Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Gregor Herten

• Born 1955
• Married, one child
• Citizenship: Germany

Education

• RWTH Aachen - Diploma in Physics (1980)
• RWTH Aachen - Dr. rer. nat. (1983)

Employment

• RWTH Aachen, Post-Doc (1983-1984)
• CERN Fellow (1984-1986)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Assistant Professor (1986-1991)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Associate Professor (1991-1992)
• Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Full Professor (1992-present)

Research

Mark-J Experiment, PETRA, DESY (1979-1984)

• Discovery of gluons in three jet events
• Measurement of Forward-Backward asymmetry in muon pair production
• Test of QCD
• Test of electroweak interactions
• Search for new elementary particles
• Trigger and data acquisition

L3 Experiment, LEP, CERN (1984-1992)

• Development and construction of the trigger system
• Construction of time-of-flight scintillator detectors
• B-Physics
• Measurement of electro-weak parameters in Z physics
• Search for new elementary particles, Higgs, SUSY, exotics

OPAL Experiment, LEP, CERN (1992-2004)

• B-physics
• Di-boson production
• Precision tests of electro-weak interactions
• Search for new elementary particles

ATLAS Experiment, LHC, CERN (1992-present)

• Design, coordination and construction of the Monitored Drift Tube (MDT) muon chambers
• Alignment system of end-cap muon chambers
• Detector Control System (DCS)
• Data analysis in search for supersymmetric particles
• Discovery of the Higgs boson
• Upgrade of the muon detector
• Project leader of the Monitored Drift Tube (MDT) muon chambers (1999-2005)
• Member of ATLAS Executive Board, 1999-2005 and 2009-2012
• Collaboration Board Chair (2010-2011), Deputy Chair (2009 and 2012)

Publications, Talks, Lecture

• More than 500 publications in refereed journals. List of publications in InspireHep
• Many conference talks
• Regular teaching in physics and particle physics at the university

Science Administration and Coordination

University

• Dean of Faculty of Physics (1994-1995)
• Vice-Rector of the University of Freiburg (1995-1999)
• Physics Department Head (2002-2004)
• Dean of Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (2016-2019)

DESY Scientific Council, CERN Council

• Member of Scientific Council of DESY, Hamburg (2003-2008)
• German Scientific Delegate to the CERN Council (2003-2009)
• Vice-President of the CERN Council (2007-2009)

IUPAP-C11, ICFA

• Member of the Committee 11 (Particles and Fields) of the International Union of Physics and Applied Physics, IUPAP-C11 (2003-2008)
• Chair of IUPAP-C11 (2005-2008)
• Member of the International Committee for Future Accelerators, ICFA (2005-2008)

Other Activities

• Member of the Advisory Board for Particle Physics of the German Ministry of Research, BMBF (2000-2005)
• Member of the Committee for Graduate Schools of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (2007-2013)
• Chair of the Section of Particle Physics of the German Physical Society (DPG) (2013-2015)
• Member of the International Advisory Committee for the Future CERN Collider (FCC) (2017- present)