Beate Heinemann

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Beate Heinemann is the Chairperson of the DESY Board of Directors (since April 2025) and a Professor at the University of Hamburg (since 2023). She previously served as Director of DESY's Particle Physics Research Division (2022-2025) and was a Professor of Experimental Particle Physics at the University of Freiburg (2017-2023). She is a Senior Scientist in the Quantum Universe Cluster of Excellence, focusing on the intersection of quantum physics and cosmology.

Her research expertise spans:

• Experimental particle physics (CDF, ATLAS, H1 experiments)
• Higgs boson phenomenology and detection
• Quantum gravity and particle cosmology
• Large-scale accelerator physics (CERN, Fermilab, DESY)

She was a key contributor to the 2012 Higgs boson discovery at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and conducts foundational research in quantum universe theories.

Awards & Honors:

• Honorary Doctorate from University of Zurich (2024)

Major Affiliations:

• DESY (Chairperson, Leading Scientist)
• University of Hamburg (Professor)
• University of Freiburg (Former Professor)
• CERN (ATLAS Collaboration)
• Fermilab (CDF Experiment)