Gregor Herten

Prof. Dr. Gregor Herten

Physikalisches Institut
Universität Freiburg

Hermann-Herder Str. 3
D-79104 Freiburg

Tel.:  +49 -761-203 5757
 Fax.: +49 -761-203 5938

herten  -at-  uni-freiburg.de  

Year of Birth
Nationality
Civil Status

1980
1983
1986
1991
1992
 		1955, Korschenbroich, NRW, Germany
German
Married, one child

Diploma in Physics
Ph.D. in Physics, RWTH Aachen
Assistant Professor at M.I.T.
Associate Professor at M.I.T.
Professor at Freiburg University

Research Activities

1979 - 1984





1980
1983
   
1983 - 1984

1984 - 1986


 Research at DESY, Hamburg, Mark-J Experiment
- discovery of gluon bremsstrahlung, Tests of QCD,  measurement of the strong coupling constant.
-  Measurement of electro-weak interference

Diploma thesis (Measurement  of hard gluon radiation)
Ph.D. thesis (Measurement of the charge asymmetry in e+ e− → µ+µ−)

Post-Doc, RWTH Aachen

"Fellow" at CERN, Geneva
- Development and construction of a trigger system for the L3 experiment
1986 - 1992

Professor at M.I.T.  (86-91 Assistant Prof., 91-92 Associate Prof.)
- Research with the L3 Experiment
- Tests of electro-weak interactions
- B-quark Physics  (Γbb, lifetime, mixing, Vcb )
- Search for new particles
since 1992

Professor of Physics, University of Freiburg
- Research with the OPAL Experiment
- B-quark physics, search for new particles, tests of the standard-model, gauge boson pair production)
- Research with the ATLAS Experiment at CERN
- Development and construction of MDT muon chambers and alignment  components
- Research with the DŲ experiment at FNAL, USA
   (Measurement of Top Quark properties)
-  Search  for new particles with the ATLAS experiment at LHC, mainly SUSY

- Supervisor of 31 diploma theses and 23 Ph.D. theses


Management and Committees
1994 -1995
1995 -1999

1999-2004
1999-2004

2000-2005

2002-2004

 2003-2009
2007-2009
2003-2008
2003-2009

2003-2008
2005-2008

2010-2011
 Dean, Faculty of Physics, Freiburg
Pro-Rector, University of Freiburg

Head of the MDT Muon Chambers of  the ATLAS Experiment, CERN
Member of the Executive Board of the ATLAS experiment

Member of  the BMBF (Ministry of Science) Advisory Board for Particle Physics
Department Head, Physics, Freiburg

Scientific Delegate, CERN Council
Vice-President, CERN Councilice
Member of  the Research Council, DESY, Hamburg
Member of  the Committee for Particle Physics (KET), Germany

Member of IUPAP Commission 11 (Particles and Fields)
Chairman IUPAP Commission 11

Chairman of the ATLAS Collaboration Board (2009, 2012 Deputy)


Publications, Research projects:
For a summary see  Research Data Base  of Freiburg University.  

Publications:    Complete list of publicationsfrom inSPIRE: