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CHARLES JOSEPH NAIM

Brooklyn,NY

Summary

Dynamic nuclear physicist with over a decade of international experience in research, engineering, and leadership at prestigious institutions such as CERN, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Proven expertise in data analysis, detector development, and scientific computing (C++, Python, ROOT), with successful applications of machine learning in nuclear science and nonproliferation efforts. Bilingual in English and French, with a strong track record of fostering international collaboration, leading complex projects, and managing diverse teams to achieve strategic objectives. Committed to advancing scientific knowledge and driving innovation in the field of nuclear physics.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Research physicist

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Nonproliferation Department
01.2023 - Current
  • Member of AI/ML working group addressing nuclear non-proliferation and national security.
  • Principal Investigator of a BNL–Stony Brook grant focused on gamma-ray spectroscopy.
  • High-performance data analysis for large-scale experimental datasets.

Research Associate in nuclear physics

Stony Brook University, Center For Frontiers in Nuclear Science (CFNS)
06.2022 - Current
  • Developed high-performance pipelines for large-scale physics datasets (>100M events).
  • Principal Investigator of two funded research projects.
  • Published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals.
  • Co-authored a strategic white paper for an international collaboration.
  • Led design and commissioning of a Cherenkov detector for the Electron-Ion Collider (BNL).
  • Supervised graduate/undergraduate students and taught undergraduate courses (3 semesters).

Engineering Officer

French Navy
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Led technical operations and systems maintenance aboard naval vessels, ensuring mission readiness under high-pressure conditions.

PhD Researcher

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
01.2016 - 01.2020
  • Conducted experimental nuclear physics research, applying advanced statistical and computational methods to large datasets.

Research Physicist

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
01.2015 - 01.2020
  • Contributed to large-scale nuclear physics experiments within global collaborations; specialized in detector development and high-performance data pipelines.

Education

Ph.D - Nuclear Physics

Paris-Saclay University
08.2020

Bachelor and Master in Physics - undefined

Sorbonne University
06.2017

Skills

  • Technical Skills: Quantitative Research
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Python
  • C
  • Database management
  • Fortran
  • SQL
  • HPC
  • Machine Learning
  • Project Leadership
  • Data analysis
  • Machine learning

Certification

Certification: Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards & Security – BNL, NY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages: English (fluent), French (native)

Timeline

Research physicist

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Nonproliferation Department
01.2023 - Current

Research Associate in nuclear physics

Stony Brook University, Center For Frontiers in Nuclear Science (CFNS)
06.2022 - Current

Engineering Officer

French Navy
01.2020 - 01.2022

PhD Researcher

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
01.2016 - 01.2020

Research Physicist

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
01.2015 - 01.2020

Bachelor and Master in Physics - undefined

Sorbonne University

Ph.D - Nuclear Physics

Paris-Saclay University
CHARLES JOSEPH NAIM