CV
Personal Information
- Born on October 10th, 1964 in Pforzheim, Germany
- Married since August 12th, 1988 with Marion Ritt née Popp
- Two children: Martin (*1996) and Vera (*1999)
Education and professional career
| 1971 - 1975 | Elementary school in Niefern-Öschelbronn, Germany |
| 1975 - 1984 | Kepler-Gymnasium in Pforzheim, Germany |
| May 1984 | German "Abitur" |
| 1984 - 1985 | German military service |
| 1985 - 1990 | Study of physics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Spring 1988 | Internship at the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany |
| Fall 1988 | Internship at the Paul-Scherrer-Institute, Switzerland |
| April 1990 | Diploma in Physics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 5 Feb. 1993 | PhD in Physics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 1993 - 1995 | Research Associate, University of Virginia • Co-Design of the PIBETA experiment • Development of the MIDAS Data Acquisition Software Package |
| 1995 - 2000 | Research Scientist, University of Virginia • Assembly and Commissioning of the PIEBETA Experiment |
| since 2000 | Research Scientist, Paul-Scherrer-Institute, Switzerland • PSI Coordinator of the MEG Experiment • Design and implementation of the DAQ hardware for the MEG experiment, including the DRS fast waveform digitizing chip • Development of the ELOG software package |
| 2000 - 2018 | Technical Coordinator of the MEG experiment |
| since 2010 | Group head "Muon Physics" (at present 12 members) • Support of fundamental particle physics experiments at PSI's secondary beam lines • Design and implementation of the DAQ hard- and software for the MEG II experiment • Co-spokesperson of the Mu3e experiment |
Memberships and services
| 2003 - present | Scientific advisory committee member of the IEEE Real Time Conference |
| 2005 - 2009 | Editor Transactions in Nuclear Science (TNS) |
| 2005 - present | Reviewer for TNS and NIM-A (about 35 papers) |
| 2007 - 2009 | IEEE NPSS Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Elected AdCom Member |
| 2009 - present | Thesis examiner (INFN Pisa, ETH Zurich) |
| 2010 | Co-organizer of PSI2010 Workshop |
| 2010 - 2013 | IEEE NPSS CANPS Technical Chair WebSite |
| 2014 - 2017 | IEEE NPSS Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Elected AdCom Member |
| 2013 | Panel member for DOE National Lab Intensity Frontier Review |
| 2013 - present | IEEE NPSS Distinguished Lecturer, WebSite |
| 2013 | Co-organizer of PSI2013 Workshop |
| 2013 | Topic convener at the Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS/MIC), Seoul, South Korea |
| 2014 | Course Instructor at the 1st International School on Real-Time systems, Osaka, Japan |
| 2014 | Refresher Course Lecturer at the Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS/MIC), Seattle, USA |
| 2015 | Vice President/President Elect IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society |
| 2015 - present | Beam Time Coordinator PSI Secondary Particle Beam Lines and BVR Co-Organisator |
| 2016 | Tutorial Lecturer at the Real Time Conference (RT2016), Padova, Italy |
| 2016 | Course Instructor at the 2nd International School on Real-Time systems, Ho-Chi Mingh Ciry, Vietnam |
| 2016 | Topic convener at the Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS/MIC), Strasbourg, France |
| 2016 | Co-organizer of PSI2016 Workshop |
| 2017 | President of the IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society 2017-2018 |
| 2019 | Nominations Chair of the IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society 2019-2020 |
| 2020 | General Chair of the 22nd IEEE Virtual Real Time Conference |
| 2020 | Program Co-Chair of the 2020 IEEE Virtual Nuclear Science Symposium |
Publications
- Search the inSpire database
- Patent EP2198429A1 / WO2009043416 A1 / US8159379 B2: "Fast Readout Method and Switched Capacitor Array Circuitry for Waveform Digitizing" (together with R. Dinapoli)
- Patent PCT/EP2013/070892: "Verfahren zur Kalibrierung eines analogen Speicherarrays" (together with D. Stricker-Shaver, A. Kolb, C. Parl and B. Pichler, University of Tübingen, Germany)
Awards
| 1984 | Jugend Forscht Landessieger |
| 2011 | IEEE Senior Member |
| 2016 | IEEE Fellow "for the development of the Domino Ring Sampler series of chips" |
| 2020 | IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award "for contributions to the development and democratization of ultra high-speed digitizers" |
My motto
"Der Weg ist das Ziel" (The journey is the goal) Chinese saying, unknown origin
"No shred of evidence exists in favor of the argument that life is serious, though it is often hard and even terrible. And saying that, I am prompted to add what follows out of it: that since everything ends badly for us, in the inescapable tragedy of death, it seems obvious that the first rule of life is to have a good time." --Brendan Gill