Beate Heinemann

Beate Heinemann serves as the Director at DESY and holds the position of Professorin at Universität Hamburg since September 2023. With a distinguished academic career, Beate Heinemann was a Professor at The University of Freiburg from August 2016 to October 2023 and previously held similar positions at the University of California, Berkeley, from January 2007 to July 2016. During the same period, Beate Heinemann worked as a Scientist at Berkeley Lab. Prior experience includes a Researcher role at the University of Liverpool from November 1999 to December 2005 and a PhD student position at DESY from July 1996 to November 1999. Beate Heinemann earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the University of Hamburg and completed Abitur at Christianeum from August 1980 to June 1989.