Thomas Bergauer performs strategic R&D on particle detectors for future High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments and applications in medical imaging and other domains. He works on high-precision lightweight detectors with an ultra-low material budget for future electron/positron colliders using Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (DMAPS), which integrate the sensing element with readout electronics. For hadron machines, he performs research on radiation hard detectors at ultra-high fluences, as well as on precision timing and innovative wide-bandgap semiconductor material like Silicon Carbide. To fully exploit the possibilities of the ion therapy center MedAustron with its synchrotron, he is involved in several projects ranging from beam instrumentation and ion imaging to microdosimetry. He established close collaboration with the semiconductor industry in Austria and internationally for his research.
He has been leading the semiconductor group at HEPHY since 2008 and the department for detector development since 2019, where he is responsible for the operation of the experimental facilities.