When it came time to choose a college, Nick DePorzio found a piece of information that solidified his choice to attend Northeastern.
One of the university’s more than 2,900 co-op sites is CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which hosts the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. As DePorzio explained, CERN is the “holy grail” of destinations for anyone studying particle physics.
“Having that opportunity at your grasp as an undergraduate was really exciting,” said DePorzio, S’17.
The physics major will finally grab hold of that opportunity next month, when he begins his work at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, for his second co-op as a Northeastern student. He’ll be working with College of Science professor Darien Wood and associate professor Emanuela Barberis.
CERN is the world’s most complex experimental facility, built over a 10-year period by more than 10,000 collaborating scientists around the world. It gives researchers the chance to test physics theories, particularly through its proton-proton collision detectors.
