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


Francesca Bonaiti

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Research interests: The nuclear many-body problem, ab initio techniques, electromagnetic nuclear responses, halo nuclei
Research group: Prof. Dr. Sonia Bacca


Julian Blumenthal

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Research interests: Electroweak precision measurements, Development of Trigger algorithms
Research group: ETAP, Prof. Dr. Stefan Tapprogge


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


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


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


Marius Köppel

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Research interests: FPGA based data acquisition systems, silicon pixel detectors, lepton flavor violation
Research group: Mu3e collaboration, Prof. Dr. Niklaus Berger


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


Julien Laux

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Research interests: Physiscs Beyond the Standard Model, Axions and Axion-like particles, Z' physics
Research group: THEP, Dr. Felix Yu


Prisco Lo Chiatto

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Research interests: Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Quantum Field Theory, Non-Perturbative Effects
Research group: THEP, Dr. Felix Yu


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


Brunilda Muçogllava

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Research interests: Ultra‑cold neutrons, Detector design and calibration for high‑rate precision hadron experiments, Micro and Nanotechnology
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


Paula 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 and 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


Nicklas Ramberg

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Research interests: : Beyond standard model physics, Dark matter, early universe cosmology gravitational wave and collider signatures in BSM/Early universe Cosmology
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Pedro Schwaller


Ophir Ruimi

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Research interests: Experimental particle physics, nuclear astrophysics, plasma physics, BSM physics, ALPs searches, earthquake prediction
Research group: HIM, Prof. Dr. Dmitry Budker and HUJI/Fundamental Interactions group, Prof. Dr. Guy Ron


Miguel Salg

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Research interests: Lattice QCD, hadronic matrix elements, nuclear structure
Research group: Institute for Nuclear Physics, Theory Group, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Wittig


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


Niklas Schwanemann

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Research interests: Loop-tree duality, numerical loop calculations, resummations
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl


Asit Srivastava

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


Michel Stillger

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Research interests: Soft Collinear Effective Theory, Factorization and Resummation, Phenomenology of B-mesons
Research group: THEP, Prof. Dr. Matthias Neubert


Rakshya Thapa

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


Jennifer Trieb

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Research interests: Photocathodes for accelerators and surface treatment of semiconductors
Research group: Prof. Dr. Kurt Aulenbacher


Noah Yazdandoost

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Research interests: Ultracold Neutrons, neutron electric dipole moment, neutron lifetime
Research group: Prof. Dr. Dieter Ries