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Richard Nisius is a research physicist at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) in Munich and Privatdozent at the Faculty of Physics of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He leads the ATLAS Inner Detector group at MPP, focusing on the Pixel Detector and its upgrades for the High-Luminosity LHC. His research spans detector development and top quark physics, with significant contributions to the ATLAS collaboration at CERN.
His primary research interests include top quark physics, particularly precision measurements of the top quark mass, and detector development for the ATLAS experiment. He has pioneered work on thin planar pixel sensors for the Inner Tracker upgrade and developed the BLUE software package for combining physics measurements across experiments. His group actively contributes to both hardware development and physics analysis, bridging detector technology with fundamental physics questions.
Analysis of his recent publications reveals a consistent focus on advancing pixel detector technology for the HL-LHC while simultaneously pursuing precision measurements in top quark physics. His work shows strong integration between detector development and physics analysis, with particular emphasis on improving measurement accuracy through enhanced detector capabilities and sophisticated statistical methods.
Dr. Nisius has supervised numerous students through Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD theses, with recent graduates moving to positions at CERN, Infineon Technologies, and various research institutions. His research group at MPP includes postdocs, PhD students, and working students collaborating on both hardware development and physics analysis.
His laboratory work centers on the ATLAS Inner Detector group at MPP, with particular focus on the Pixel Detector development for the HL-LHC upgrade. The group is actively involved in module assembly, sensor characterization, and cooling system development, while simultaneously conducting top quark physics analyses using ATLAS collision data.
