Curriculum vitae
Education and Theses
Awards and Grants
- 1992 PhD grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- 1994 Borchers Badge, RWTH Aachen
- 1995 Feodor Lynen fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt foundation
- 1995 Research fellowship, CERN
Positions
- 1985-1991 Teaching assistant, RWTH Aachen
- 1992-1994 Stipend, DFG graduate school, RWTH Aachen
- 1994 Research scientist, DESY Hamburg
- 1995 Research scientist, RWTH Aachen
- 1995-1997 Research fellow, CERN Genève
- 1998-2002 Research scientist, CERN Genève
- 2002-2004 Research scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik München
- since 2004 Academic staff, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik München
- since 2012 Privatdozent, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Physics Research
- 1987-1991 Fréjus Experiment: Atmospheric neutrinos,
neutrino oscillations
- 1990-1997 H1 Experiment at HERA: Jet structure in photon-proton
scattering, αs from jet rates in
deep-inelastic electron-proton scattering
- 1995-2007 OPAL Experiment at LEP: Two-photon physics, photon structure
functions in deep-inelastic electron-photon scattering
- since 2002 ATLAS Experiment at LHC: Precision measurements of the
top quark mass, data combination
Hardware Activities
- 1997-1998 Operation of the OPAL silicon-tungsten luminometer
- 1997-1998 Upgrade of the OPAL far forward lead-scintillator calorimeter
- 2002-2005 Production of silicon strip detector modules for the
endcap regions of the ATLAS SemiConductor Tracker
- since 2006 Development of radiation-hard silicon pixel detector modules
for the upgrade of the ATLAS Pixel Detector
Coordination Roles
- 1997 Co-coordinator of the Two-Photon Physics group of OPAL
- 1998-2002 Coordinator of the LEP combined working group on
Two-Photon Physics
- since 2004 Group leader of the MPP ATLAS Inner Detector Group
Organisation of Conferences and Workshops
- 1996 OPAL week
- 1999 Parallel session proton- and photon structure, DIS99 Tampere
- 2001 Parallel session structure functions, DIS01 Bologna
- 2001 Session on photon structure, PHOTON01 Ascona
- 2006 International Workshop on
Alignment and Commissioning of the ATLAS Inner Detector,
Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee
- 2010 Planar Pixel Sensor R&D Group week, München
- 2011 International Workshop on
ATLAS Inner Detector Software and Performance,
Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee
- 2018 13th "Trento" Workshop on Advanced Silicon Radiation Detectors,
München
Referee Service
- 1992-1995 Internal referee for H1 publications
- 1995-2005 Internal referee for OPAL publications
- since 2002 Internal referee for ATLAS publications
- since 2000 Referee for Physics Letters B, The European Physical
Journal C and Nuclear Instruments and Methods