Prof. Dr. Peter Schleper

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Scientific topics

• Searches for rare Higgs processes: Higgs self coupling, Resonance decays into higgs pairs, lepton flavour violating Higgs decays (CMS/LHC)
• Measurement of the top quark mass (CMS/LHC)
• Searches for Supersymmetry: Fully hadronic final states, displaced vertices, long lived particles, low mass final states (CMS/LHC)
• Deep inelastic scattering at high momentum transfer (H1/HERA)
• Searches for leptoquarks and other new phenomena (H1,ZEUS/HERA)
• Proton decay and atmospheric neutrino background (Frejus)
• Research and construction of silicon strip and pixel detectors (CMS/LHC)
• Track trigger for b-physics (LHCb/LHC)
   

Academic career

• Since 2006: Professor (W3) for Elementary Particle Physics, Universität Hamburg, Germany, Experiment CMS
• 2003: Professor (W2), Universität Hamburg, Germany, Experiments ZEUS and CMS
• 2001: Research staff, DESY, Hamburg, Germany, Experiment H1
• 1997: Privatdozent (C1), Universität Heidelberg, Germany, Experiment H1
• 1997: Habilitation in Physics, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, on Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model at HERA
• 1996: Scientific Associate, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, Experiment LHCb
• 1992: Research Associate, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, Experiment H1
• 1992: Doctorate in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany, PhD thesis on Concepts for Leptoquark Searches at HERA
• 1988: Degree in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany, Diploma thesis on Neutrino Background for Proton Decay with the Frejus Experiment
   

Institutional responsibilities

• 2017-2024: Spokesperson of HAFUN initiative, Hamburg Fundamental Interactions Laboratory
• 2019-2023: Co-Spokesperson Federal Excellence Cluster "Quantum Universe", Hamburg University
• 2016-2022: Delegate for Germany in RECFA – Restricted European Committee for Future Accelerators
• 2016-2019: Member of “Komitee für Elementarteilchenphysik” (KET), Germany
• 2012–2015: Chair, Committee for Elementary Particle Physics in Germany (KET), Germany
• 2011-2017: Member of BMBF grant selection committee
• 2011–2014: Member of the PIER directorate, Hamburg, Germany
• 2009–2012: Chair, Hamburg Excellence Cluster “Connecting Particles with the Cosmos”
• 2009–2012: Chair, BMBF Forschungsschwerpunkt FSP-102 (Collaboration of the German Institutes working on the CMS Experiment)
• 2009–2010: Chair, Jet and MET working group, CMS Collaboration
• 2007–2009: Member, Analysis Board, HGF Alliance “Physics at the Terascale”
• 2007–2009: Member, European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA)
• 2006–2008: Member, Super Proton Synchrotron Committee (SPSC), CERN, Switzerland
• 1999–2002: Physics Coordinator, H1 Experiment