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Michael Schmitt is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University. He obtained his PhD from Harvard University in 1991. His research primarily focuses on collider physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and muon-to-electron conversion at Fermilab. Schmitt's team is engaged in various collider experiments, including the ALEPH experiment at CERN and the CDF experiment at Fermilab's Tevatron. They emphasize searches in the electroweak sector of the Standard Model for new particles and phenomena as indicated by theoretical predictions. Current research projects include the measurement of WW and WWW cross sections, which test theoretical predictions and search for evidence of new physics. Additionally, Schmitt's group is investigating rare Z boson decays into four leptons, a process with a branching fraction on the order of one in a million. He is also working on the development of a high-granularity calorimeter for major upgrades at the high-luminosity LHC. In 2016, Schmitt joined the Mu2e Collaboration, aiming to create an accurate map of the magnetic field necessary to facilitate the detection of 105 keV electrons through novel mathematical techniques and a grid of Hall probe measurements.
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