkafrawy. 8. “Report on Research Activities,” RWTH Aachen University, Jul. 10, 2018, T. Elkafrawy. 9. “CMS muon system upgrade during LS1,” The 4th Egyptian School of High Energy Physics, Ain Shams University & The British University in Egypt, Apr. 26 – May 5, 2014, T. Elkafrawy. 10. “Evidence for radiative double electron capture (RDEC) in F9+ + carbon collisions,” The 22nd International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research & Industry (CAARI), Fort Worth, TX, USA, Aug. 5–10, 2012, T. Elkafrawy, A. Simon, A. Warczak, and J.A. Tanis, Talk #93. 11. “Radiative double electron capture (RDEC) in ion-atom collisions,” The 27th International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC), Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Jul. 27 – Aug. 2, 2011, A. Simon, J.A. Tanis, T. Elkafrawy, and A. Warczak. Tamer Elkafrawy, PhD Page 7 of 11

Contributed Talks (Physics) – speaker underlined, my name in bold 12. “Approval of HIG-21-004: Model-independent search for h->aa->4mu/ X->4mu,” Higgs Meetings (weekly

/ even week), Feb. 20, 2024, S. Butalla, A. Castaneda, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Manteca, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, and A. Safonov. 13. “Dark SUSY multi muons,” Non-hadronic Live page for EXO Workshop 2023, Nov. 29, 2023, S. Butalla, A. Castaneda, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Manteca, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, and A. Safonov.

14. “The Dark Scalar and Dark Fermion Models,” Exotica Non-Hadronic Subgroup Meeting, Jul. 26, 2023, S. Butalla, A. Castaneda, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Manteca, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, and A. Safonov.

15. “HIG-21-004: Unblinded Results,” Higgs Meetings (weekly / even week), Jul. 2, 2023, S. Butalla, A. Castaneda, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Manteca, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, and A. Safonov.

16. “Sensitivity of the LHC’s Run 2 to pp ZD sDsD 2µ+2µ- + lifetime investigation,” Dark Sector (4mu) WG Meeting, Mar. 3, 2023, T. Elkafrawy.

17. “Pre-approval of HIG-21-004: Model-independent search for pair production of new bosons decaying into muons (h aa 4µ/X 4µ),” Higgs Meetings (weekly / even week), Jan. 24, 2023, S. Butalla, A. Castaneda, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Manteca, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, and A. Safonov.

18. “Investigating B(h ZDZD) & B(ZD µ+µ-),” Dark Sector (4mu) WG Meeting, Jan 13, 2023, T. Elkafrawy. 19. “Status update on HiG-21-004 (h aa 4µ),” SUS General Meeting, Nov. 29, 2022, S. Butalla, A. Castaneda, T. Elkafrawy, M. Hohlmann, T. Kamon, H. Kim, P. Manteca, P. Padley, M. Rahmani, and A. Safonov.

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