Daria Trotsenko

Curriculum vitae

Full CV: PDF (updated 2026)

Education

2025–present

Ph.D. in Physics, Harvard University

Theoretical particle physics. Advisor: Matthew D. Schwartz.

2023–2025

M.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Track: Gravitation, Astro-, and Particle Physics. Cum laude, GPA 9.3/10. Thesis at Nikhef: Complete Analytic Calculation of Drell–Yan Angular Coefficients at O(αs2), supervised by Wouter Waalewijn and Johannes Michel.

2022–2023

B.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Transferred from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. GPA 8.88/10. Thesis: Measuring Oscillating Axion Fields Using Paul Traps, supervised by Arghavan Safavi-Naini and Jordy de Vries.

2020–2022

Undergraduate studies in Physics and Astronomy, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Daria Trotsenko with Johannes Michel at her M.Sc. graduation
M.Sc. graduation in Amsterdam with my supervisor Johannes Michel, November 2025.
Daria Trotsenko receiving the KHMW Young Talent Award
At the KHMW award ceremony in Haarlem, 24 November 2025.

Honors and fellowships

2025

KHMW Young Talent Award in Theoretical Physics

Annual award of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities recognizing an exceptional M.Sc. thesis in theoretical physics. Announcement from the UvA Institute of Physics.

2025–2026

Purcell Fellowship, Harvard Department of Physics

2023–2025

Amsterdam Ukrainian Refugee Physics & Astronomy Scholarship (AURS)

2026

First place, T-Division Lightning Talk Competition, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Research programs and visits

Skills

Python, pyROOT, C++, Wolfram Mathematica; LaTeX, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.
Languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian.