Prof Simon Peeters
| Post: | Professor (Physics and Astronomy) |
| Other posts: | Director of Admissions and Recruitment (School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences) |
| Reader (Experimental Particle Physics Research Group) | |
| Location: | PEVENSEY 2 4A05 |
| Email: | S.J.M.Peeters@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 8128 |
| UK: | 01273 678128 |
| International: | +44 1273 678128 |
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Biography
I completed my PhD at the University of Amsterdam in Experimental Particle Physics on the Inner Detector of the ATLAS experiment and a study of potential Higgs searches with this experiment. Because at that time the ATLAS would not be operational for a quite a few years, I switched to neutrino physics. I joined the University of Oxford as a PostDoctoral Researcher and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (for which I shared in the Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics in 2015).
I joined the University of Sussex in 2008 and continue on to work on the forefront of neutrino physics (with the experiments SNO+, JSNS2, and DUNE). I also developed a strong interest in experiments looking for the direct observation of Dark Matter (DEAP-3600, DarkSide), which face many similar experimental challenges as in neutrino physics.
Role
- Chair of the Experimental Particle Physics (EPP) research group
- Director of Recruitment and Admissions for the school of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Chair of the teaching laboratory committee
Community and Business
I regularly give public talks about particle physics to the general public, secondary and primary schools. I am also working with local businesses to help them to develop better products, using my experience with particle physics detectors.