Title: Searches for Supersymmetry with the CMS Detector

Speaker: Darin Acosta (Univ. of Florida)

Abstract: Supersymmetry is a proposed extension to the Standard Model of particle physics that introduces bosonic (fermionic) partners for every known fermion (boson). It can address several issues in particle physics such as electroweak fine-tuning, unification of the gauge couplings, and dark matter. However, despite many years of searching, no evidence for Supersymmetry has yet been found. For the past year the LHC has been operating at its highest proton-proton collision energy of 13 TeV and is well positioned to explore the TeV mass scale favored by Supersymmetry. This presentation will summarize the status of searches for Supersymmetry at the LHC using data collected by the CMS detector.