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Joachim Mnich
Particle Physics
Professor Joachim Mnich is Lead Scientist at DESY. He worked on experiments at the PETRA storage ring as a doctoral student bevore moving to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland for several years. He joined DESY as Lead Scientist in 2005. Here he headed the CMS group and coordinated the EUDET pogramme before being appointed Research Director for Particle and Astroparticle Physics in 2009.
Joachim Mnich held this post for twelve years. He has been Director of Research and Computing at CERN since 1 January 2021.
Joachim Mnich's scientific focus is on the study of elementary particles and their properties, the planning and development of new detectors, physics analysis at the LHC, and the preparation of the new electron-positron linear collider.
Academic career
since 2021 | Director for Research and Computing at CERN |
2009-2020 | Director in charge particle and astroparticle physics at DESY |
2008-2009 | Deputy Director in charge particle and astroparticle physics at DESY |
2006-2007 | Head of the DESY CMS group |
2006-2009 | Coordinator of the EU project EUDET |
since 2005 | Lead Scientist at DESY, professor of physics at Universität Hamburg |
2000-2004 | Professor at RWTH Aachen |
1995-1999 | CERN staff |
1995 | Habilitation at RWTH Aachen |
1988-1999 | Research stay at CERN to work on the L3 experiment at LEP |
1987 | PhD at RWTH Aachen on the MARK J-Experiment at DESY |
1979-1984 | Study of physics at RWTH Aachen |
1977-1983 | Study of electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen |
Memberships
Joachim Mnich is a member of numerous national and international
expert and advisory bodies.
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