Karl Jakobs

Karl Jakobs
Alma mater	University of Bonn (Diplom) Heidelberg University (PhD)
Awards	Stern-Gerlach-Medaille (2015)
Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics ATLAS experiment
Institutions	CERN University of Freiburg
Website	www.particles.uni-freiburg.de

Karl Jakobs is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Freiburg, Germany. ^[1] He was the Spokesperson (scientific head) of the ATLAS Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN from 2017 to 2021. ^[2]

Education

Jakobs studied at the University of Bonn and received his Diplom in 1984. He went to the Heidelberg University to study the properties of the production of W and Z bosons in proton-proton collisions and received his PhD in 1988. ^[3]

Awards

In 2015 Karl Jakobs was awarded the Stern–Gerlach Medal for his contributions to the discovery of the Higgs boson. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Experimentelle Teilchenphysik — Abteilung Prof. Karl Jakobs" (in German). Portal.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
2. "New Management at the ATLAS Experiment | ATLAS Experiment at CERN". Atlas.cern. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
3. "Prof. Dr. Karl Jakobs — Abteilung Prof. Karl Jakobs" (in German). Portal.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
4. Fleischhauer, Michael; Kocharovskaya, Olga; Blatt, Rainer; Ye, Jun (2025). "Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger". www.dpg-physik.de. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
5. "Preisträger Stern-Gerlach nach Jahren". Dpg-physik.de. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2017-06-17.^{[ permanent dead link ]}