{"id":2254,"date":"2025-11-18T15:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/?page_id=2254"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:46:12","slug":"group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/tilman-plehn\/group\/","title":{"rendered":"Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-color-8-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in a thesis? We offer bachelor, master, and PhD thesis projects at the boundaries of modern machine learning and particle theory. The goal of all thesis projects is refereed physics papers, and the ideal career plan is a faculty position somewhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to know more, just send me an email and join us for lunch or coffee. We require a reasonable set of lectures, motivation to do cutting-edge research, and excitement for physics. Standard lectures include Particle Physics 1+2, Quantum Field Theory I+II, Machine Learning and Physics, plus some of the cool advanced lectures we offer in Heidelberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are an experimentalist or an ML-expert and you would like to switch to ML-theory, we will make this possible. 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src=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/group_16-1024x845.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/group_16-1024x845.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/group_16-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/group_16-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/group_16-1536x1267.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/group_16.jpg 2033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cb-pagination swiper-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"cb-button-prev swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"cb-button-next swiper-button-next\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-siegel-hintergrund-25-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a85f4655 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><strong>Group Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/tilman-plehn\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1016\">Tilman Plehn<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/anja-butter\/\">Anja Butter<\/a><\/strong> [2019-] (permanent staff Paris, group in Heidelberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a85f4655 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><strong>Postdocs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desy.de\/~bahl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Henning Bahl<\/a> [2023-] (Humboldt fellow)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranit Das [2025-] (Humboldt fellow)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/aitp\/ayodele-ore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ayodele Ore<\/a> [2023-]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-549b0c86 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><strong>PhD Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bhardwaj, Pallavi [2026-] (at SAP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giovanni De Crescenzo [2023-]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suprio Dubey [2025-] (jointly with Anja Butter and J\u00fcrgen Hesser) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Florian Ernst [2023-] (jointly with Michael D\u00fchrssen-Debling)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antoine Petitjean [2024-]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rebecca Revelli [2025-]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel Schiller [2024-]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nikita Schmal [2023-]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sophia Vent [2025-]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Javier Villadamigo [2023-] (with Anja Butter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lorenz Vogel [2025-]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-549b0c86 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><strong>Master Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Susie Kim [2025-]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raship Plaha [2025-]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thanush Sivagnanalingam [2025-]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-549b0c86 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><strong>Bachelor Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paula Schuchard [2024-]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-549b0c86 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><strong>Former Heidelberg Group Members, now faculty or staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f5bb311e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durham.ac.uk\/staff\/martin-m-bauer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Martin Bauer<\/a> [ITP fellow, 2014-2018, faculty Durham]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itp.kit.edu\/memberpages\/abiekoetter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Anke Biek\u00f6tter<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/biekotter_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2019, junior professor and TT-Helmholtz group leader, KIT]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unibo.it\/sitoweb\/ilaria.brivio\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ilaria Brivio<\/a> [ITP fellow, 2019-2022, faculty Bologna]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~butter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Anja Butter<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/butter_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/butter_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2013-2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/butter_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2014-2017, ITP &amp; staff Paris]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulster.ac.uk\/staff\/b-dillon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Barry Dillon<\/a> [Humboldt fellow, postdoc 2020-2023, faculty Ulster University]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/christophenglert.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Christoph Englert<\/a> [postdoc 2010-2011, faculty Manchester]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Felix Kling [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/kling_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2012, faculty Bonn]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oeaw.ac.at\/en\/mbi\/the-institute\/staff-members\/staff\/claudius-krause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Claudius Krause<\/a> [ITP fellow 2022-2024, staff OAW Vienna]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.se.iwate-u.ac.jp\/en\/teacher\/mawatari-kentarou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kentarou Mawatari<\/a> [postdoc 2008-2010, faculty Iwate]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tanmoyy.wixsite.com\/website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tanmoy Modak<\/a> [postdoc, Humboldt fellow, 2020-2023, faculty IISER Behrampur]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.okstate.edu\/dorival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dorival Goncalves Netto<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/netto_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2009-2012, faculty Oklahoma State]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/en\/577815.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Steffen Schumann<\/a> [postdoc 2008-2011, faculty G\u00f6ttingen]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spa.sysu.edu.cn\/en\/teacher\/2619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Michihisa Takeuchi<\/a> [postdoc 2009-2012, faculty Zhuhai]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hef.ru.nl\/~swesthoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Susanne Westhoff <\/a>[Carl Zeiss junior professor 2015-2022, faculty Nijmegen]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpwinterhalder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ramon Winterhalder<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/winterhalder_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2020, TT-faculty Milano]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-549b0c86 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><strong>Former Heidelberg Group Members<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-f5bb311e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jona Ackerschott [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/ackerschott_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2023, PhD student ATLAS Geneva]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mathias Backes [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/backes_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2020, master student ATLAS Heidelberg]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marco Bellagente [PhD 2022 with Jan Pawlowski]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benjamin Bentner [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/bentner_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2025] (with J\u00fcrgen Hesser)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cathy Bernaciak [postdoc 2011-2014, big data]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elias Bernreuther [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/bernreuther_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2018, PhD Aachen, postdoc]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sebastian Bieringer [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/bieringer_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2020, PhD student Hamburg]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lukas Blecher [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/blecher_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2020]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sebastian Bock [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/bock_m.pdf\">diploma<\/a> 2010, PhD ultracold atoms]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katja B\u00f6hnke [PhD student 2016-2017] (with Susanne Westhoff)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victor Breso [postdoc 2023-2025, Harvard] (with Anja Butter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johann Brehmer [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/brehmer_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/brehmer_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2017, postdoc NYU, Qualcomm AI]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sebastian Bruggisser [postdoc 2018-2022, physics education software]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malte Buschmann [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/buschmann_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/buschmann_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2014, PhD Mainz, postdoc]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thorsten Buss [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/buss_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2010, PhD student Hamburg]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nishita Desai [Humboldt fellow, postdoc 2013-2016, staff Tata Institute, UBS]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sascha Diefenbacher [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/diefenbacher_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/diefenbacher_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2019, PhD Hamburg, postdoc Berkeley]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nathanael Ediger [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/ediger_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2023]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nina Elmer [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/elmer_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/elmer_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2025, postdoc Cambridge]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Florian Ernst [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/ernst_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2023, PhD student CERN]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Luigi Favaro [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/favaro_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2024, Postdoc Delphes]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friedrich Feiden [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/feiden_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2021]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anastasia Filimonova [PhD 2020] (with Susanne Westhoff)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karin Firnkes [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/firnkes_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2011, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/firnkes_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2014, SAP]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patrick Foldenauer [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/foldenauer_p.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2019, postdoc]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Juan Gonzalez-Fraile [postdoc 2014-2017, big data]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emma Geoffray [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/geoffray_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2023, academic consulting]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erik Gerwick [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/gerwick_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> Edinburgh 2011, postdoc G\u00f6ttingen, automotive data consulting]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Josua G\u00f6cking [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/goecking_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/goecking_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2017, e.solutions]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fabian Gross [diploma 2011]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theo Heimel [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/heimel_b.pdf\">bachelor<\/a> 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/heimel_m.pdf\">master<\/a> 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/heimel_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2024]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jamil Hetzel [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thphys.uni-heidelberg.de\/~plehn\/includes\/theses\/hetzel_d.pdf\">PhD<\/a> 2015, 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