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Alfons Weber holds a joint professorship at the University of Mainz and Fermilab, and serves as a visiting professor at the University of Oxford. His research centers on experimental particle physics with emphasis on neutrino phenomena and advanced detector systems.
His academic background includes a diploma thesis in phenomenology at RWTH-Aachen University, followed by doctoral research and postdoctoral work at CERN's L3 experiment on the LEP collider where he conducted precision W-boson mass measurements.
Professor Weber's research spans neutrino oscillation physics, detector innovation, and high-energy particle experiments. He pioneered the Oxford MINOS group for muon neutrino studies at Fermilab, contributed to T2K's discovery of electron neutrino appearance and matter-antimatter asymmetry indications, and chairs the DUNE Collaboration Institute Board. His detector development work includes the SoLid experiment for sterile neutrino searches using novel neutron-sensitive technology at Belgium's BR2 reactor.
His major recognition includes:
- Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for neutrino oscillation measurements
He mentors students through master's thesis projects in detector simulation and development across DUNE, T2K, and SoLid collaborations. Professor Weber serves on the STFC Science Board, CERN's LHCC, and HyperK PAC, while leading the design of DUNE's near detector system. His current research focuses on the 70,000-ton liquid argon DUNE far detector to investigate neutrino properties, supernova neutrinos, and proton decay.
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