Curriculum Vitae, R. Assmann

EDUCATION:
	Studies in Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany. Diploma and PhD in Physics.
	Studies of Physics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany.
	Abitur at the Ernst-Moritz Arndt Gymnasium, Bonn, Germany.
EMPLOYMENT AND POSITIONS:
1998-present	Physicist, CERN, Geneva
since 2002		AB Project Leader for LHC collimation. Responsible for managing the design, R&D, production and commissioning of the LHC collimation systems among various CERN departments and groups. Responsible for managing the external project collaborations with SLAC, BNL, FNAL and Kurchatov Institute.
2001-2002		Coordinator of the CLIC stability study and the vibration and stabilization laboratory. Responsible for building up an experimental laboratory and coordinating measurements and simulations.
1998-2001		Engineer in Charge for LEP2 operation. Member of the physicist team running the LEP2 accelerator.
1997-1998	Physicist, SLAC, Stanford University
		Accelerator physicist in the PEP-II division at SLAC. Member of the PEP-II commissioning team.
1994-1997	Research Associate, SLAC, Stanford University
1996-1997		Primary investigator of the SLAC experiment E-157 (plasma-wakefield acceleration). Work with the collaborating institutes at USC, LBNL and UCLA on a proposal and implementation for an experiment on 1 GeV/m electron acceleration in a 1 m long plasma.
1995-1997		Front-end commissioner for SLC operation. Member of the physicist team studying and optimizing the SLC performance.
1995-1997		Member of the design team for the NLC.
1994		Scientific Associate, CERN, Geneva.
		Unpaid scientific associate at CERN. Completion of PhD thesis (download 2 MByte).
1991-1994		Scientific Associate, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (MPI), Munich.
		Grant for PhD studies. Work on particle physics (ALEPH)and accelerator physics at CERN.
LECTURES:
2003-2004		CERN Summer Student Program:   CLIC Accelerator Technology for the Energy Frontier
since 2004		JUAS:   Future Accelerators
since 2005		CERN Academic Training:   LHC Machine-Experiment Interface
STUDENTS AND FELLOWS:
(a) Doctoral Students
2001-2003		S. Redaelli, UNIL Lausanne, "CLIC Magnet Stabilization to the Sub-Nanometer Level"
since 2003		G. Robert-Demolaize, University Grenoble, "Advanced Simulations of the LHC Collimation System"
since 2005		C. Bracco, EPFL Lausanne, "Expected Proton Losses in the LHC Rings"
(b) Fellows
since 2004		S. Redaelli, LHC collimation
since 2005		T. Weiler, LHC collimation
COMMITTEES:
since 2004		Scientific Advisory Board EPAC
2001-2003		International Linear Collider Technical Review Committee

INVITED TALKS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES / SYMPOSIA

European Particle Accelerator Conference EPAC 2002: 

Review of Ultra-High Gradient Acceleration Schemes - Results of Experiment

Symposium on the Legacy of LEP and SLC SIENA 2001: 
A Brief History of the LEP Collider

Asian Particle Accelerator Conference APAC 2001:
LEP Memorandum

Spin 2000 Symposium:
Spin Dynamics in LEP with 40 to 100 GeV Beams

International Conference for Computational Accelerator Physics ICAP 2000:
Computational Challenges for Linear Colliders

Particle Accelerator Conference PAC 1997:
Beam Dynamics at the SLC

PUBLICATIONS:

More than 100 publications in accelerator physics. Co-author on more than 70 ALEPH publications in particle physics.

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Last updated: 09/01/2005