Cedric Verstege
Contact Information
Institute of Experimental Particle Physics (ETP)
Building 30.23, Room 8-21
Email: cedric.verstege#kit.edu
Building 32, Room 4-B06
Email: cedric.verstege#cern.ch
Academic Background
Doctoral Studies
Preliminary Title: Measurement and QCD study of triple-differential Z+jet cross sections with CMS Supervisor: Klaus Rabbertz Second Supervisor: Günter Quast Starting Date: January 1st 2023 Expected End Date: Early 2026
Master Thesis
Title: Measurement of the Triple-Differential Cross-Section of Z+Jet Production with the CMS Detector at 13 TeV Supervisor: Klaus Rabbertz Second Supervisor: Günter Quast Date: November 2022 Available at publish.etp.kit.edu.
Bachelor Thesis
Title: Likelihood-Anpassungen im physikalischen Fortgeschrittenen-Praktikum Supervisor: Günter Quast Second Supervisor: Roger Wolf Date: December 2019 Available at publish.etp.kit.edu.
Publications
Author of more than 30 publications as member of the CMS Collaboration (as of November 2025).
A complete list of publications is available on INSPIRE-HEP.
Selected non-CMS publications:
| [1] | Johannes Gäßler, Günter Quast, Daniel Savoiu, and Cedric Verstege. kafe2 -- a modern tool for model fitting in physics lab courses, 2022. [ bib | arXiv ] |
| [2] | Stefan Gieseke, Maximilian Horzela, Manjit Kaur, Dari Leonardi, Klaus Rabbertz, Aayushi Singla, and Cedric Verstege. Nonperturbative effects in triple-differential dijet and z+jet production at the lhc, 2024. [ bib | arXiv | http ] |
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Awards and Prizes
| Title | Awarder | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Passed with distinction | 14th Thematic CERN School of Computing | June 2024 |
| 1st Prize at the AKPIK Datathon 2023 | Working Group on Physics, Modern IT and Artificial Intelligence (AKPIK) of the German Physical Society (DPG) | March 2023 |
Teaching Experience
| Activity | Institution/Event | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invited Lecture | Inverted CERN School of Computing 2025 | March 2025 | Lecture and Exercise on Efficient Workflow Management in High-Energy Physics |
| Teaching Assistant | KIT, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics | Summer Term 2025 | Modern physics for teacher candidates, meteorologists, and engineers |
| Tutor | KIT, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics | Winter Term 2024/25 | Programming and statistical data analysis |
| CMS Masterclass Instructor | Science Camp Particle Physics, KIT | August 2024 and 2025 | Teaching CMS Masterclass and Higgs Search to high school students |
| Tutor | KIT, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics | Summer Term 2024 | Computer-assisted data analysis and Introduction to computer algebra |
| CMS Masterclass Instructor | Immanuel-Kant-Gymnasium | June 2023 | Teaching CMS Masterclass to high school students |
| Tutor | KIT, Faculty of Physics | Winter Term 2021/22 | Computer use in physics |
| Student Assistant | KIT, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics | Summer 2021 | Revision of particle physics exercises |
| Tutor | KIT, Faculty of Physics | Summer Term 2019 | Supervising the laboratory physics course "Operational Amplifier" |
| Trainer | KIT, Collegiate Sports | Summer Term 2019 | Beginner course in American Football |
Conferences and Workshops
Schools
| School | Location | Date | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th Thematic CERN School of Computing | ITS, Belgrade, Serbia | June 2024 | Passed with distinction Lightning Talk on MC-Run: Scalable MC Event Generation and Analysis |
| Color meets Flavor Bad Honnef Physics School | DPG Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany | March 2024 | |
| Terascale Monte Carlo School 2024 | DESY, Hamburg, Germany | February 2024 | |
| XXVI CMS Data Analysis School | Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA | January 2023 |
Outreach
Selected public engagement and science communication activities:
| Event | Location | Date | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERN Guide | CERN, Geneva, Switzerland | Since Summer 2023 | CERN guide for the Synchrocyclotron, ATLAS Visitor Centre and CMS Underground Tours at CERN. |
| Science Camp Particle Physics 2025 | KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany and CERN, Geneva, Switzerland | August 2025 | Teaching the CMS Masterclass and Higgs Search. Guide for the Synchrocyclotron, ATLAS Visitor Centre and CMS Underground Tours at CERN. Also see the news article and video made by the high school students. |
| Science Days 2024 | Europapark, Rust, Germany | Oktober 2024 | Working at the CERN booth. |
| Science Camp Particle Physics 2024 | KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany | August 2024 | Teaching the CMS Masterclass and Higgs Search. |
| High School Visit | Immanuel-Kant-Gymnasium, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany | June 2023 | Teaching the CMS Masterclass to high school students. |
| Science Days 2022 | Europapark, Rust, Germany | Oktober 2022 | Working at the CERN booth. |
| Science Days 2021 | Europapark, Rust, Germany | Oktober 2021 | Working at the CERN booth. |