Caroline Kathrin Riedl

Caroline Kathrin Riedl is a Research Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Department of Physics (Grainger College of Engineering). She holds a PhD in particle physics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2005) and has held postdoctoral roles at DESY and INFN Frascati. Her research focuses on nucleon/nucleus structure using transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) and generalized parton distributions (GPDs), with key contributions to the COMPASS and sPHENIX experiments. She led instrumentation projects including the COMPASS drift chamber and sPHENIX electromagnetic calorimeter absorbers. Riedl has been awarded Frontera supercomputer allocations for analyzing CERN data and preparing for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). She also collaborates on diffractive deep-inelastic scattering studies at the future ePIC detector.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2001
• Doctorate in Particle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2005

Research Highlights:

• Analyzes TMDs via Drell-Yan and SIDIS processes at CERN's COMPASS
• Leads sPHENIX studies on transversely polarized proton collisions
• Develops detector hardware for nuclear physics experiments
• Prepares simulations for the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC)

Affiliations:

• Principal Investigator for Frontera supercomputing allocations (2020-)
• Member of CMS Collaboration (LHC) and COMPASS Collaboration (CERN)

Future Work: Focuses on ePIC experiment preparations and TMD studies at the EIC, aiming to elucidate nucleon structure and gluon dynamics.