Dashboard – Physics Zone

Education:

Primary School, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
Secondary School, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Qualifications:

A Levels
Diploma in Physics
PhD in Physics
Work History:

Postman
Computer Sales Assistant
Research Assistant
Project Scientist
Research Associate
Lecturer
Associate Professor
Current Job:

Reader/Associate Professor in Physics at University College London

About Me:

I am a particle physicist smashing things together at the Large Hadron Collider. I do this to better understand what our world is made of.
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I grew up in Berlin, Germany. There I went to school and later studied physics.
Before I started living in the UK, my science job has taken me to several places in America (California and to the another Cambridge over there) and to Geneva, Switzerland.
Now I work on the ATLAS experiment. A really large camera looking at new particles created. As a particle physicist I am looking at the microcosm, with its zoo of particles.
Understanding these tiny things helps me and other scientists to better understand our whole universe!
My Typical Day:

I teach and do research. So I usually spend some time talking to my students. As they are sometimes away, I will often talk to them through a computer screen! Later in the day, the computer will also help me understand the pictures taken with ATLAS of particles bumping into each other.
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I start my day with checking and answering any messages left for me. Talking with people is pretty important. I work together with over 3000 people from all over the world. Different parts of the world life in different time zones. Somewhere people will start their day when I go to bed. So we can work on a problem almost around the clock!
What I'd do with the prize money:

Buy some fun gadgets for the kids of my local code club. They are amazingly smart!

Andreas Korn