The Preparatory Group was established with the main purpose of preparing the guidelines and receiving white papers from the different efforts in High Energy Physics, AstroParticles and Cosmology in the region. The white papers are the basis for mapping a landscape of initiatives in the region. The Preparatory Group is also in charge of organizing Workshops to discuss the contributions and to prepare the Physics Briefing Book for the Strategy Group.
The initial members of the Preparatory Group were nominated by the countries representatives in the SILAFAE International Scientific Committee.
- Members of the Preparatory Group (January 2025- December 2027)
Argentina Diana López Nacir (co-chair) Cosmology Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires (IFBA) and CONICET Belén Andrada AstroParticles Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA) - Buenos Aires Fernando Monticelli HEP-EXP (ATLAS) Universidad Nacional de La Plata Bolivia Martín Subieta AstroParticles Universidad Mayor de San Andrés - La Paz Brazil Sandro Fonseca HEP-EX (CMS) Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) Farinaldo Queiroz AstroParticle and Particle Physics International Institute for Physics & Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte Rogerio Rosenfeld (Chair) Cosmology (DES, LSST) Instituto de Física Teórica-UNESP & ICTP-SAIFR Chile Alfonso Zerwekh HEP-PH Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM) - Valparaíso Mauro Cambiaso HEP-TH Universidad Andrés Bello - Santiago Colombia Mario Acero HEP-EXP (NOvA, DUNE) Universidad del Atlántico Deywis Moreno HEP-EXP (DUNE) Universidad Antonio Nariño Costa Rica Esteban Jimenez Moya Universidad de Costa Rica Ecuador Edgar Carrera HEP-EX (CMS) Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) Andrés Baquero Larriva HEP-EX (CTA and LST) Universidad del Azuay Guatemala Juan Ponciano Escuela de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (ECFM) de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Honduras Melissa Cruz Torres HEP-EXP (LHCb) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) - Tegucigalpa Mexico Malena Tejeda Yeomans QCD, HEP-TH, pheno Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Colima Alexis Aguilar Arévalo HEP-EXP (Neutrinos, DM, CONNIE, Oscura, CCM) Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) Luis Ureña Cosmology Universidad de Guanajuato Paraguay Diego Stalder Universidad Nacional de Asunción Peru Alberto Gago HEP-EXP (ALICE) PUC-Peru, Lima Uruguay Lucía Duarte HEP-PH Universidad de la República de Uruguay Venezuela Arturo Sánchez Pineda Computing, Education Creative Commons José Antonio López HEP Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas Luis Nuñez Computing, Education Universidad Industrial de Santander (in Colombia) USA Juan Estrada HEP-EXP (CONNIE, OSCURA) Fermilab Switzerland Martijn Mulders HEP-EXP (CMS) CERN
- Members of the Preparatory Group (2021-2023) – extended until December 2024
Argentina: Diana López Nacir (co-chair), Federico Sanchez, Hernán Wahlberg
Bolivia: Martin Alfonso Subieta Vasquez
Brasil: Ignácio Bediaga, Jailson Alcaniz, Rogerio
Chile: Alfonso Zerwekh, Mauro Cambiaso
Chile: Alfonso Zerwekh, Mauro Cambiaso
Colombia: Nicolás Bernal, José David Ruiz Álvarez, Marta Losada (United Emirates/ex-oficio)
Ecuador: Dennis Cazar Ramírez, Harold Yepes Ramírez
Guatemala: María Eugenia Cabrera
Honduras: Melissa Cruz Torres
Costa Rica: Federico Muñoz
Costa Rica: Federico Muñoz
Mexico: Alfredo Aranda, Juan Carlos D’Olivo, Gerardo Herrera Corral
Paraguay: Jorge Molina
Peru: Alberto Gago
Venezuela: Reina Camacho (France), José Antonio López, Arturo Sánchez (France)
USA: Marcela Carena (Fermilab), Francisco Yumiceva (CMS)
Switzerland: Martijn Mulders (CERN)
- Members of the Preparatory Group (2018-2020)
Argentina: Diana López Nacir, Federico Sanchez, Hernán Wahlberg
Bolivia: Martin Alfonso Subieta Vasquez
Brasil: Leandro de Paula (observer), Thiago S. Gonçalves (co-chair), Rogerio
Chile: Alfonso Zerwekh, Mauro Cambiaso
Colombia: Marta Losada (chair), Diego Restrepo
Ecuador: Lofti Boubekeur, Harold Yepes Ramírez, Edgar Carrera
Mexico: Alfredo Aranda, Juan Carlos D’Olivo, Gerardo Herrera Corral
Paraguay: Jorge Molina
Peru: Alberto Gago
Venezuela: Reina Camacho, Arturo Sánchez
USA: Marcela Carena (Fermilab), Marcelle Soares-Santos (Brandeis U.)
Europe: Martijn Mulders (CERN)
Asia: Hiroaki Aihara (U. Tokyo)