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Stefan Groote is an Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu, Estonia. He has held this position since February 2024, having previously served as an Associate Professor from January 2021 to February 2024 and as a Senior Research Fellow from 2016 to 2020. Before joining the University of Tartu, he held positions at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, where he completed his habilitation in 2003, and at Cornell University as a Post-Doc from 1998-1999.
Dr. Groote received his Doctor's Degree in 1997 from the University of Mainz under the supervision of Jürgen Körner, with his dissertation focusing on "QCD-Strahlungskorrekturen in der Physik schwerer Quarks und Baryonen" (QCD radiation corrections in the physics of heavy quarks and baryons). He completed his habilitation (Dr. habil.) at the University of Mainz in 2003, qualifying him for a professorship in Germany.
Dr. Groote's research focuses on theoretical particle physics, particularly in the areas of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and quantum field theory. His work spans perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of QCD, including spin in QCD perturbation theory, correlation functions and sum rules, lattice-QCD gauge theories, and the determination of standard model parameters using stochastic methods. His recent research has increasingly focused on non-perturbative approaches to Yang-Mills theories using Dyson-Schwinger equations, finite temperature QCD, and confinement mechanisms. He has published extensively in leading physics journals including Physical Review D, Nuclear Physics B, and Symmetry.
An analysis of Dr. Groote's recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a strong focus on non-perturbative methods in quantum field theory, particularly the application of Dyson-Schwinger equations to problems in QCD and Yang-Mills theories. His work spans multiple subfields including finite temperature QCD, confinement mechanisms, electroweak theory, and mathematical aspects of field theory. Collaborations with researchers like Marco Frasca and Anish Ghoshal are prominent in his recent work, indicating strong international research connections in theoretical particle physics.
- Member of the German Physical Society (since 1995)
- Member of the AMBER collaboration (since 2025)
- Member of the management committee of the COST action CaLISTA (since 2022)
- Associated member of the COMPASS collaboration (since 2018)
Dr. Groote serves as a referee for numerous prestigious journals including Physical Review D (since 2003), Letters in Mathematical Physics (since 2006), Annals of Physics (since 2010), and Physical Review Letters (since 2018), demonstrating his standing in the theoretical physics community. He has taught advanced courses at the University of Tartu including Quantum Field Theory, Renormalization Methods in Quantum Field Theory, and Gauge Theory for the Interaction of Elementary Particles, contributing significantly to graduate education in theoretical physics. His research is characterized by rigorous mathematical approaches to fundamental problems in particle physics, with particular emphasis on non-perturbative phenomena that cannot be addressed through conventional perturbative methods.
