Karl Jakobs

Karl Jakobs
Fields	Particle physics ATLAS experiment
Institutions	CERN University of Freiburg
Alma mater	University of Bonn (Diplom) Heidelberg University (PhD)
Notable awards	Stern-Gerlach-Medaille (2015)
Website portal.uni-freiburg.de/jakobs

Karl Jakobs is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Freiburg, Germany^[1]. He is the Spokesperson (scientific head) of the ATLAS Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN since 2017 ^[2].

Education

Jakobs studied at the University of Bonn and received his Diplom in 1984. He went to the Heidelberg University to study the properties of the production of W and Z bosons in proton-proton collisions and received his PhD in 1988^[3].

In 2015 Karl Jakobs has been awarded the Stern–Gerlach Medal for his contributions to the discovery of the Higgs boson^[4].

↑ "Experimentelle Teilchenphysik — Abteilung Prof. Karl Jakobs" (in (in German)). Portal.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2017-06-17. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
↑ "New Management at the ATLAS Experiment | ATLAS Experiment at CERN". Atlas.cern. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
↑ "Prof. Dr. Karl Jakobs — Abteilung Prof. Karl Jakobs" (in (in German)). Portal.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2017-06-20. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Preisträger Stern-Gerlach nach Jahren". Dpg-physik.de. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2017-06-17.

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