Vita
Prof. Dr. Susanne Mertens
| Positions | ||
From 2025 | Max Planck Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik Technical University of Munich -Distinguished Affiliated Professor | ||
2022-2025 | Professor at Technical University of Munich (W3) Chair for Neutrinos & Dark Matter | ||
2016-2025 | Max Planck Research Group Leader at the Max-Planck-Institute für Physik Tenure Track Professor for Physics at Technical University of Munich, Germany | ||
2012-2016 | Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | ||
| Education | ||
2008-2012 | PhD thesis at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Guido Drexlin. Title: “Background Processes in the Electrostatic Spectrometers of the KATRIN Experiment” | ||
2005-2008 | Erasmus exchange at the Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. | ||
2002-2008 | Physics studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Masters at the Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics, Karlsruhe. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Nierste. Title: “The magnetic moment of the muon and the decay τ → eγ in the MSSM at largetan β” | ||
| Fellowships & Awards | ||
2025 | Technical University of Munich -Distinguished Affiliated Professor | ||
2022, 2018 | Teaching Prize for the Faculty of Physics for best Master lecture (Goldene Kreide) & Certificate of honour for teaching from the Technical University of Munich | ||
2019 | ERC Starting Grant for sterile neutrino search with KATRIN | ||
2019 | ORIGINS Seed Funding Project for Axion Search with IAXO | ||
2012-2016 | Feodor-Lynen Research (Humboldt Foundation) and Helmholtz Fellowships | ||
2014 | Research Seed Capital (RiSC) funding of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg | ||
2012 | PhD Grade: summa cum laude Karlsruhe Institute of Technology PhD Award, Springer Thesis Award and Erna Scheffler Award for outstanding PhD Theses | ||
2008 | Masters Grade: summa cum laude | ||
2002 | Ferry Porsche Award for excellent achievements in Mathematics and Physics, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Gymnasium | ||
| Academic Engagement (selection) | ||
2025 | Deputy at the Nikhef Scientific Advisory Committee | ||
2023-2024 | Deputy Academic Program Director at the TUM school of Natural Sciences | ||
2022 | Referee for ERC Starting Grant proposal and other organizing committees | ||
From 2021 | Coordinator of the Graduate school of the SFB1258 | ||
2019 | Co-Author for the Briefing Book for the 2020 European Strategy Particle Physics | ||
2018 | Panel member of the Town Meeting of the European Neutrino Community at CERN | ||
2018-2024 | Member of the Program Committee for the Munich Institute for Astro and Particle Physics (MIAPP) | ||
| Publications | ||
| Full list of publications in iNSPIRE & ORCiD Publications from the Astroparticle Physics Division | ||
| Teaching | ||
| Astroparticle Physics Division Technical University of Munich |
Director
Prof. Dr. Susanne Mertens
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Curriculum Vitae