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Contact: I prefer mail or visit me in 04-621, Staudingerweg 7 Pronouns: he/him; Languages: German, English, French; CV as pdf ![]() I am a senior scientist in Prof. Oberlack's group working on the development of the next generation of dark matter detectors. Looking for a BSc, MSc, or PhD thesis topic? Please get in touch! I am part of the PRISMA+ Ombuds team and as such please don't hesitate to contact me with any concerns related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Research interests |
Scientific Activities & Service to the Community: | Task leader in DRD2 "Liquid detectors" Darwin WG6 "Liquid Xenon Properties and Calibration" I review regularly for JINST, ESPJ C, NIM A, and MDPI instruments and MDPI sensors |
Experiments and collaborations: | Main work: XENONnT, Darwin, XLZD; Furthermore: DUNE, WarTPC, TRACE |
Past experiments and collaborations: | AIDA innova, ALICE, ALICE TPC upgrade collaboration, Ariadne+, RD51 |
Curriculum Vitae
2022 | Senior scientist, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
2018-2022 | PDRA, Royal Holloway University of London |
2018 | PDRA, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung / Ruprecht-Karls-Universtität Heidelberg |
2018 | Dr. rer. nat. (Physics); Ruprecht-Karls-Universtität Heidelberg (Heidelberg, DE / CERN, CH); Thesis title: “Measurements of ion mobility and GEM discharge studies for the upgrade of the ALICE time projection chamber”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Masciocchi |
2014-2017 | Permanent phase of residence at CERN (Geneva, CH), working for the ALICE TPC upgrade project and the maintenance of the ALICE TPC |
2014 | Master of Science in Physics; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Bonn, DE); Thesis title: “Readout and Analysis of the Induced Ion Signal of an InGrid Detector”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Desch |
2012 | Bachelor of Science in Physics; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Bonn, DE); Thesis title: “Reconstruction of charge depositions due to primary electrons in a GEM-Pixel-TPC with an algorithm used for applications in astrophysics” (translation, the thesis is written in German with the title: “Rekonstruktionen von Ladungsdepositionen in einer GEM-Pixel-TPC mit einem Algorithmus aus der Astronomie”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Desch |
pdf version of my CV |
Ten selected, past publications and recent publications
A more detailed list of my selected publications can be found in the pdf version of my CV as well as on my ORCID page: ![]() |
A. Dias, M. Alvarez, Y. Gándola, A. Deisting, et al.: PlomBOX: a low cost bioassay for the sensitive detection of lead in drinking water, Commun Eng 4, 2 (2025); DOI: [10.1038/s44172-024-00337-7] |
E. Aprile, et al. (XENON Collaboration): First Indication of Solar 8B Neutrinos via Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with XENONnT, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 191002; DOI: [10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.191002], arXiv: [2408.02877] |
J. Aalbers, et al. (XLZD Collaboration): The XLZD Design Book: Towards the Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics, arXiv: [2305.08822] |
A. Ritchie-Yates, et al.: First operation of an ALICE OROC operated in high pressure Ar-CO2 and Ar-CH4, Eur. Phys. J. C 83, 1139 (2023); DOI: [10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12297-x], arXiv: [2305.08822] |
A.Lowe, et al.: ARIADNE+: Large scale demonstration of fast optical readout for dual-phase LAr TPCs at the CERN Neutrino Platform Phys. Sci. Forum 2023 8(1) 46; DOI: [10.3390/psf2023008046], arXiv: [2301.02530] |
The DUNE collaboration: A Gaseous Argon-Based Near Detector to Enhance the Physics Capabilities of DUNE'' 2022 Snowmass Summer Study; arXiv: [2203.06281] |
A. Deisting et al.: Commissioning of a High Pressure Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout, Instruments 2021, 5(2), 22; DOI: [10.3390/instruments5020022] |
J. Adolfsson et al: The upgrade of the ALICE TPC with GEMs and continuous readout'' 2021 JINST 16 P03022; DOI: [10.1088/1748-0221/16/03/p03022], arXiv: [2012.09518] |
A. Aguilar-Arevalo et al: Dosimetry and Calorimetry Performance of a Scientific CMOS Camera for Environmental Monitoring'' Sensors 2020, 20(20), 5746; DOI: [10.3390/s20205746], arXiv: [2009.11227] |
A. Deisting et al: Secondary discharge studies in single and multi GEM structures'' NIM A, 2019, 937, pp. 168-180; DOI: [10.1016/j.nima.2019.05.057], arXiv: [1901.06035] |
A. Deisting, C. Garabatos and A. Szabo: Ion mobility measurements in Ar-CO2, Ne-CO2, and Ne-CO2-N2 mixtures, and the effect of water contents'' NIM A, 2018, 904, pp. 1-8; DOI: [10.1016/j.nima.2018.07.008], arXiv: [1804.10288] |
A. Deisting and C. Garabatos: Discharge and stability studies for the new readout chambers of the upgraded ALICE TPC, 2017 JINST 12 C05017; DOI: [10.1088/1748-0221/12/05/C05017], arXiv: [1705.02150] |
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