Curriculum Vitae

• research

  1981-1983

  MARK-J experiment at the PETRA e+ e- storage ring, DESY , Hamburg
  Data analysis: semileptonic decays of charm and bottom quarks

  1983-1986

  CHARM neutrino experiment at CERN , Geneva
  Scintillation counters and associated electronics, detector calibration
  data analysis: elastic scattering of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos on electrons, cross sections and electroweak mixing angle

  1986-1989

  L3 project at the e+ e- machine LEP , CERN, Geneva
  First level of multi-stage trigger system: design, system integration, software

  1989-1994

  L3 experiment at LEP
  Data analysis: hadronic decays of the Z boson, tests of QCD, measurements of the strong coupling constant
  (1990-1994 QCD analysis group coordinator, 1992-1993 L3 offline coordinator)

  1995-2001

  L3 experiment at LEP
  Data analysis: search for new particles, in particular SUSY

  1994-2001

  CMS project at the p p collider LHC at CERN , Geneva
  Silicon strip detectors, research and development

  1998-2001

  L3-Cosmics experiment , CERN , Geneva
  Data analysis: spectrum and charge ratio of atmospheric muons
  (1998-2000 offline coordinator)

  2001-

  CMS project at the p p collider LHC at CERN , Geneva
  Muon chamber construction, data analysis

  2001-2012

  DØ experiment (run II) at the proton antiproton collider TEVATRON at FERMILAB , USA
  Muon software, New particle searches

  2005-

  Pierre Auger Observatory to study cosmic rays at high energies

• academics

  1983

  Diploma degree in Physics, RWTH Aachen University
  `Measurement of Semileptonic Decays of Heavy Quarks with the MARK J - Detector at PETRA'

  1986

  PhD, University of Hamburg
  'Scattering of Muon Neutrinos and Muon Antineutrinos on Electrons'

  1993

  Habilitation, RWTH Aachen University
  `Tests of Quantum Chromodynamics in Hadronic Decays of Z Bosons Produced in e+ e- Annihilation'

  1994

  Professor, Humboldt University Berlin

  2001

  Professor, RWTH Aachen University, head of Physics Institute III A

• employers

  1983-1986

  University of Hamburg , II. Physics Institute (PhD student)

  1986-1989

  CERN , Geneva , EP-division (Fellow)

  1989-1993

  RWTH Aachen University (RWTH) , Institute of Physics III A (Scientific associate)

  1993-1994

  CERN , Geneva , EP-division (Staff)

  1994-2001

  Humboldt University Berlin , Physics Department (Prof.)

  2001-

  RWTH Aachen University (RWTH) , Institute of Physics III A

• responsibilities (> 2000)

  -2000

  chair "Diplompruefungsausschuss Physik" Humboldt University

  2002-2004

  outreach coordinator physics department RWTH

  2003-2007

  chair/deputy CMS muon institution board

  2003-2007

  member of ECFA

  2004-2006

  spokesperson physics department RWTH

  2005-2011

  member (chair 2008-2010) of Scientific Advisory Committee of NIKHEF

  2006-2009

  spokesperson BMBF-FSP-102 (CMS experiment)

  2009-

  member (chair 2012- ) BMBF Gutachterausschuss 'Teilchenphysik'

  2010-

  member management board HGF Alliance 'Physics at the Terascale'

• private

  1958

  born in Lennestadt , Germany

  1986

  married to Florence Hebbeker-Kobr , two sons, David and Pascal