Annika Stein

Physicist @ ETAP, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Education and Qualifications

RWTH Aachen University

PhD Candidate in Experimental Particle Physics

2021 - 2023

Doctoral Student, Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment (since Nov. '21).

Scientific Employee, see also here for more information (since Nov. '21).

Associated member of the Research Training Group "Physics of the Heaviest Particles at the LHC" (since Dec '21). Co-Organizer of the RTG Colloquium (2022 - 2023).

See also here for more information.

M.Sc. RWTH in Physics

October 2019 - October 2021
Final grade: excellent (1,2) = mit Auszeichnung
Master thesis: 1,0
"Investigation of robustness of b-Tagging algorithms for the CMS Experiment"

See also here for more information.

Focus of Study: Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology

  • Particle Physics I
  • Theory of Relativity and Cosmology
  • Astroparticle Physics
  • Particle Physics II
  • Physics at the LHC with the CMS experiment (included giving a seminar talk on "Higgs properties")
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Laboratory Course Astronomy and Astrophysics (project: "Stellar spectroscopy")
  • Medical Imaging I
  • Introduction to Business Administration

Additional examinations (required according to the examination regulations)

  • Experimental Physics 4 (B.Sc.)
  • Theoretical Physics 3 (B.Sc.)
  • Theoretical Physics 4 (B.Sc.)

Participated without examinations (parallel studies B.Sc. Computer Science)

  • Data structures and algorithms
  • Databases and information systems

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

M.Ed.* in Physics, Mathematics, Educational Sciences

October 2018 - September 2019

*not completed

Physics

  • Theoretical Physics 2 (M.Ed.)
  • Experimental Physics 4 (M.Ed.)
  • Advanced Laboratory Course (M.Ed.)

Mathematics

  • Number Theory

Educational Sciences

  • Bildungspolitik, Schulentwicklung und Unterrichtsforschung

Additional course as part of the "Zertifikatsstudiengang Informatik" (Computer Science)

  • Introduction to Programming

Participated without examinations

  • PHY: Gebietsübergreifende Konzepte und Anwendungen (included giving a seminar talk on "Differential equations in physics" and preparing exercises / lectures for fellow students)
  • PHY: Theoriebildung und fachdidaktische Forschung
  • PHY: Demonstrationspraktikum 2 (talk / project: Mechanical oscillations, acceleration sensors and phyphox)
  • PHY: Hauptseminar: Physikunterricht in der Sekundarstufe II (talk / project: Natural sciences at the orientation level in high school)
  • MATH: Differential Equations
  • ED: Forschungswerkstatt: Lernen forschend entwickeln

B.Ed. in Physics, Mathematics, Educational Sciences

April 2016 - January 2019
Final grade: 1,8
Bachelor thesis: 1,0
"Die Gruppentheorie des Zauberwürfels und des Skewbs"

For this thesis, I received the Preis für herausragende Abschlussarbeiten (~ Outstanding Thesis Award: Fachbereich 08, JGU Mainz).

See also here for more information.

Physics

  • Experimentalphysik 1
  • Mathematische Rechenmethoden 1
  • Experimentalphysik 2
  • Mathematische Rechenmethoden 2
  • Experimentalphysik 3
  • Theoretische Physik 1
  • Experimentelles Grundpraktikum 1 & 2
  • Fachdidaktische Vertiefungen zur Experimentalphysik 1 & 2
  • Demonstrationspraktikum 1 (talk / project: Teaching astronomy in high school, using (digital) cameras and telescopes)
  • Lehr-Lern-Labor (included setting up and evaluating an experiment for high school students on acoustics)
  • Grundlagen der Fachdidaktik

Mathematics

  • Elementarmathematik vom höheren Standpunkt
  • Einführung in die Didaktik der Mathematik
  • Lineare Algebra und Geometrie 1
  • Analysis 1 & 2
  • Lineare Algebra und Geometrie 2 für das Lehramt
  • Geometrie, Algebra und Zahlentheorie
  • Didaktik der Algebra (included giving a seminar talk on "Figurate numbers")
  • Didaktik der Geometrie
  • Grundlagen der Numerik
  • Grundlagen der Stochastik

Educational Sciences

  • Sozialisation, Erziehung, Bildung
  • Didaktik, Methodik, Kommunikation, Medien (projects: creating a video tutorial for teachers on the software "GeoGebra"; evaluating a video recording of a physics lesson based on custom indicators for school pedagogics, covering for example classroom management)
  • Diagnostik, Heterogenität, Differenzierung und Inklusion (projects: talk on dyscalculia, covering both the neurological basics as well as implications for teaching; preparation of a (fictional) exam in mathematics with a special focus on implementing recent findings in educational psychology)
  • Orientierendes Praktikum 1 & 2 (Freiherr-vom-Stein Realschule plus Bernkastel-Kues; IGS Morbach)
  • Vertiefendes Praktikum Bachelor (Peter-Wust-Gymnasium Wittlich). Focus: mathematics; usage of graphical calculators in a teaching unit on power functions.

Nikolaus-von-Kues Gymnasium Bernkastel-Kues

August 2008 - March 2016
Final grade: 1,7
Advanced Courses: Physics, Mathematics, Geography
Oral Examination: English
August 2010 - July 2013

Excerpt from the school's homepage translated to English:

Talented pupils who attend a BEGYS class complete the intermediate level (grades 7 to 10) in only three instead of four years (you formally skip grade 9). In principle, the same curriculum applies to BEGYS classes as to regular classes. However, the material is adapted to the shortened cycle with a smaller proportion of exercises and redistributed accordingly over the years. BEGYS is aimed at students who are particularly motivated, capable and willing to perform. A recommendation conference suggests a pupil for inclusion in BEGYS if a successful completion can be expected with regard to performance, work posture and overall mental state.

Aachen Online Statistics School 2023

(Block course)

Research Training Group / GRK 2497 - RWTH Aachen University; DESY Hamburg (online)
March 2023

CMS Management Training Workshop

(with Isabell Melzer-Pellmann)

CMS Experiment
Management Training Group
December 2022

Speech Training

(Confident appearance)

Research Training Group / GRK 2497 - RWTH Aachen University; Wiehl
teamact GmbH
August 2022

Scientific Integrity

(for Doctoral Students)

Center for Doctoral Studies (RWTH Aachen University, online)
May 2022

Resilient sein in Veränderungsprozessen!

(for Doctoral Students)

Center for Doctoral Studies (RWTH Aachen University, online)
teamact GmbH
April 2022

Leadership Workshop

(with Carsten Seiffert)

for PhD Candidates / PostDocs
LHC Deutschland
March 2022

QCD and Monte Carlo techniques

(Block course)

Research Training Group / GRK 2497 - RWTH Aachen University; DESY Hamburg (online)
March 2022

Tutorial Teaching

(for Student Assistants)

Certificate
ExAcT, CLS (RWTH Aachen University),
October 2019

Physics Instructor Training

(for Student Assistants)

Certificate
Lehren - Organisieren - Beraten, FB 08 (JGU Mainz)
April 2018

Last updated: 27.09.2024