Biography:Uta Klein (particle physicist)
Uta Klein is a German particle physicist and professor of physics at the University of Liverpool [1]. Her research focuses on experimental high-energy particle physics, including studies of proton structure, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), electroweak interactions, Higgs physics, and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.
Education and career
Klein studied physics in Germany and earned the degree of Diplom-Physikerin before completing a doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in particle physics. She began her research career in 1992 and became involved in several major international particle-physics collaborations.
She has been a member of the academic staff of the University of Liverpool, where she serves as Professor of Physics in the School of Physical Sciences.
Research
Klein's research has centered on experimental particle physics at major accelerator facilities in Europe.
HERA experiments
During the 1990s and early 2000s, Klein participated in experiments at the Hadron-Elektron-Ringanlage (HERA) collider at DESY in Hamburg, Germany. She worked with the H1, HERMES, and ZEUS collaborations, contributing to studies of electron–proton scattering, nucleon structure, diffraction, and polarized interactions.
ATLAS experiment
Since 2007, Klein has been a member of the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Her work has included precision measurements of Drell–Yan processes, investigations of proton structure through parton distribution functions, and searches for hypothetical heavy gauge bosons such as W′ and Z′ particles.
She has also served in several leadership and advisory roles within the collaboration, including positions related to scientific coordination and speaker selection.
Future electron–hadron colliders
Klein has been a prominent advocate of proposals to add an electron beam to the Large Hadron Collider, leading to the Large Hadron–Electron Collider (LHeC) concept. She has coordinated studies of Higgs boson physics and other physics opportunities at proposed future electron–proton facilities, including the Future Circular Collider electron–hadron option (FCC-he).
Teaching and academic service
At the University of Liverpool, Klein has taught courses in modern physics and quantum physics. She has supervised undergraduate, master's, and doctoral research projects and has held responsibilities related to student careers, employability, and postgraduate research.
She has also served as a referee for leading physics journals and as a reviewer of research proposals and doctoral theses.
Selected research areas
- Experimental particle physics
- Quantum chromodynamics (QCD)
- Proton structure
- Drell–Yan processes
- Electroweak physics
- Higgs boson physics
- Beyond-the-Standard-Model searches
- Electron–proton collider physics
Selected publications
- Measurement of the W-boson mass in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector (ATLAS Collaboration, 2018)
- Search for a new heavy gauge-boson resonance decaying into a lepton and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS experiment (ATLAS Collaboration, 2018)
- Probing anomalous couplings using di-Higgs production in electron–proton collisions (with collaborators, 2015)
References
- ↑ University of Liverpool, Staff https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/physics/staff/uta-klein/ University of Liverpool profile
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