Stages of scientific work
- since 2016 Professor, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
- since 2015 Leading scientist, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
- 2012 – 14 ICREA Research Professor, IFAE, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
- 2006 – 12 Staff scientist, CERN Physics Department Theory Unit, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2003 – 04 Visiting Professor, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, U. of Michigan, USA
- 2001 – 11 Staff scientist, Service de Physique Theorique, CEA–Saclay, France
- 1999 – 01 Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Research interests
Phenomenology at the weak scale and beyond; connections between particle physics, gravity and cosmology; symmetries and symmetry breaking; Higgs physics; physics at present and future colliders
Four personal questions
- When I was 18 I wanted to …
… learn Quantum Mechanics - A perfect working day starts with …
… an email from my students to tell me that they have understood how to solve the problem we have been fighting with over the past few weeks - Before I am going to retire I would like to …
… understand why the clouds that are heavier than air are still floating in the Sky - My advise to my students is …
… open up your mind, be curious and think different.