Professor Dr. Alexander Kappes
Current affiliations
- Professorship for Experimental Physics (Prof. Kappes)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Astroparticle and particle physics with neutrino telescopes
- Development of optical sensors for neutrino detectors
Academic Education | |
| since 2010 | Habilitation in physics at university Erlangen-Nürnberg on "Exploring the non-thermal universe with high-energy neutrinos" |
| 1998 - 2001 | PhD thesis at university Bonn, title: "Measurement of e-p -> e-X differential cross sections at high Q^2 and if the structure function xF_3 with ZEUS at HERA" |
| 1997 | Diploma thesis at university Bonn |
| 1992 - 1997 | Study of physics at university Bonn |
Work Experience | |
| since 01/2016 | Professor of physics at the University Münster |
| 04/2010 - 12/2015 | Akad. Oberrat a.Z. at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 10/2010 - 09/2013 | Interim Professor at the Humboldt-University Berlin |
| 10/2010 - 09/2013 | Senior Scientist at DESY in Zeuthen |
| 09/2002 - 03/2010 | Research assistant at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 10/2006 - 11/2008 | Research stay at the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 01/2002 - 08/2002 | Postdoc at the University Bonn |
Publications
Abbasi R, others (2022) In: JCAP, 01(01) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Abbasi R, others (2022) In: Astrophys. J., 926(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Abbasi R, others (2022) In: Phys. Rev. Lett., 128(5) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Abbasi R, others (2022) In: Physical Review D (PRD), 105(6) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Abbasi R, others (2022) In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, 938 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
Verbundprojekt 05D2022 - ErUM-Wave: Antizipation 3-dimensionaler Wellenfelder, Teilprojekt 1 (ErUM-Wave) Duration: 01/03/2023 - 28/02/2026 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project | |
Duration: 01/03/2020 - 31/08/2024 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Research Training Group Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster | |
Verbundprojekt 05A2017 - ICECUBE: Astroteilchenphysik mit dem IceCube-Observatorium. Teilprojekt 3 (IceCube) Duration: 01/07/2017 - 31/12/2020 | 1st Funding period Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project | |
Duration: 01/09/2015 - 28/02/2020 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Research Training Group Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster |
Doctorates
| Indirect search for dark matter with the IceCube neutrino telescope Candidate: Busse, Raffaela Solveig | Supervisors: Kappes, Alexander; Klasen, Michael Period of time: 01/02/2019 - 31/01/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Phenomenology of Beyond the Standard Model extensions in collider experiments Candidate: Frisenna, Fausto | Supervisors: Kulesza, Anna; Kappes, Alexander Period of time: 01/11/2018 - 30/10/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Analysis of data from the KM3NeT neutrino telescope Candidate: Guderian, Daniel | Supervisors: Kappes, Alexander Period of time: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Development and characterization of a multi-PMT optical module for the upgrade of the IceCube neutrino telescope Candidate: Unland Elorrieta, Martin Antonio | Supervisors: Kappes, Alexander Period of time: 01/03/2018 - 28/02/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Sensitivity studies for future IceCube extensions equipped with multi-PMT optical modules Candidate: Lozano Mariscal, Cristian Jesus | Supervisors: Kappes, Alexander Period of time: 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |