Karl Jakobs

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

Karl Jakobs
Alma mater	University of Bonn (Diplom) Heidelberg University (PhD)
Awards	Stern-Gerlach-Medaille (2015)
Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics ATLAS experiment
Institutions	CERN University of Freiburg
Website	www.particles.uni-freiburg.de

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]

Awards

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

References

1. "Experimentelle Teilchenphysik — Abteilung Prof. Karl Jakobs" (in German). Portal.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
2. "New Management at the ATLAS Experiment | ATLAS Experiment at CERN". Atlas.cern. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
3. "Prof. Dr. Karl Jakobs — Abteilung Prof. Karl Jakobs" (in German). Portal.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
4. "Preisträger Stern-Gerlach nach Jahren". Dpg-physik.de. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2017-06-17.