BenjaminVerbeek

Whatiftheworldweremadeofantimatter?

§01 — ABOUT

From curiosity to the research frontier.

For as long as I can remember, I've been curious about how the world works. During my studies I worked on projects in space technology, fundamental particle physics, antimatter, solar cells and fusion energy — and helped make the most precise measurement of an atomic nucleus's size in the world. As a fusion researcher, I built and deployed a plasma thermometer (Langmuir probe) to measure interchange instability. In early 2025, I sensed that AI will marginally have the greatest impact on the world over the next 5-10 years, including in physics, so I changed course. I started working at a friend's startup as the first data analyst and later as a developer. There I have optimized LLM costs, invented agent vents and much more.

Short facts

Building agents at Lovable: Journey from 15 → 300 people, $1M → $500M ARR
Uppsala Student of the Year 2022: Anders Wall scholarship · chosen from 50,000 students
Swedish national physics team 2019: Sweden team leader at IOAA, Poland
Research: ESA · BESIII · PSI · Novatron Fusion
Education: MSc Engineering Physics, Uppsala

§02 — HIGHLIGHTS

Awards

STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2022

Research

ESA · BESIII · PSI

Teaching

MATTEKOLLO · SCIENCE OLYMPIADS

Research & publications

From antimatter to satellites

A selection of work — from fundamental particle physics and nuclear-radius measurements to satellite constellations and solar cells. Drag or scroll to browse.

5 papers — drag / scroll

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Hyperon Parameters in Python

B. Verbeek (2021)

ABSTRACT

A Python-based maximum likelihood estimator for hyperon decay parameters with substantially improved runtime, enabling novel studies of fundamental discrete symmetries at BESIII.

Bachelor thesis · Uppsala University · Phys. Rev. D 105, L011101 (2022)

Developments Towards High-Resolution Muonic Atom X-ray Spectroscopy of Low-Z Elements

B. Verbeek (2023)

ABSTRACT

Detector and analysis developments at PSI for precision measurements of absolute nuclear charge radii in low-Z elements via muonic atom X-ray spectroscopy.

Master thesis · Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland