Mahmoud Gomina

Mahmoud joined Virginia Tech as a PhD student in Fall 2022. At Virginia Tech, he is working in the PArtonic Structure of the Hadrons (PaSHa) group with Prof. Marie Boër, in collaboration with the Jefferson Lab Hall C and Hall A. His PhD topic is the measurement of the proton Form Factors at large momentum with the Jefferson Lab Hall A SBS experiment, which is taking data in 2025. Mahmoud has a lot of hardware expertise, especially with the Electromagnetic Calorimeter which he participated to build and put in place in the Hall, and the Hadronic Calorimeter for which he is an expert. Mahmoud is also working on analyzing data for this experiment.

In the beginning of his graduate training, Mahmoud also participating in Hall C experiments and hardware work at Virginia Tech, prior to starting on his main topic.

Education
B. Sc. Physics, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria, 2014
Master, Tech Applied Physics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2021

Prior research experience: Mahmoud's prior research were done using NaI(Tl) detector to measure natural radioactivity levels in environmental specimens.