Bernhard Mistlberger (born 22 September 1987) is an Austrian theoretical particle physicist known for his significant work in the area of

quantum field theory In theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines Field theory (physics), field theory and the principle of relativity with ideas behind quantum mechanics. QFT is used in particle physics to construct phy ...

. He is known for multi-loop calculations in

quantum chromodynamics In theoretical physics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the study of the strong interaction between quarks mediated by gluons. Quarks are fundamental particles that make up composite hadrons such as the proton, neutron and pion. QCD is a type of ...

(QCD), including the first high-precision theoretical predictions of

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and vector boson production at the

Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It was built by the CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) between 1998 and 2008, in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists, ...

Career

Since 2020, Mistlberger has been a

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in the

SLAC Theory Group The SLAC Theory Group is the hub of theoretical particle physics research at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University. It is a subdivision of the Elementary Particle Physics (EPP) Division at SLAC. Research The group has ...

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. He was previously a Pappalardo Fellow in the Center for Theoretical Physics at

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

, and a research fellow at

CERN The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, western suburb of Gene ...

. In 2020, he was awarded the Wu-Ki Tung Award for Early-Career Research on QCD, for "pioneering theoretical computations of multi-loop radiative contributions for precision

and electroweak physics at hadron colliders". In 2021, he was awarded the

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’s Gribov Medal, for "groundbreaking contributions to multi-loop computations in

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and to high-precision predictions of

and vector boson production at hadron colliders"''.'' In 2022, he won the

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's Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics, for "''groundbreaking contributions to high-precision quantum field theory, including the next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the production of Higgs and electroweak vector bosons at hadron colliders.''" In the same year, he also won the Guido Altarelli Award for "advancing the frontier of perturbative calculations in QCD to N3LO".

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mistlberger, Bernhard 1987 births Living people 21st-century Austrian physicists Theoretical physicists Austrian expatriates in the United States Stanford University faculty ETH Zurich alumni Particle physicists People associated with CERN