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Norbert Neumeister is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University, affiliated with the College of Science. He leads the CMS Tier-2 analysis center at Purdue and is a prominent member of the CMS collaboration at CERN. His career includes roles as Assistant and Associate Professor at Purdue, and earlier positions as a Research Fellow and Scientific Associate at CERN.
Education:
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Technology Vienna, 1996
- M.S., Physics, University of Technology Vienna, 1992
Research interests focus on experimental particle physics, particularly electro-weak symmetry breaking, matter-antimatter asymmetry, and new physics beyond the Standard Model. His technical contributions include event selection, detector optimization, computing workflows, and data analysis for the LHC. He actively explores Higgs boson properties, W/Z boson interactions, and rare particle decays.
Awards and Honors:
- Department of Energy (DoE) Outstanding Junior Investigator Award (2006)
- Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching (2008)
- Multiple Seed for Success Awards (2006–2013, 2019)
- Co-recipient of European Physical Society Particle Physics Prize (2013)
- LPC Distinguished Researcher (2017–2018)
His advising and grant activities include mentoring through teaching and research leadership, though specific advisee names are not listed here. He has contributed to CMS’s computational infrastructure, advancing high-throughput data processing.
Labs/Teams: Operates the CMS Tier-2 analysis center at Purdue, collaborating closely with the CMS experiment at CERN to analyze LHC data and explore fundamental particle interactions.
