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CURRICULUM VITAE
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PERSONAL
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Born 1967 in Aachen (Germany)
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German citizenship, married, two children
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Place of residence: Geneva, Switzerland
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Web: http://cern.ch/hoecker
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SCIENTIFIC CAREER
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Since 2005
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Research Physicist at CERN,
Member of ATLAS Experiment at the LHC (CERN)
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1998 − 2005
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Member of BABAR Experiment at PEP-II (SLAC, USA)
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1997 − 2005
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Research Physicist at CNRS, LAL-Orsay (now IJCLab), France
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1994 − 1997
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Ph.D. in Physics, Université de Paris-Sud, France,
ALEPH Experiment at LEP (CERN)
Thesis director: Prof. Michel Davier
Thesis subject: Measurement of the spectral functions of the tau lepton and applications to quantum chromodynamics
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1994
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Diploma in Physics, University of Bonn, Germany,
OPAL Experiment at LEP (CERN)
Thesis director: Prof. Dr. Norbert Wermes
Thesis subject: Test of CP invariance in the decay Z→ττ and determination of the weak dipole moment of the tau lepton
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LEADERSHIP ROLES AT CERN, IN ATLAS AND BABAR
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Since Mar 2026
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ATLAS-CERN Group Leader
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2021 − 2025
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ATLAS Spokesperson
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2017 − 2021
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ATLAS Deputy Spokesperson
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2013 − 2015
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ATLAS Physics Coordinator and Deputy
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2011 − 2013
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ATLAS Supersymmetry Working Group Co-Convener
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2006 − 2010
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ATLAS Data Preparation Coordinator and Deputy
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2006
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Coordinator of ATLAS High-Level Trigger Steering development group
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2002 − 2005
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BABAR Charmless B Decays Working Group Convener
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1999 − 2000
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BABAR Project Co-Leader of DIRC Cherenkov Particle Identification Detector
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1998 − 1999
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BABAR DIRC Commissioning and Run Coordinator
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Since 2000
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Member of ATLAS and BABAR committees for the evaluation of physics, detector, and computing developments. Member of top-level management and coordination boards. Member and chair of multiple study groups and review panels. Referee for numerous scientific publications and international grant proposals
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OTHER SCIENTIFIC ROLES
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2006 − 2025
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Member of Particle Data Group, responsible for Muon g−2 Review
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Since 2006
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Co-founder and developer of Gfitter electroweak software and analysis group
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2005 − 2021
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Founder and co-developer of Toolkit for Multivariate Analysis (TMVA) project
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2002 − 2005
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Member of Heavy Flavour Averaging Group; convenor of CP-Violation section
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1999 − 2006
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Co-founder and leader of CKMfitter flavour physics group
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ADVISORY / OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES
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Since 2026
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Member of CERN D&I Strategic Oversight Board
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Since 2025
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Member of CEPC International Advisory Committee
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Since 2025
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Member of FCC-ee Physics, Experiments, Detectors (PED) Coordination Group
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2016 − 2019
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Member of Fermilab Physics Advisory Committee (PAC)
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2016 − 2019
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Elected member of “The Nine” Senior Staff Consultancy Committee at CERN
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2018
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Member of Scientific Council at IRFU, CEA-Saclay, France
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2010 − 2021
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Member of Scientific Advisory Boards of various institutions
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2007 − 2008
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Member of ATLAS Collaboration Board Chair Advisory Group
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CONFERENCE / LECTURE COMMITTEES
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Since 2026
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Member of the CERN Colloquium Panel
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Since 2026
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Member of International Advisory Committee of China LHC Physics Conference (CLHCP)
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2026
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Member of International Advisory Committee of the Rencontres de Noirmoutier
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2026
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Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Workshop on New Opportunities for Particle Physics (IHEP, Beijing)
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2025, 2026
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Member of International Advisory Committee of Kruger Workshop on Discovery Physics at the LHC
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Since 2024
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Member of International Advisory Committee of ICHEP
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2021 − 2025
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Member of International Advisory Committee of LHCP
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Since 2021
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Member of International Advisory Committee of Higgs Hunting
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Since 2018
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Member of International Advisory Committee of LHC Days
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2015 − 2016
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Co-chair of LHCP-2016 Conference Programme Committee
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2010 − 2011
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Member of Organising Committee of CERN-Fermilab Hadron Collider Physics Summer School
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2008 − 2013
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Member and Chair of CERN Summer Student Programme Committee
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2007 − 2011
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Member of CERN Academic Training Committee
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2003 − 2005
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Member of FPCP 2003 and CKM 2005 Organising Committees
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JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDS
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Since 2025
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Member of Editorial Committee of Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science (Annual Reviews publisher, USA)
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2007 − 2022
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Associated Editor at European Physical Journal C, member of Editorial Board
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AWARDS
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2025
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Shared Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics as member of the ATLAS Collaboration
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2013
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Grand Prix Fondé par l'État of the French Academy of Science
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2013
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Shared High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society as member of the ATLAS Collaboration
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2007
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Prix Joliot-Curie of the French Physical Society
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