Andrey Loginov (1977 – 2016)

It is with great sadness that we learnt that Andrey, our ATLAS colleague, passed away. Andrey's passion for physics and commitment to ATLAS were only surpassed by his zest for life and his loyalty to his friends.

 

Andrey first came to CERN in 2006 when he was working for Yale on the ATLAS experiment. Besides his work life, he was extremely active in a multitude of different areas; he made many friends and touched many lives.  

Andrey was born in 1977 in Tomsk, Russia. He received his Bs., M.S. and PhD from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). His PhD was conducted as part of the CDF Collaboration, with Henry Frisch of the University of Chicago as his research advisor. He joined Yale University in 2006 to begin working on ATLAS. Starting in 2006 he took an active role in the TRT installation and commissioning, and then turned his attention to operations and later to developing a TRT test stand. As Top Cross Section Working Group Co-convener from 2009-2011, he was an early proponent of top quark physics at ATLAS.

Over the last 8 years, Andrey led several data analyses and made significant contributions to many others.  He accomplished all this while being a very active and committed leader in the TRT community and being the TRT Run Coordinator since 2011.

Those who knew Andrey will agree that he had an amazing work ethic but we also knew him as a great instigator of fun; he worked hard and also played hard. His natural leadership extended beyond work into his social life where he showed a talent for organizing social events that would build community, celebrate accomplishments and generally be a great time. As a gifted photographer Andrey captured many of these moments so we can still enjoy them, and in some way they will help us keep our memories of Andrey alive as well.

Andrey was also a high-level athlete in powerlifting and was instrumental in creating the CERN gym (Powerlifting @ CERN). It was Andrey’s design, persistence and extensive knowledge, which made the dream a reality. This brought much joy into people’s lives by providing a fully furnished weights room for people to work out in at CERN. He was also very friendly and provided help and coaching to those who needed it. Besides furnishing the weights room, he was also able to organise classes with an expert powerlifting coach from his native Russia and launched a small powerlifting competition. He was an accomplished photographer and contributed many more things to CERN life such as his involvement with THE Port.

Andrey would want us to celebrate his life, not mourn his passing, but his friends and colleagues will surely miss him dearly.

His colleagues and friends