Kerstin Tackmann

Kerstin Tackmann is a Leading Scientist at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), a research center of the Helmholtz Association, and Professor of Experimental Particle Physics at the University of Hamburg. These dual positions, held since 2018, place her within Germany's premier particle physics research infrastructure while maintaining academic teaching and supervision responsibilities.

Her academic background includes:

• PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2008)
• Diploma in Physics, Technische Universität Dresden (2004)

Tackmann's research focuses on experimental verification of fundamental particle physics through major international collaborations:

• Since 2008: Active member of the ATLAS collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, specializing in Higgs boson property measurements following its landmark 2012 discovery
• Since 2019: Member of the Belle II collaboration at KEK in Tsukuba, Japan, investigating B-meson decays to measure quark mixing and b-quark mass
• 2005-2008: Worked on the BABAR experiment at SLAC in California, USA

Her research leadership positions demonstrate career progression:

• Since 2018: Leading Scientist at DESY and Professor at University of Hamburg
• Since 2016: Principal Investigator of an ERC Starting Grant project at DESY
• 2011-2016: Leader of a Helmholtz Young Researcher Group at DESY
• 2008-2011: Research Fellow at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Professional affiliations:

• Member of the German Physical Society (DPG) since 2004