Regular biography
Hannsjörg Weber is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Physics at Cornell University. His research focuses on experimental elementary particle physics, with an emphasis on collider physics, detector construction, and detector research and development. He is affiliated with the CMS Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where he analyzes data to study fundamental questions about the universe, including the self-coupling of the Higgs field. Weber also contributes to the development of advanced detector technologies, such as monolithic silicon sensors for future collider experiments. His work includes the construction of an upgraded tracking detector for the CMS experiment, designed to withstand high data rates and radiation doses. He is involved in both theoretical and experimental aspects of particle physics, with a particular interest in understanding the origins of matter and antimatter.