Current MPA Fellows and Associates

Riccardo Bartocci

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Research interests: Physics beyond the Standard Model, Effective Field Theory, Flavour Physics
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Tobias Hurth


Patrick Deucher

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Research interests: Neutrino Physics, SHiP Experiment (SBT): Development of novel Scintillators and wavelength-shifting Materials for low-background Particle Experiments
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Michael Wurm


Kaustav Dutta

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Research interests: Experimental Particle Physics, Neutrino Astronomy, Machine Learning
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Böser's group

Max Ferré

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Research interests: Theoretical High Energy Physics, Flavor Physics and QCD
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Matthias Neubert

Daniela Fetzer

Research interests: Experimental particle physics, neutrino physics, detector physics, liquid scintillator characterization
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Michael Wurm


Konrad Franz

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Research interests: Ultracold neutrons, neutron lifetime, neutron detection
Research group: Prof. Dr. Dieter Ries


Anne Mareike Galda

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Research interests:Physics beyond the Standard Model, Axion-Like Particles, Chiral Perturbation Theory, Standard Model Effective Field Theory
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Matthias Neubert


Christopher Gerlach

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Research interests: Theoretical High Energy Physics: Cosmology and BSM
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Pedro Schwaller

 

Romy Grünhofer

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Research interests: Theoretical High Energy Physics, Effective Field Theories
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Matthias Neubert


Felix Marvin Keil

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Research interests: Spectroscopy, New States Of Matter And BSM Physics
Research group: Prof. Dr. Concettina Sfienti


Alexey Nikolajewitsch Kivel

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Research interests: Axion and ALP-Phenomenology, Elementary Particle Physics, Astroparticle Physics
Research group: THEP, Dr. Felix Yu

Nikita Kozyrev

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Research interests: Relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions, neutron skin and deformation effects, ALICE and CBM experiments
Research group: Prof. Dr. Concettina Sfienti

Sebastian Lahrtz

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Research interests: theoretical physics and in particular lattice QCD
Research group: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Wittig

Nicholas Leister


Research interests: Particle cosmology, primordial black holes, phase transitions, leptogenesis and gravitational waves.
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Pedro Schwaller

David Maksimovic

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Research interests: Core-Collapse Supernovae, Multi-Messenger and Neutrino Astronomy, Gravitational Waves, Machine Learning and AI
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Michael Wurm

Dmytro Melnichenko

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Research interests: Scattering amplitudes; Feynman integrals; Subtraction schemes
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl


Brunilda Muçogllava


Research interests: Neutrino physics, neutrino mass measurements, atomic hydrogen beamline, optical spectroscopy for temperature measurements
Research group: QUANTUM, Prof. Dr. Martin Fertl


Haris Avudaiyappan Murugan

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Research interests: GPU filter farm, camera alignment system, lepton flavour violation, BSM physics
Research group: Mu3e Collaboration, Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger


Miroslava Mosso Rojas

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Research interests: Supersymmetric localization, gauge theories, string theory, quantum K-theory, mathematical physics
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Hans Jockers


Asa Nehm (they/them)

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Research interests: DUNE experiment, detector design and development, neutrino detection
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Alfons Weber


George A. Parker

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Research interests: Neutrino phenomenology, Beyond the Standard Model physics, Reactor neutrinos, Supernova Neutrinos
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kopp und ETAP, Prof. Dr. Michael Wurm


Saskia Plura

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Research interests: Dark Matter searches, Axions and Axion-like particles, Development of Monte Carlo Generators, Detector simulations
Research group: Prof. Dr. Achim Denig


Patrycja Potępa

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Research interests: Experimental Particle Physics
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Matthias Schott

Aleksandr Pustyntsev

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Research interests: Quantum gravity, gauge theories, quantum anomalies and symmetry breaking
Research group: Prof. Dr. Marc Vanderhaeghen

Hassan Qureshi

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Research interests: Muon Physics, precision BSM physics and Machine learning
Research group: QUANTUM, Prof. Dr. Martin Fertl

Gioele Reina

Research interests: Experimental particle physics, T2K experiment, event selection and reconstruction and detector calibration
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Alfons Weber

Ophir Ruimi

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Research interests: Experimental particle physics, nuclear astrophysics, plasma physics, BSM physics, ALPs searches, earthquake prediction
Research group: Prof. Dr. Dmitry Budker und HUJI/Fundamentale Wechselwirkungen AG, Prof. Dr. Guy Ron

Josua Scholze


Research interests: Theoretical High Energy Physics, Effective Field Theories, Flavor Physics
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Matthias Neubert


Hendrik Schürg

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Research interests: precision laser spetroscopy, cooling and trapping of atomic hydrogen, nuclear charge radii of the lightest elements
Research group: QUANTUM, Prof. Dr. Randolf Pohl

Asit Srivastava

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Research interests: T2K Experiment, Event Selection and Reconstruction, Neutrino Oscillations
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Alfons Weber

Toni Teschke


Research interests: scattering amplitudes, Feynman integrals with geometries beyond elliptic curves, ε-factorisation.
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl


Rakshya Thapa

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Research interests: Polarized electron source, Polarimetry, Laser technology for accelerators
Research group: Prof. Dr. Kurt Aulenbacher


Sascha Weber

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Research interests: Particle Cosmology, Baryogenesis, Dark Matter, Physics beyond the Standard Model
Research group: Prof. Dr. Julia Harz