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Georg Weiglein
Elementary particle physics
Georg Weiglein is Lead Scientist at DESY and Visiting Professor at Durham University, UK. His main area of research is elementary particle physics, in particular Higgs physics, supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics, electroweak precision physics, renormalisation of spontaneously broken gauge theories as well as the interplay in terms of physics of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva and possible future colliders.
After the spectacular discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC in 2012, it is now the prime goal to identify the underlying physics of the new state and to determine the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking, which is responsible for providing fundamental particles with the property of mass. The research in this area, which is characterised by a close interaction between theory and experiment, may provide access to the physics underlying the Standard Model of particle physics.
Academic career
| since 2009 | Lead Scientist at DESY |
| 2007-2009 | Full Professor, Durham University, UK |
| 2004-2007 | Reader, Durham University, UK |
| 2001-2004 | Lecturer, Durham University, UK |
| 1999-2001 | Fellow at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1996-1999 | Research Associate, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1995 | Research Associate, University of Bielefeld |
| 1995 | PhD in Physics, University of Würzburg |
| 1988-1989 | Study of Physics, Stony Brook University, USA |
| 1985-1991 | Study of Physics (Diploma), University of Würzburg |
Memberships
| since 2013 | Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Physikzentrums Bad Honnef |
| since 2013 | Representative Board of the Particle Data Group |
| since 2006 | Particle Data Group (overseer of Higgs and SUSY particle listings, until 2012) |
