Dr. Frank Siegert of the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics of TU Dresden has been awarded by the German Research Society (DFG) in the Emmy Noether Program. The physicist will receive a 1.17 million Euro grant over the next five years and with it will build a group for young researchers.

Siegert is developing a program for theoretical simulation of particle collisions for implementation in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva. Such modeling always has a central roll in acting with analysis of measured data to change the interplay between theory and experiment. “In the LHC high energy particles will be collided,” explained Siegert. “When these collisions happen, researchers will measure them with the huge detectors in the ATLAS experiment.” The simulation program is therefore indispensible for new knowledge of the structure and interactions of matter, how particles affect each other, and how they are produced.

Siegert was accepted in a difficult choice among numerous competitors. “Reception in the Emmy Noether Program is a great distinction,” Siegert said. This will enable the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics of TU Dresden to build up a new working group of scientists, doctoral candidates, and students from October 2014. The group will develop simulation programs and also take part in the ATLAS experiment. With this supplement, Siegert’s young people’s group complements the Dresden researchers with expertise on the interface between theoretical and experimental particle physics.

With the Emmy Noether Program the German Research Society would like to open a way for young scientists to be self-standing, and with it they can quickly qualify for leading scientific tasks beyond those they get from professors. The program contains fifth-year research in the young people’s research group in its regulation.

Frank Siegert studied Physics at TU Dresden and did graduate study at Durham University and University College London. After a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Freiburg, he turned 32 last year and returned to TU Dresden.

On 7th October 2014 at 19:00, Frank Siegert will offer an evening lecture in SLUB with the title, “60 Years of Particle Physics Research at CERN”. The lecture is a principal part of the Dresden Celebration Week of the 60th Birthday of CERN (more info: http://tinyurl.com/cern60-dresden).

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Information for Journalists:
Dr. Frank Siegert
TU Dresden, Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik
Phone: +49(0)351 463-33700