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Patrick Huber

Patrick Huber is a German theoretical particle physicist known for his calculation of the reactor neutrino flux, and for his work in computing sensitivity of neutrino oscillation experiments and applications of reactor neutrino detection. He is a Professor of Physics Virginia Tech and Director of Virginia Tech's Center for Neutrino Physics. In 2016, he was honoured with the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work on the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment.

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Patrick Huber
Alma materTechnical University of Munich (Diplom, Dr. rer. nat.)
Scientific career
InstitutionsVirginia Tech
CERN
University of Wisconsin–Madison
ThesisThree Flavour Effects in Future Neutrino Oscillation Experiments (2003)
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Patrick Huber is a German theoretical particle physicist known for his calculation of the reactor neutrino flux, and for his work in computing sensitivity of neutrino oscillation experiments and applications of reactor neutrino detection.1 He is a Professor of Physics Virginia Tech2 and Director of Virginia Tech's Center for Neutrino Physics. In 2016, he was honoured with the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work on the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment.

Education and career

Huber studied at the Technical University of Munich, completing his diploma in 2000 and his Doctor rerum naturalium in theoretical physics in 2003, under the supervision of Manfred Lindner. After completing postdoctoral appointments at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and CERN, he started a faculty position in the Virginia Tech Physics Department in 2008, and received tenure in 2012. He became director of the Center for Neutrino Physics in 2017.3

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  1. Patrick Huber publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. "Faculty".
  3. "Center for Neutrino Physics at Virginia Tech". cnp.phys.vt.edu. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. "Physicist awarded Early Career Research Award to study neutrinos". vtx.vt.edu. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. "Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Yifang Wang and the Daya Bay Collaboration". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. "Professor Patrick Huber named a 2019 American Physical Society Fellow". www.phys.vt.edu. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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