Curriculum Vitae

(homepage Thomas Hebbeker)

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
Doctoral Degree, 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'
1994-2001
Professor, Humboldt University Berlin
2001-2025
Professor, RWTH Aachen University, head of Physics Institute III A till end of 2023
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.)
2001-2025
RWTH Aachen University (RWTH) , Institute of Physics III A (Prof. and head of institute till 2023)
responsibilities (from year 2000)

-2000
chair board of examiners in physics ('Diplomprüfungsausschuss') 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
2004-2012
membership in different RWTH committees (faculty, senate, ...)
2005-2011
member (chair 2008-2010) of Scientific Advisory Committee of NIKHEF
2006-2009
spokesperson BMBF-FSP-102 (later became FSP-104) (CMS experiment, German institutes)
2009-2015
member (chair 2012-2015) BMBF review panel (Gutachterausschuss) 'Elementary particle physics'
2010-2014
member management board HGF Alliance 'Physics at the Terascale'
2012-2021
member KET = 'Komitee ElementarTeilchenphysik' (Committee for elementary particle physics)
2015-2018
(co-)chair BMBF review panel (Gutachterausschuss) 'Physics of the tiniest particles'
2015-2018
member scientific council of National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3, CNRS)
2017-2021
head of `Particle Physics' division of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft DPG
2017-2021
member KAT = 'Komitee AstroTeilchenphysik' (Committee for astro particle physics)
teaching

1994-2025
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bachelor, master, diploma, doctoral theses (Aachen)

2001-2025
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1958 born in Lennestadt , Germany
married to Florence Hebbeker, two sons: David and Pascal
amateur astronomer

Last update 2024-02-21 Thomas Hebbeker