Stefan Ritt

Stefan Ritt is a German physicist and head of the muon physics group^[1] at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Aargau, Switzerland. He is member of the MEG experiment and co-spokesperson of the Mu3e experiment. He is best known for the development of the DRS4 Switched Capacitor Array Chip,^[2] as primary author of the MIDAS Data Acquisition System and as author of the ELOG Electronic Logbook. He is co-author of two patents related to Switched Capacitor Array Circuits and their calibration.

Stefan Ritt
Stefan Ritt in 2016
Born	October 10, 1964 Pforzheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Karlsruhe
Known for	DRS4 Switched Capacitor Array Chip, MIDAS, ELOG
Awards	Fellow of the IEEE, 2016, IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award, 2020
Scientific career
Fields	Particle Physics, cLFV
Institutions	Paul Scherrer Institute
Doctoral advisor	Ed T. Boschitz
Website	https://www.psi.ch/en/ltp-muon-physics/people/stefan-ritt

In addition Ritt is an active member of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society,^[3] where he is a Distinguished Lecturer^[4] and was Society President 2017-2018.^[5]

Awards

• Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016^[6] for the development of the Domino Ring Sampler series of chips

• IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award^[7] in 2020 for contributions to the development and democratization of ultra-high-speed digitizers.

• IEEE NPSS Richard F. Shea Distinguished Member Award For his innovative leadership as the President of the NPSS and an organizer and instructor at NPSS Summer Schools and as a world-leading expert in the field of ultra-fast data acquisition. ^[8]