Project Description
As outlined in the European Strategy for Particle Physics, the field is entering a pivotal era with major initiatives such as the completion of the LHC, the proposal for a "Higgs factory," and the development of next-generation hadron collider. This project funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-doctoral Fellowship Actions responds to these advancements by focusing on the design and development of state-of-the-art readout electronics, specifically innovative Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs). These ADCs are critical for enhancing data acquisition systems in high-energy physics (HEP) experiments, impacting the precision and reliability of experimental data. By tackling the challenges of achieving high resolution, speed, compactness, and low power consumption, this project aims to advance detector technology and support the exploration of fundamental physics. Additionally, the proposed advancements will have broad applicability in nuclear physics, medical imaging, and other fields that utilize advanced particle detection technologies.
Organization
The University of Bonn is one of only 11 German Universities of Excellence and the only German university with six Cluster of Excellence. With a strong record of disciplinary excellence and a number of Transdisciplinary Research Areas, the University of Bonn supports the achievement of excellence - since 1818. The University of Bonn has a 200-year history of combining excellent research in a range of disciplines with research-led teaching. Recent decades have seen us produce more winners of the Nobel Prize and Fields Medal than any other German university. With 35,000 students, 6,000 doctoral students, 550 professors and 6,000 other members of staff, the University of Bonn is one of the largest and best research-led universities in Germany. Its seven faculties cover a broad range of disciplines from Agricultural Sciences to Traffic Psychology many of which take a leading position in international rankings. This strong disciplinary record is supplemented by the work of six faculty and interdisciplinary “Transdisciplinary Research Areas” (TRA) and a range of exploration and innovation areas addressing many of the central academic, technological and social challenges currently facing society.
People
Dr. Vasiliki Gogolou
Vasiliki Gogolou holds a PhD in Analog Integrated Circuit Design from the Physics Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she also completed her MSc in Electronic Engineering and her undergraduate degree in Physics. With a strong interdisciplinary background that bridges physics and electronics, her research focuses on the design, implementation, and experimental validation of advanced readout electronics for high-energy physics (HEP) experiments. Dr. Gogolou has led and contributed to several multidisciplinary research projects, particularly in the development of low-power power management system-in-chip (SoCs), and has extensive experience in circuit modeling, design flows, and EDA tools. Dr. Gogolou has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications and presented at numerous international conferences. Her academic experience also includes teaching at the Electronic Engineering Department and Physics Department of Aristotle University, underscoring her ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively.
Prof. Jochen Dingfelder
Jochen Dingfelder is a full professor of experimental particle physics and the co-spokesperson of the Research and Technology Center Detector Physics (FTD) of the University of Bonn. He is the head of the renowned SILAB at Bonn, which has a longstanding expertise in developing silicon detector systems, in particular the development of readout ASICs and test systems and the characterization, testing and construction of silicon detector modules. He leads a particle physics group with about 40 members at the University of Bonn, which is strongly engaged in two large high-energy physics experiments, ATLAS at CERN in Switzerland and Belle II at KEK in Japan, and has made important contributions to these experiments in terms of both physics analysis and detector development and operation. Beyond his activities in the area of physics analysis (studies of the Higgs boson and searches for new phenomena at ATLAS and measurements of semileptonic and rare B-meson decays at Belle II), he has had several leadership roles in silicon detector projects. He is the spokesperson of the German silicon detector consortium (“Si-D Consortium”) in the context of the collaborative funding for detector R&D of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the funding period 2024-27 and previously of the German “CMOS Detector Consortium” in the funding period 2021-24. From 2016 to 2022, Jochen Dingfelder was the institute board chair of the DEPFET/PXD collaboration that constructed the pixel detector for Belle II. Currently, he is co-coordinator of the frontend chip and wafer probing activity for the Inner Tracker (ITk) high-luminosity upgrade of the ATLAS experiment. Jochen Dingfelder will provide guidance for the applicant and support her support her research by passing on his knowledge in the areas of particle detectors and particle physics, by providing an ideal environment for the planned project within the SILAB team at Bonn as well as providing the necessary infrastructure for the project. He has a longstanding experience in directing research projects, management functions, and the supervision of early-career researchers.
