Prof. Dr. Harald Ita

Harald
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Paul Scherrer Institute PSI
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland

Research fields

  • Theoretical Particle Physics
  • Particle Phenomenology at Colliders
  • Quantum Chromodynamics,
  • Perturbative Gravity
  • Field Theory and String Theory

Recent research

  • Automation of higher-order corrections for precision predictions in QFT
  • Black holes and gravitational waves
  • Precision prediction in QCD for LHC
  • On-shell methods, unitarity, amplitudes
  • CARAVEL program
  • Contributed QCD Matrix elements
  • Contributed Feynman integrals

Curriculum vitae

  • Associate Professor, MNF, University of Zurich, Switzerland (since 2022)
  • Senior Scientist, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland (since 2021)
  • Guest Professor, Institute for Computational Science, MNF, University of Zurich, Switzerland (2021-2022)
  • Professor for Theoretical Physics at the Freiburg University (2018-2021)
  • Junior Professor for Theoretical Physics, Freiburg University (2012-2018)
  • Scientific Associate, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark (since 2012)
  • LHC-TI Fellow and Researcher, UCLA (2007-2012)
  • Postdocs, Swansea University (2004-2007) and Tel-Aviv University (2001-2004)
  • Doctoral Student, CERN Theory Division (1999-2001)
  • Dipl. Ing. (1999) and Dr. techn. (2001) at Vienna University of Technology (supervisors Professors Y. Oz and M. Schweda )

Positions

  • PhD and postdoc positions will be posted at inspires
  • For MSc and BSc project please contact me

Postdocs

NamePositionDate
Sebastian PögelPostdoc (PSI, UZH)2024-
Liza YedelkinaPostdoc (PSI)2024-
Johannes SchlenkPostdoc (UZH)2022-2025
Giuseppe De LaurentisPostdoc (Freiburg, PSI)2020-2023
Samuel AbreuPostdoc (Freiburg)2015-2018
Ben PagePostdoc (Freiburg)2015-2018
Matthieu JaquierPostdoc (Freiburg)2015-2018
Fernando Febres CorderoVisiting Professor (Freiburg)2014-2019

 

Students

NamePositionDateTopic
Viktor KuschkePhD (UZH/PSI)2024-QCD
Gaukhar YesmurzayevaMSc (UZH)2025gravity
Sai Sasank ChavaMSc (ETH)2023gravity
Lara BohnenblustPhD (UZH, L. Mayer)2021-2025gravity/QCD
Tobias LippoldBSc2021gravity
Max KlinkertPhD (Freiburg)2018-2021QCD
Wladimir TschernowPhD (Freiburg)2017-2020QCD
Michael RufPhD (Freiburg) 2018-2021gravity/QCD
Evgenij PascualPhD (Freiburg, F. Febres Cordero)2018-2021QCD
Jerry DormansPhD (Freiburg, F. Febres Cordero)2017-2020QCD
Vasily SotnikovPhD (Freiburg)2016-2019QCD
Jonas WenzlerMSc (Freiburg)2016QCD
Matthias VolkBSc (Freiburg)2016QCD
Felix AngerPhD (Freiburg)2015-2018QCD
Andreas IkkertMSc (Freiburg)2015QCD
Philipp Hofmann Diploma, PhD (Freiburg)2013-2014QCD

Teaching

  • Elektrodynamics, UZH 2025
  • Special Topics in Particle Theory, UZH 2024
  • Gravity Amplitudes, UZH 2023
  • Block Course Scattering Amplitudes, UZH 2022
  • Theoretical Physics I (Mechanics und Special Relativity), Freiburg 2021
  • Theoretical Physics II (Elektrodynamics), Freiburg  2020/2021
  • Advanced Seminar, Field Theory and Particle Physics, Freiburg  2016-2020
  • Amplitudes, Freiburg 2017/2018
  • General Relativity, Freiburg 2013/2014, 2014/2015
  • General Relativity II, Freiburg 2014, 2015
  • Höhere Mathematik (BSc), Freiburg 2018, 2019
  • Quantum Field Theory I, Freiburg 2013, 2017
  • Quantum Field Theory II, Freiburg 2016/2017, 2018/2019
  • Standard Model of Particle Physics, Freiburg 2015/2016, 2020
  • Symmetries in Particle Physics, Freiburg 2012, 2016
  • Term Paper, Particle Physics Theory at the LHC, Freiburg 2015
  • Quantum Field Theory (substitutions), UCLA, USA 2007-2012
  • Particle Physics (lecturer), University of Swansea, Wales 2005 & 2006
  • Statistical Mechanics (tutoring), TU-Vienna, Austria 1997 & 1998