BMBF

German Doctoral Student Programme at CERN
(Wolfgang Gentner Scholarships)

CERN DESY

List of PhD Theses (121)

Accelerator Technology:
  • Study of Higher Order Modes in Superconducting Accelerating Structures for Linac Applications (Marcel Schuh, University of Heidelberg, 22.06.2011)
  • Superconducting wiggler magnets for beam-emittance damping rings (Daniel Schörling, TU Freiberg, 19.03.2012)
  • Investigations on the surface resistance of superconducting materials (Tobias Junginger, University of Heidelberg, 25.07.2012)
  • An all-solid state laser system for the laser ion source RILIS and in-source laser spectroscopy of astatine at ISOLDE, CERN (Sebastian Rothe, University of Mainz, 24.09.2012)
  • Design Study of the Large Hadron Electron Collider and a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron as Alternative to the PS Booster Upgrade at CERN (Miriam Fitterer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 22.02.2013)
  • CERN Linac4 - The Space Charge Challenge : Design and Commission (Lutz Hein, Humboldt University of Berlin, 06.08.2013)
  • Very Fast Losses of the Circulating LHC Beam, their Mitigation and Machine Protection (Tobias Bär, University of Hamburg, 25.11.2013)
  • Study of Plasma-Based Acceleration for High Energy Physics and Other Applications (Steffen Hillenbrand, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 06.12.2013)
  • Improving the Selectivity of the ISOLDE Resonance Ionization Laser Ion Source and In-Source Laser Spectroscopy of Polonium (Daniel Fink, University of Heidelberg, 23.01.2014)
  • The CERN Resonant Weakly Interacting Sub-eV Particle Search (CROWS) (Michael Betz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 17.02.2014)
  • Production of radioactive molecular beams for CERN-ISOLDE (Christoph Seiffert, Technical University of Darmstadt, 04.02.2015)
  • Heavy-ion performance of the LHC and future colliders (Michaela Schaumann, RWTH Aachen University, 29.04.2015)
  • Expected damage to accelerator equipment due to the impact of the full LHC beam: beam instrumentation, experiments and simulations (Florian Burkart, University of Frankfurt, 20.06.2016)
  • Transverse Emittance Measurement and Preservation at the LHC (Maria Kuhn, University of Hamburg, 20.06.2016)
  • Heavy-Ion Collimation at the Large Hadron Collider : Simulations and Measurements (Pascal Hermes, University of Münster, 19.12.2016)
  • A Novel Method and Error Analysis for Beam Optics Measurements and Corrections at the Large Hadron Collider (Andy Langner, University of Hamburg, 03.02.2017)
  • Lattice design and beam optics calculations for the new large-scale electron-positron collider FCC-ee (Bastian Härer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 10.02.2017)
  • Interaction Region Design for a 100 TeV Proton-Proton Collider (Roman Martin, Humboldt University of Berlin, 23.11.2017)
  • Ultra Fast Beam Loss Mechanisms at the LHC and their Detection for Use in Machine Protection (Oliver Stein, University of Hamburg, 16.04.2018)
  • Space Charge Modeling at the Integer Resonance for the CERN PS and SPS (Malte Titze, Humboldt University of Berlin, 29.01.2020)
  • Beam dynamics of proton-nucleus collisions in the LHC (Marc Jebramcik, University of Frankfurt, 20.07.2020)
  • Methods for the design and analysis of higher-order mode couplers applied to superconducting accelerating structures (Kai Papke, University of Rostock, 26.11.2020)
  • Quantitative Methods for Data Driven Reliability Optimization of Engineered Systems (Lukas Felsberger, University of Munich, 25.01.2021)
  • Compact radio-frequency quadrupoles for industrial and medical applications (Hermann Pommerenke, University of Rostock, 28.01.2021)
  • Background Processes Affecting the Machine-Detector Interface at FCC-ee With Focus on Synchrotron Radiation at 182.5 GeV Beam Energy (Marian Lückhof, University of Hamburg, 12.03.2021)
  • Damage mechanisms in superconductors due to the impact of high energy proton beams and radiation tolerance of cryogenic diodes used in particle accelerator magnet systems (Andreas Will, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 23.04.2021)
  • Self-Modulation Development of a Proton Bunch in Plasma (Anna-Maria Bachmann, Technical University of Munich, 20.05.2021)
  • Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma (Fabian Batsch, Technical University of Munich, 06.12.2021)
  • Development of Optics Measurement Methods for Circular Accelerators (Andreas Wegscheider, University of Hamburg, 01.07.2022)
  • High-Temperature Superconductor Application to Undulators for Compact Free Electron Lasers (Sebastian Richter, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 05.05.2023)
  • Corrections of high-order nonlinearities in the LHC and High Luminosity LHC beam optics (Joschua Dilly, Humboldt University of Berlin, 09.02.2024)

  • Library Science:
  • Authormagic: A Concept for Author Disambiguation in Large-Scale Digital Libraries (Henning Weiler, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 16.02.2012)
  • Drivers and barriers in digital scholarly communication (Sünje Dallmeier-Tiessen, Humboldt University of Berlin, 28.01.2013)
  • Interactive tools for reproducible science: understanding, supporting, and motivating reproducible science practices (Sebastian Feger, University of Munich, 17.07.2020)

  • Chemistry:
  • High-sensitivity Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with laser-polarized metal ions: technique development and first biological applications (Katarzyna Maria Dziubinska-Kühn, University of Leipzig, 23.06.2023)

  • Electronics:
  • Development of Radiation-tolerant Components for the Quench Detection System at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (Oliver Bitterling, Technical University of Darmstadt, 03.04.2017)
  • Design, development, and experimental assessment of a highly-reliable, radiation-tolerant readout system for the upgrade of the ALICE inner tracker (Matteo Lupi, University of Frankfurt, 21.10.2020)

  • Electrical Engineering:
  • Combining rotating-coil measurements of large-aperture accelerator magnets (Oliver Köster, Technical University of Darmstadt, 23.09.2016)
  • Studies of Higher Order Mode Couplers for the Upgraded Travelling Wave Acceleration System in the CERN SPS (Patrick Krämer, RWTH Aachen University, 03.07.2020)
  • A contribution to the development and characterization of rotating-coil magnetometers (Piotr Rogacki, RWTH Aachen University, 18.11.2021)
  • Simulation of Transient Effects in High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets (Lorenzo Bortot, Technical University of Darmstadt, 26.11.2021)
  • A Flexible Radiation Hardened All-Digital PLL/CDR for HEP chipsets (Stefan Biereigel, University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, 30.08.2022)
  • Inductive Adder for Driving Kicker Magnets Terminated in a Short-Circuit (Johannes Ruf, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 05.12.2023)

  • Computing:
  • Decentralized Data Storage and Data Processing in the Context of the LHC Experiments at CERN (Jakob Blomer, Technical University of Munich, 05.07.2012)
  • New Software Techniques in Particle Physics and Improved Track Reconstruction for the CMS Experiment (Thomas Hauth, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 11.07.2014)
  • Optimisation of LHCb Applications for Multi- and Manycore Job Submission (Nathalie Rauschmayr, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 24.10.2014)
  • A popularity prediction and dynamic data replication study for the ATLAS distributed data management (Thomas Beermann, University of Wuppertal, 29.05.2017)
  • Interfacing Detectors and Collecting Data for Large-Scale Experiments in High Energy Physics Using COTS Technology (Jörn Schumacher, University of Paderborn, 09.06.2017)
  • Analysis and Optimization of the Offline Software of the ATLAS Experiment at CERN (Robert Langenberg, Technical University of Munich, 22.11.2017)
  • Multi-event buffering and local event building for the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector (Stefan Kirsch, University of Frankfurt, 26.04.2018)
  • Data intensive ATLAS workflows in the Cloud (Gerhard Rzehorz, University of Göttingen, 09.05.2018)
  • Scalable unsupervised learning for deep discrete generative models: novel variational algorithms and their software realizations (Enrico Guiraud, University of Oldenburg, 22.10.2020)
  • Λ+c production in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ALICE experiment and Virtual Monte Carlo developments for LHC Run 3 and 4 (Benedikt Völkel, University of Heidelberg, 30.06.2021)
  • Application of Novel Analysis Workflows in an ATLAS Search for Supersymmetry (Martin Errenst, University of Wuppertal, 22.07.2021)
  • Application of Machine Learning in Beam Optics Measurements and Corrections (Elena Fol, University of Frankfurt, 06.12.2021)
  • Compute, Storage and Throughput Trade-offs for High-Energy Physics Data Acquisition (Laura Promberger, University of Heidelberg, 01.08.2022)
  • Security Risks of IoT Devices: From Device Characteristics to Future Risk Score Predictions (Pascal Oser, University of Ulm, 16.12.2022)
  • Deep Learning and Quantum Generative Models for High Energy Physics Calorimeter Simulations (Florian Rehm, RWTH Aachen University, 25.08.2023)
  • Hardware Development for the Upgrade of the Transition Radiation Detector and Development of a Nuclei Trigger (Guido Willems, University of Münster, 21.11.2023)

  • Instrumentation:
  • The Finite State Machine for the ATLAS Pixel Detector and Beam Background Studies with the ATLAS Beam Conditions Monitor (Kerstin Lantzsch, University of Wuppertal, 23.08.2011)
  • Tracking, b-Tagging and Measurement of the b-Jet Production Cross Section with the ATLAS Detector (Johanna Elisabeth Fleckner-Barber, University of Mainz, 05.10.2011)
  • Development and Deployment of an Inner Detector Minimum Bias Trigger and Analysis of Minimum Bias Data of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (Regina Kwee, Humboldt University of Berlin, 13.01.2012)
  • Studies on the upgrade of the ALICE central tracker (Magnus Mager, Technical University of Darmstadt, 27.07.2012)
  • Luminosity Measurements with the ATLAS Detector (Stefan Mättig, University of Hamburg, 06.08.2012)
  • Multiplicity Dependence of Two-Particle Angular Correlations in Proton-Proton Collisions Measured with ALICE at the LHC (Eva Sicking, University of Münster, 26.09.2012)
  • Detector Optimization Studies and Light Higgs Decay into Muons at CLIC (Christian Grefe, University of Bonn, 05.10.2012)
  • Radiation and Background Levels in a CLIC Detector due to Beam-Beam Effects: Optimisation of Detector Geometries and Technologies (Andre Philippe Sailer, Humboldt University of Berlin, 22.11.2012)
  • Absolute luminosity determination for the ATLAS experiment (Gabriel Anders, University of Heidelberg, 25.07.2013)
  • Radiation Damage to the diamond-based Beam Condition Monitor of the CMS Detector at the LHC (Moritz Guthoff, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 24.01.2014)
  • Precision luminosity measurement at LHCb with beam-gas imaging (Colin Barschel, RWTH Aachen University, 05.03.2014)
  • Monitoring radiation damage in the ATLAS pixel detector (Andre Schorlemmer, University of Göttingen, 09.07.2014)
  • Central Production of Two-Pseudoscalar Meson Systems at the COMPASS Experiment at CERN (Alexander Austregesilo, Technical University of Munich, 21.10.2014)
  • Search for Dark Matter in events with a highly energetic jet and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at √ s= 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector (Ruth Pöttgen, University of Mainz, 08.05.2015)
  • Pixel detector modules performance for ATLAS IBL and future pixel detectors (Jennifer Jentzsch, Technical University of Dortmund, 19.06.2015)
  • Performance of the Insertable B-Layer for the ATLAS Pixel Detector during Quality Assurance and a Novel Pixel Detector Readout Concept based on PCIe (Timon Heim, University of Wuppertal, 28.08.2015)
  • Cascade equations and hadronic interactions at very high energies (Anatoli Fedynitch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 27.11.2015)
  • Studies on the response behaviour of pixel detector prototypes at high collision rates for the CMS experiment (Andreas Kornmayer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 04.12.2015)
  • Studies for the ALICE Inner Tracking System Upgrade (Felix Reidt, University of Heidelberg, 28.04.2016)
  • Measurement of Hadron Multiplicities in Deep Inelastic Muon-Nucleon Scattering (Nicolas Du Fresne Von Hohenesche, University of Mainz, 02.06.2016)
  • Cascades of antiprotonic helium measured at very low densities (Hossein Aghai-Khozani, University of Munich, 22.07.2016)
  • Model Selection for and Partial-Wave Analysis of a Five-Pion Final State at the COMPASS Experiment at CERN (Karl Bicker, Technical University of Munich, 11.08.2016)
  • Upgrade of the global muon trigger at the CMS experiment (Joschka Lingemann, RWTH Aachen University, 14.09.2016)
  • Multi-particle Correlation Studies in Heavy-Ion Collisions at the LHC (Markus Zimmermann, University of Münster, 06.12.2016)
  • The rate dependent radiation induced signal degradation of diamond detectors (Florian Kassel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 27.01.2017)
  • Commissioning of the ATLAS Insertable B-Layer and first operation experience (Karola Dette, Technical University of Dortmund, 24.03.2017)
  • Signal Formation Processes in Micromegas Detectors and Quality Control for large size Detector Construction for the ATLAS New Small Wheel (Fabian Kuger, University of Würzburg, 31.07.2017)
  • New Track Seeding Techniques for the CMS Experiment (Felice Pantaleo, University of Hamburg, 27.11.2017)
  • Implementation and commissioning of the phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance method and mass measurements of exotic copper isotopes with ISOLTRAP (Andree Welker, Technical University of Dresden, 25.06.2018)
  • Test beam and simulation studies on High Resistivity CMOS pixel sensors (Magdalena Münker, University of Bonn, 26.06.2018)
  • Characterization of the ATLAS-type Micromegas Detectors (Ourania Sidiropoulou, University of Würzburg, 03.08.2018)
  • Performance tests of depleted CMOS sensors for application at HL-LHC (Christian Riegel, University of Wuppertal, 01.10.2018)
  • Application of the GEMPix Detector in Radiation Protection and Particle Therapy (Johannes Leidner, RWTH Aachen University, 03.07.2019)
  • Alternative approaches in the event reconstruction of LHCb (Christoph Hasse, Technical University of Dortmund, 12.12.2019)
  • Next-Generation Mass Spectrometry of Exotic Isotopes and Isomers (Jonas Karthein, University of Heidelberg, 13.05.2020)
  • Qualification, Performance Validation and Fast Generative Modelling of Beam Test Calorimeter Prototypes for the CMS Calorimeter Endcap Upgrade (Thorben Quast, RWTH Aachen University, 28.05.2020)
  • Modern machine learning in the presence of systematic uncertainties for robust and optimized multivariate data analysis in high-energy particle physics (Stefan Wunsch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 29.01.2021)
  • A Selection Framework for LHCb’s Upgrade Trigger (Niklas Nolte, Technical University of Dortmund, 22.02.2021)
  • Characterisation and control of antiproton-electron plasmas for pulsed antihydrogen production (Ingmari Tietje, Technical University of Berlin, 25.02.2021)
  • Calibration of the Liquid Argon Calorimeter and Search for Stopped Long-Lived Particles (Stefanie Morgenstern, Technical University of Dresden, 12.03.2021)
  • Development and improvement of track reconstruction software and search for disappearing tracks with the ATLAS experiment (Paul Gessinger-Befurt, University of Mainz, 30.04.2021)
  • Characterisation of a High-Voltage Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor Prototype for Future Col-lider Detectors (Jens Kröger, University of Heidelberg, 13.10.2021)
  • Development of a two-photon absorption - TCT system and study of radiation damage in silicon detectors (Moritz Wiehe, University of Freiburg, 25.10.2021)
  • Experimental and Numerical Studies of Positronium Laser Cooling in a Magnetic Field (Christian Zimmer, University of Heidelberg, 15.12.2021)
  • Controlled manipulation of atoms in Rydberg quantum states for application in experiments with antihydrogen (Tim Wolz, Technical University of Darmstadt, 15.12.2021)
  • Investigation of new technologies to improve light collection from scintillating crystals for fast timing (Rosalinde Pots, RWTH Aachen University, 22.04.2022)
  • Simulation Studies and Characterisation of Monolithic Silicon Pixel-Detector Prototypes for Future Collider Detectors & Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Belle II Pixel-Detector Data (Katharina Dort, University of Giessen, 07.06.2022)
  • Advanced Algorithms and Software for Primary Vertex Reconstruction and Search for Flavor-Violating Supersymmetry with the ATLAS Experiment (Bastian Schlag, University of Mainz, 20.09.2022)
  • Next Generation Electronics for Readout of Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors (Lucian Scharenberg, University of Bonn, 24.01.2023)
  • Novel Approaches to the Fast Simulation of the ATLAS Calorimeter and Performance Studies of Track-Assisted Reclustered Jets for Searches for Resonant X → SH → bbWW* Production with the ATLAS Detector (Joshua Beirer, University of Göttingen, 12.05.2023)
  • Advancements in MR-ToF Technology and Implementation of Doppler and Sympathetic Cooling for the Study of Radioactive Ions (Franziska Maria Maier, University of Greifswald, 21.07.2023)
  • Nuclear Structure Near Doubly Magic Nuclei (Lukas Nies, Universität Greifswald, 15.12.2023)
  • Characterization and modelling of radiation damage in segmented silicon sensors employing the Two-Photon Absorption Transient Current Technique (TPA-TCT) and TCAD simulation tools (Sebastian Pape, Technical University of Dortmund, 29.01.2024)

  • Mechanical Engineering:
  • Experimental studies on small diameter carbon dioxide evaporators for optimal Silicon Pixel Detector cooling (Desiree Hellenschmidt, University of Bonn, 23.09.2020)
  • Dependable system development methodology and case study for the LHC beam loss monitoring system at CERN (Volker Schramm, University of Stuttgart, 23.02.2021)

  • Physics Teaching:
  • Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Testinstruments zur Untersuchung von Vorkenntnissen und Präkonzepten in der Kosmologie (Sarah Aretz, University of Potsdam, 01.02.2019)
  • Designing, measuring and modelling the impact of the hands-on particle physics learning laboratory S'Cool LAB at CERN Effects of student and laboratory characteristics on high-school students’ cognitive and affective outcomes (Julia Woithe, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, 10.07.2020)

  • Safety Technology:
  • Entwicklung eines semantisch operierenden Risikomanagement-Informationssystems am Beispiel der Europäischen Organisation für Kernforschung (CERN) (Lars Aprin, University of Wuppertal, 07.06.2013)
  • Multi-phase flow through complex geometry caused by fire involving radioactive materials (Michael Plagge, University of Magdeburg, 10.11.2017)

  • Radiation Protection:
  • Development of an In-Situ Radiological Classification Technique for Material from CERN's Accelerator Facilities (Nick Walter, Technical University of Munich, 18.11.2015)

  • Cryogenics:
  • Cooling of electrically insulated high voltage electrodes down to 30 mK (Thomas Eisel, Technical University of Dresden, 04.10.2011)
  • Development of a cryogenic refrigerator for a compact superconducting cyclotron in a hospital environment (Daniel Berkowitz-Zamora, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 30.10.2019)


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