Tom Abel, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2421
tabel@slac.stanford.edu
KIPAC Computational Physics
Education
M.A. 1998, Univ. of Regensburg, Germany; Ph.D. 2000, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich.
Professional Academic History
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, 2002-2004; Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, 2004; Associate Professor, Physics, SLAC, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 2004-present; Acting Director, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 2013-present.
Awards and Honors
Wempe Prize, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, 2001; CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2002; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2014.
Research Interests
Dr. Abel's research interests are ab initio supercomputer calculations in cosmological and astrophysical systems. He has shown from first principles that the very first luminous objects are very massive stars and has developed novel numerical algorithms using adaptive mesh refinement simulations capturing over 14 orders of magnitude in length and time scales. He currently continues his work on the first stars and first galaxies and their role in chemical enrichment and cosmological reionization. Recently he has also studied relativistic astrophysical flows and magneto-hydrodynamic effects in present day star formation. His research program focuses on building galaxies one star at a time. He heads the KIPAC computational physics department which provides super-computing resources and algorithmic advice to members of KIPAC.
Steve Allen, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3310
swa@slac.stanford.edu
X-ray Astronomy and Observational Cosmology (XOC)
Education
Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University, 1991; M.A. Physics, Princeton University, 1986; A.B. Physics, University of Chicago, 1984.
Professional Academic History
PPARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, 1994-1996; Research Associate, University of Cambridge, 1996-1999; Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, 1999-2004; Assistant Professor, SLAC and Physics, Stanford University, 2005-2008; Associate Professor, SLAC and Physics, Stanford University, 2008-present.
Awards and Honors
Observational cosmology; X-ray astronomy; galaxy clusters; supermassive black holes; dark matter; dark energy.
Dan Akerib, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-4627
akerib@slac.stanford.edu
LZ Dark Matter Search
Education
Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University, 1991; M.A. Physics, Princeton University, 1986; A.B. Physics, University of Chicago, 1984.
Professional Academic History
Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1990-1992; Center Fellow, Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley, 1993-1996; Assistant Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 1995-2001; Associate Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2001-2004; Chair of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2007- 2010; Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2004-2014; Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC, Stanford and of Physics, Stanford (by Courtesy), 2014-present.
Awards and Honors
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1997; J. Bruce Jackson, M.D., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring, CWRU, 2007; Fellow, American Physical Society, 2008; Member, HEPAP, 2010-2012.
Research Interests
Experimental particle astrophysics, dark matter detection, detector R&D.
Roger Blandford, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2606
rdb@slac.stanford.edu
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Education
M.A. 1998, Univ. of Regensburg, Germany; Ph.D. 2000, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. Professional Academic History Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, 2002-2004; Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, 2004; Associate Professor, Physics, SLAC, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 2004-present; Acting Director, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 2013-present.
Professional Academic History
Research Fellow, St. John’s College, Cambridge, 1973-1976; Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1976-1979; Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1979-1989; Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, 1989-2003; Executive Officer for Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 1992-1995; Pehong and Adele Chen Director, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2003-2013; Chair, High Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society, 2004-2006; Luke Blossom Professor of Physics, Stanford University and Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC National Accelerartor Laboratory.
Awards and Honors
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, 1974-1975 and 1998; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1980-1984; Helen B. Warner Prize, American Astronomical Society, 1982; Guggenheim Fellow, 1988-1990; Fellow of Royal Society, 1989; Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993; Dannie Heineman Prize, American Astronomical Society, 1998; Member, American Astronomical Society; Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society, 1999; Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2005; Chair, National Research Council Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2009-2011. Awarded the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Research Interests
Research interests include cosmology; black hole astrophysics, gravitational lensing; galaxies; cosmic rays; neutron stars; and white dwarfs.
Stanley J. Brodsky, Professor (Emeritus)
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2644
sjbth@slac.stanford.edu
Theoretical Physics
Education
B.S., 1961, Physics; Ph.D., 1964, University of Minnesota.
Professional Academic History
Research Assistant, MIT, 1969-1970; Research Associate, MIT, 1970-1971; Junior Visiting Scientist, CERN, 1971-1972; Postdoctoral Research Associate, SLAC, Stanford, 1972-1977; Permanent Staff, SLAC, Stanford, 1977-1989; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1989-present.
Awards and Honors
Visiting Professor, Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1982; AVCO Visiting Professor, Cornell University, 1985; Alexander von Humboldt Distinguished U.S. Senior Scientist Award, 1987; Foreign Scientific Member and External Scientific Director, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, 1989-present; Fellow, American Physical Society; Associate Editor, Nuclear Physics B and Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements; Member, Editorial Board, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics; President and Co-Founder of the International Light-Cone Advisory Committee; International Advisory Committee, International Workshops on Photon-Photon Collisions; Member, Program Advisory Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2003-2006; Visiting Professor, Physics Department, College of William and Mary, 2003; Distinguished Fellow at the Thomas Jefferson Laboratory, 2003; Member, Program Advisory Committee, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany 2004-present; Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the Hadron Physics Integrated Infrastructure Initiative of the European Commission, 2006-present; Sackler Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, 2006; Foreign Scientific Member and External Scientific Director of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg; Visiting professorships at the Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology in Durham, England; Member of the LHeC Development Committee to develop an electron-proton and electron-nucleus collider at the LHC; Member, Evaluation Panel for the Excellence Initiative of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaf (DFG); Member of the Science Review Committee of Physics Institutes in Vienna, for the Austrian Academy of Sciences; Recipient of the J.J. Sakurai Prize in Theoretical Physics awarded by the American Physical Society, 2007; Member of the PANDA GSI Experiment and Theory Advisory Panel, 2008-present; Chair and Member of Executive Committee of the Hadron Physics Topical Physics Group (GHP) of the American Physical Society; Hans Christian Andersen Academy Visiting Professor, Center for Particle Physics and Phenomenology CP3-Origins, University of Southern Denmark, 2010-2011; Board Member, Center for Particle Physics and Phenomenology CP3-Origins, 2011-Present; Visiting Schrodinger Professor of Physics, University of Vienna, 2012. Awarded the 2015 International Pomeranchuk Prize from the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics in Moscow, Russia for contributions to the theory of the strong force. Awarded honorary degree of Doctor Scientiarum Honoris Causa by the Faculty of Science at the University of Southern Denmark, 2016.
Research Interests
High-energy theoretical physics, especially the quark-gluon structure of hadrons and novel effects in quantum chromodynamics; fundamental problems in atomic, nuclear, and high energy physics; precision tests of quantum electrodynamics, light-front quantization; nonperturbative and perturbative methods in quantum field theory; applications of AdS/CFT to Quantum Chromodynamics.
David L. Burke, Professor (Emeritus)
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3310
daveb@slac.stanford.edu
Dark Energy Survey
Education
B.S., 1971, Physics, Purdue University. Ph.D., 1978, Physics, University of Michigan.
Professional Academic History
Postdoctoral Research Associate, SLAC, Stanford, 1978-1982; Assistant Professor, Physics, SLAC, Stanford, 1982-1988; Associate Professor, Physics, SLAC, Stanford, 1988-1994; Professor, Physics, SLAC 1994-present; Director of SLAC Summer Institute, 1991-2000; Assistant Director, Technical Division, 1994-2005.
Awards and Honors
WFellow, American Physical Society. Distinguished Alumnus, Purdue University.
Research Interests
Experimental and observational cosmology and particle physics; optical astronomy, gravitational lensing, clusters, and large-scale structure.
Alexander Wu Chao, Professor (Emeritus)
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2985
achao@slac.stanford.edu
FEL and Beam Physics
Education
B.S., 1970, Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan. Ph.D., 1974, Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Professional Academic History
Research Associate, SLAC, 1974 - 1976. Experimental Physicist, SLAC, 1976 - 1984. Senior Scientist, SSC, Central Design Group, 1984 - 1989. Senior Scientist, SSC Laboratory, 1989 - 1994. Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1994 - present. Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Department of Physics, 1991 - present.
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1989; Academician, Academia Sinica,Taiwan, 2002; Outstanding alumni, Tsinghua University, 2002; European Physical Society, Wideroe Prize, 2008.
Research Interests
Accelerator physics; nonlinear beam dynamics; collective instabilities of high intensity beams; polarization effects beam-beam interaction in storage rings; advanced acceleration schemes.
Lance J. Dixon, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2627
lance@slac.stanford.edu
Theoretical Physics
Education
B.S., 1982, Physics and Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology. M.A., 1983, Physics; Ph.D., 1986, Physics, Princeton University.
Professional Academic History
Postdoctoral Fellow, SLAC, Stanford, 1986-1987; Assistant Professor, Princeton University, 1987-1989; Visiting Professor, Stanford, 1988-1989; Panofsky Fellow, SLAC, Stanford, 1989-1992.; Associate Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1992-1998; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1998-present; Chair, SLAC PPA Faculty, 2011 - 2014.
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1995; Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society, 2008; APS J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, 2014.
Research Interests
Theoretical particle physics: properties of scattering amplitudes in guage theory and gravity; perturbative QCD and collider physics.
John Galayda, Professor (Emeritus)
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2371
galayda@slac.stanford.edu
Accelerator Physics
Education
B.A., 1970, Lehigh University; Ph.D., 1977, Rutgers University.
Professional Academic History
Assistant Physicist, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1977- 1979; Associate (Project) Physicist, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1979- 1984; Group Leader, Diagnostics Group, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1984- 1985; Section Head, Computer/Controls/Diagnostics Section, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1985- 1987; Associate Chairman for Accelerators, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1987- 1990; Director of the Accelerator Systems Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 1990- 1999; Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Advance Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 1999- 2001; Director, LCLS Construction Project, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2001- Present; Professor of Photon Science and PPA, SLAC, Stanford, 2005 – present.
Awards and Honors
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1970; RandD Award for global feedback orbit control, 1989; Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1996; FEL Prize, 2012; APS Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators, 2013.
Research Interests
Manipulation and control of electron beams using laser light, the characteristics of synchrotron radiation from an FEL and beam-based feedback stabilization systems. The last topic is relevant to light sources based on storage rings and energy recover linacs as well as to FELs.
JoAnne L. Hewett, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-4424
hewett@slac.stanford.edu
Theoretical Physics
Education
B.S., 1982, Physics and Mathematics; Ph.D., 1988, Iowa State University.
Professional Academic History
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988-1991; Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory, 1991-1993; Assistant Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1994-2002; Associate Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 2002-2008; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 2008-present.
Research Interests
Theoretical particle physics; phenomenology of electroweak interactions within and beyond the Standard Model, collider signatures and effects in rare processes. Heavy flavor physics. Signature of extra spacetime dimensions.
Norbert Holtkamp, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-7449
norbert.holtkamp@slac.stanford.edu
Accelerator Physics
Education
Theses of Diploma in Physics, Freie Universitaet of Berlin, 1987; Ph.D. in Physics, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, 1990.
Professional Academic History
Research Staff, Berliner Elektronenspeicherring Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung (BESSY GMbH), 1987-1988; Research Associate, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, 1990-1992; Sabbatical at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), 1991; Head of the Research Group responsible for the development of a normal conducting Linear Collider concept (S-Band Linear Collider), and Department Head for Linear Accelerators, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, 1992-1998; Senior Staff, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Muon Collider/Neutrino factory research, Linear Colliders, Main Injector Commissioning and Operation, 1998-2000; Division Director, Accelerator Systems, Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2001-2006; Principal Deputy Director General, ITER Organization (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), Cadarache, 2006-2010; Professor, PPA (Particle Physics and Astrophysics) and Photon Science, 2010-present; Director, Accelerator Directorate, SLAC, 2010-present; Deputy Director, SLAC, 2013-present.
Awards and Honors
Member of the American Physical Society, 1999-present; Fellow of the APS, 2007 – present; Member of IEEE, 2001-present; Senior Member IEEE, 2005-present; Award for outstanding technical leadership in the Science and Technology area from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2004; Member of European Physical Society (EPS), 2006-present; EPS-AG Gersh Budker Prize, 2008.
Research Interests
- Electromagnetic eigenmodes in accelerating structures used for charged particle acceleration
- Higher Order Modes (HOMs) in accelerating structures and their impact on beams
- Muon accelerator methods
- Normal- and Superconducting accelerator technology
- How power proton beams, related beam diagnostics and application
- Industrial application of accelerators
- Electron storage rings, Synchrotron light sources and FELs
- The Energy Challenge, fusion devices and plasma physics
- Science on an international scale
Zhirong Huang, Professor
Accelerator Directorate
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 26
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3947
zrh@slac.stanford.edu
Accelerator Research
Education
B.S. California Institute of Technology, 1992; Ph.D. Physics, Stanford University, 1998.
Professional Academic History
Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Lab 1998 – 2001; Physicist, Argonne National Lab 2001-2002; Staff Scientist, SLAC 2002 – 2011; FEL Physics Group Leader, SLAC 2010 – 2011; FEL R&D Program Leader, SLAC 2011 – Present; Senior Staff Scientist, SLAC 2011 – 2012; Associate Professor, Photon Science and PPA, SLAC and Stanford University, 2013 – 2019; Professor, Photon Science and PPA, SLAC and Stanford University, 2019 - present.
Awards and Honors
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics Award 1999; Department of Energy Secretary’s Appreciation Award for LCLS Commissioning 2010; US Particle Accelerator School (USPAS) Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology 2011. 2015 APS (American Physical Society) Fellowship for 'outstanding contributions to the theoretical development and experimental verification of high-gain x-ray free-electron lasers operating as seeded and SASE amplifiers.
Research Interests
- High-brightness electron and photon beams
- X-ray free-electron lasers and applications
- Beam-radiation interactions in accelerator systems
- Advanced acceleration and radiation generation concepts
Kent Irwin, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-5534
kdirwin@slac.stanford.edu
Education
M.S. 1995, Stanford University; Ph.D. 1995, Stanford University.
Professional Academic History
Postdoctoral Researcher, NIST, 1995-1996; Physicist, NIST, 1996-2002; Supervisory Physicist, NIST, 2002-2007; Professor Adjoint, Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, 2006-2013; NIST Fellow, 2007-2013; Professor of Physics and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics and Photon Science at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2013 – present.
Awards and Honors
Arthur S. Flemming Award, George Washington University, 2006; Joseph F. Keithley Award, American Physical Society, 2007; Fellow, American Physical Society, 2007; Department of Commerce Gold Medal, DOC, 2012.
Research Interests
Experiments to probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy, gravity at large scales, the mass and number of neutrino species, the characteristics of inflation and the cosmic gravity wave background, and the evolution of structure and disposition of baryonic matter in the universe.
John A. Jaros, Professor (Emeritus)
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 43
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2852
john@slac.stanford.edu
Linear Collider Detector
Education
B.S., 1968, Physics, MIT. Ph.D., 1975, Physics, University of California, Berkeley.
Professional Academic History
Research Associate, SLAC, Stanford, 1975-1979; Assistant Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1979-1984; Associate Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1984-1990; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1990-present; Chair, SLAC HEP Faculty, 2001-2005.
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Physical Society; Panofsky Prize, American Physical Society, 2006.
Research Interests
Experimental particle physics: precision vertex detection, heavy quark and lepton lifetimes and mixing; searches for millicharged particles; physics studies, detector R&D, and design studies for the Linear Collider Detector.
Steven M. Kahn, Professor (Emeritus)
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-4622
skahn@slac.stanford.edu
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
Education
A.B., Physics, 1975, Columbia University, Ph.D., 1980, University of California, Berkeley.
Professional Academic History
Assistant Professor of Physics, Columbia University, 1982-1984; Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1983-1987; Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1990; Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1990; Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1990-1998, University of California, Berkeley; Professor of Physics, Columbia University, 1995- 2001; I.I. Rabi Professor of Physics, Columbia University, 2001-2003; Professor of Physics (Stanford) and PPA (SLAC), and Deputy Director, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2003-present; Principal Investigator for U.S. participation, XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer, 1987-present.
Awards and Honors
Elected to Fellowship, American Physical Society, 1991. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), 2012.
Research Interests
Engaged in a diverse program of research in high energy astrophysics, including experimental, observational, and theoretical components. Research interests include work in high resolution X-ray spectroscopy, and experimental cosmology.
Chao-Lin Kuo, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-5301
clkuo@slac.stanford.edu
X-ray Astronomy and Observational Cosmology (XOC)
Education
B.S., Physics, National Taiwan University, 1994; Ph.D., Astrophysics, U.C. Berkeley, 2003.
Professional Academic History
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), National Research Council postdoctoral fellow; Senior Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology; Assistant Professor of Physics, Stanford, and SLAC, 2008-present.
Awards and Honors
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship 2009.
Research Interests
Professor Chao-Lin Kuo's group studies the most ancient light, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, emitted when the universe was in its infancy. The polarization in the CMB contains information on the birth of the universe (Inflation), as well as its subsequent evolution. Professor Kuo is involved in both the cosmological interpretation and instrumentation/technology development. The group frequently adopts advanced experimental techniques, such as cryogenics, superconductivity, and low-noise measurements, to maximize detector's sensitivity to the faint CMB signal. The ongoing projects are all CMB polarization experiments based at the South Pole: • BICEP/BICEP2/Keck Array: A series of degree-scale experiments targeting signatures of primordial gravitational waves with increasing sensitivity. • POLAR-1/POLAR Array: Few-arcminute-scale polarization experiments targeting both gravitational waves and gravitational lensing signatures. Professor Kuo was awarded an MRI (Major Research Instrumentation) grant from the NSF in 2010 to develop POLAR-1.
David Brian MacFarlane, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 60
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3406
dbmacf@slac.stanford.edu
SLAC BaBar
Education
B.A.Sc. (honors), 1978, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Ph.D., 1984, California Institute of Technology.
Professional Academic History
Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 1979-1983; Research Associate, University of Toronto, 1983-1987; Research Fellow, McGill University, 1987-1995; Assistant Professor, McGill University, 1987-1990; Associate Professor, McGill University, 1990-1993; Professor, McGill University, 1993-1997; Visiting Physicist, SLAC, 1993-1997; E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellow, McGill University and SLAC; Professor, University of California at San Diego, 1997-2005; Professor, SLAC, 2005-present; Assistant Director, Elementary Particle Physics Research, 2006-2010. Dep. Director, PPA Directorate, 2007-2009; Director, PPA Directorate, 2009-present.
Awards and Honors
Herzberg Medal, Canadian Association of Physicists, 1991; Fellow of E. W. R. Steacie Memorial, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 1994; Fellow of American Physical Society, Rutherford Memorial Medal, Royal Society of Canada, 1995.
Research Interests
Experimental particle physics.
Agostino Marinelli, Assistant Professor
Photon Science and Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 54
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-7478
marinelli@slac.stanford.edu
Accelerator Directorate FELs
Education
Laurea, University of Rome, 2005; Laurea Magistrale (M.S.), University of Rome, 2007; Ph.D. Physics, UCLA, 2012
Professional Academic History
Experimental Research Associate, SLAC, 2012-2015; Associate Staff Scientist, SLAC, 2015; Panofsky Fellow, SLAC, 2015-2019; Assistant Professor of Photon Science and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC, 2019-present.
Awards and Honors
Frank Sacherer Prize, European Physical Society, 2014; Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics Award, American Physical Society, 2015; Young Investigator FEL Prize, International Free-Electron Conference, 2015; Panofsky Fellowship, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2015-2019
Research Interests
Physics and applications of X-ray free-electron lasers as well as ultrafast light sources based on advanced particle accelerators
Michael E. Peskin, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 81
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3250
peskin@slac.stanford.edu
Theoretical Physics
Education
B.A., 1973, Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University. Ph.D., 1978, Physics, Cornell University.
Professional Academic History
Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 1977-1980; Visiting Scientist, DPhT, Centre D'Études Nucléaires, France, 1979-1980; Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1980-1982; Associate Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1982-1986; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1986-present.
Awards and Honors
Fellow, American Physical Society.
Research Interests
Theoretical high-energy physics. Models of symmetry-breaking in the electroweak interactions, including models with supersymmetry, new dimensions of space, and other properties of superstring theory. Methods for experimental tests of these models, especially at future e+e- colliders.
Tor Raubenheimer, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 66
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2474
tor@slac.stanford.edu
Accelerator Research
Education
B.S., 1985, Physics/Computer Science, Dartmouth College. Ph.D., 1992, Applied Physics, Stanford.
Professional Academic History
Research Associate, SLAC, 1991-1994; Panofsky Fellow, SLAC, 1994-1997; Visiting associate scientist, CERN, 1996-1997; Assistant Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1997-2001; Associate Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 2001-2008. Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 2008-present.
Awards and Honors
American Physical Society, Division of Beam Physics, Dissertation Award 1994. U.S. Particle Accelerator School Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology, 2001. Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001.
Research Interests
Accelerator physics; design issues in next generation linear colliders; participation in SLC operation; ion/beam-plasma instabilities in rings and linacs; effects during bunch length compression.
Aaron J. Roodman, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2705
roodman@slac.stanford.edu
Dark Energy Survey
Education
B.S.,1985 California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1991, University of Chicago.
Professional Academic History
Research Associate, University of Chicago, 1991-1994; Research Scientist, University of Chicago, 1994-1998; Assistant Professor, SLAC PPA, Stanford, 1998-2005; Associate Professor, SLAC PPA, Stanford, 2005-2012; Professor, SLAC PPA, Stanford, 2012-present; Chair, SLAC PPA Faculty, 2009-2011 and 2015 - present; Deputy Director, KIPAC, 2011- present.
Awards and Honors
Elected to Fellowship, American Physical Society, 2013
Research Interests
Dark Energy, Wide-field optical surveys, Active Optics, Observational Cosmology with the Dark Energy Survey and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
Rafe H. Schindler, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3450
rafe@slac.stanford.edu
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
Education
B.A., 1974, Physics and Applied Mathematics, University of Rochester. M.A., 1975, Physics; Ph.D., 1979, Physics, Stanford.
Professional Academic History
Research Associate, SLAC, Stanford, 1979-1980; Research Associate, CERN, 1980-1982; Senior Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1982-1985; Assistant Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1985-1991; Associate Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1991-1997; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1997-present.
Research Interests
High energy e+e- particle physics: Upsilon spectroscopy and decay with the BABAR detector. Experimental particle astrophysics: Dark Energy Survey (DES) and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Instrumentation and technology interests: Development of a wide field mid-infrared imager for DES. Engineering and development of the LSST imager system.
Philip Schuster, Professor (Faculty Chair)
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 81
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-5180
schuster@slac.stanford.edu
Education
Ph.D., 2007, Physics, Harvard University.
Professional Academic History
Postdoctoral Scholar, Theory Group, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2007 – 2010; Junior Faculty, Perimeter Institute, 2010 – 2015; Faculty, Perimeter Institute, 2015 – present; Member, Institute for Advanced Study School of Natural Sciences, Princeton, 2011; Associate Professor, PPA faculty, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Stanford University, 2015 – present.
Awards and Honors
Discovery Accelerator Award, NSERC, 2012; Ontario Early Researcher Award, 2015; 2015 New Horizons in Physics Prize, Nov 2014.
Research Interests
Dr. Schuster’s interests include the theoretical underpinnings of the Standard Model, identifying dark matter and its properties, and new experimental tests of physics beyond the Standard Model. He has worked on LHC collider physics and methods of characterizing data, new models of weak-scale physics and dark matter, and is exploring various theoretical aspects of long-range forces and scattering amplitudes. He is also a co-spokesperson for APEX and a member of the Heavy Photon Search experiment, both searching for hidden sector photons that could mediate dark matter interactions. Schuster’s latest work includes investigating the design and physics of a high rate electron fixed-target missing momentum dark matter experiment to probe GeV-scale thermal relic dark matter.
Ariel Schwartzman, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 95
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2678
sch@slac.stanford.edu
ATLAS at SLAC
Education
M.S., 1998, Physics; Ph.D., 2003, University of Buenos Aires.
Professional Academic History
R.H. Dicke Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University (DØ Experiment, Fermilab), 2003-2006; W. Panofsky Fellow (ATLAS Experiment, CERN), 2006- 2008; Assistant Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC and Stanford University, 2008-2015; Associate Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC and Stanford University, 2015 - Present.
Research Interests
Experimental high energy physics with an emphasis on jets, missing transverse energy, b-tagging; high level trigger b-tagging; pixel detector calibration and DAQ.
Tom Shutt, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3709
tshutt@slac.stanford.edu
Theoretical Physics
Education
Ph.D. Physics, UC Berkeley (1993); B.S. Physics, Texas A & M (1986).
Professional Academic History
Research Fellow, Center for Particle Astrophysics, U.C. Berkeley, 1993-1998; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Princeton University, 1998-2005; Associate Professor and Agnar Pytte Chair, Case Western Reserve University, 2005-2009; Professor and Agnar Pytte Chair, Case Western Reserve University, 2009-2014; Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC and Stanford University, 2014-present.
Professional Activities
Spokesperson, LZ experiment, 2012-present; Co-spokesperson, LUX collaboration, 2007-2012; Member, HEPAP 2013-present.
Research Interests
Experimental particle astrophysics, dark matter detection, neutrino astrophysics, development of advanced instrumentation for fundamental physics.
Su Dong, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 95
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-2284
sudong@slac.stanford.edu
ATLAS at SLAC
Education
B.S., 1983, Physics; Ph.D., 1987, Physics, Imperial College, London University.
Professional Academic History
Research Associate, High Energy Physics Institute, Beijing, China, 1987-1988; Research Associate, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 1988-1993; Research Associate, SLAC, Stanford, 1993-1996; Assistant Professor, SLAC PPA, Stanford, 1997-2003; Associate Professor, SLAC PPA, Stanford 2004-2011; Professor, SLAC PPA, Stanford, 2011-present.
Research Interests
Experimental particle physics at ATLAS with emphasis on search for new physics beyond the Standard Model through b-jet signatures in particular. Previous experimental experience in BaBar, SLD and TASSO on physics related to heavy flavors and associated techniques such as trigger and b-tagging. Experimental instrumentation interests include pixel vertex detectors, tracking systems, and trigger and DAQ systems.
Hirohisa A. Tanaka, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 94
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-5119
tanaka@slac.stanford.edu
Neutrino Group
Education
A.B. 1997, Physics and Mathematics, Harvard University; Ph.D. 2002, Physics, Stanford University
Professional Academic History
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Harvard University High Energy Physics Laboratory, 1994-1997; Graduate Research Assistant, SLAC Group C, 1997-2002 Research Associate/Scholar, Princeton University, Department of Physics, 2003-2007; Assistant/Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, 2007-2015 Research Scientist/Principal Research Scientist, Institute of Particle Physics, 2007-2018; Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, 2008; Associate Professor/Professor University of Toronto, Department of Physics, 2015-2018; Professor, SLAC, Stanford University, 2018
Awards and Honors
Fellow, Division of Particle and Fields, American Physical Society; International Advisory Committee, Next Generation Neutrino and Nucleon Decay Detectors Workshop Series; International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics; Scientific Program Committee, International Workshop on Neutrino Factories and Future Neutrino Facilities; Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize, Harvard University; Head Organizer, Institute of Nuclear Theory workshops on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions; Co-chair, International Workshop on Neutrino Nucleus interactions; Co-chair, International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions; Scientific Council, Institute of Particle Physics; ICFA Panel on Long Baseline Neutrino Experiments and Neutrino Factories; Physics Advisory Committee, Fermilab; Experimental Advisory Committee, SNOLAB; Steering Group for Five Year Plan, TRIUMF; Planning and Policy Advisory Committee, TRIUMF.
Research Interests
Experimental particle physics; Probing neutrino properties through neturino oscillations and interactions; Searches for dark matter and other exotic particles
Sami G. Tantawi, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 26
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-4454
tantawi@slac.stanford.edu
Advanced Accelerator Research
Education
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering , Cairo University , Giza, Egypt, 1984 M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, 1987. Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1992.
Professional Academic History
Research Staff Member, SLAC, Stanford, 1992-2002; Assistant Professor, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, 1994-1996; Associate Professor, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, 2000-2002; Associate Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 2002-2012; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 2012 - present.
Awards and Honors
U.S. Particle Accelerator School Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology, 2003; Fellow, American Physical Society.
Research Interests
High power rf systems and components for advanced particle accelerators, in particular high gradient accelerator for future linear colliders.
Natalia Toro, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3625
ntoro@slac.stanford.edu
webpage:http://slac.stanford.edu/~ntoro
Education
S.B., 2003, Physics and Mathematics, MIT; Ph.D. 2007, Physics, Harvard University
Professional Academic History
Visiting Researcher, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2008, 2009, 2010; Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University SITP, 2007-2010; Junior Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2010-2015; Senior Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2015-16; Associate Professor, SLAC, 2015 - present.
Awards and Honors
National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, 2003-2006; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2007; Maurice and Gertrude Goldhaber Prize for Graduate Research, Harvard University, 2006; Ontario Early Researcher Award, 2014; New Horizons in Physics Prize, 2015.
Research Interests
Dark Matter and specifically to explore the physics of hidden-sector dark matter (dark matter interacting through a new force).
Risa Wechsler, Professor
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road MS 29
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 926-3310
risa@slac.stanford.edu
KIPAC Theory
Education
S.B., 1996, Physics, MIT; Ph.D. 2001, Physics, UC Santa Cruz.
Professional Academic History
Research Fellow, University of Michigan, 2001-2003; Hubble Fellow, University of Chicago, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, 2003-2006; Assistant Professor, Stanford Physics, SLAC, KIPAC, 2006-2013; Associate Professor, Stanford Physics, SLAC, KIPAC, 2013 - present.
Awards and Honors
Fermi Fellowship, Enrico Fermi Institute, 2003 – 2005; Hubble Fellowship, NASA/STScI, 2003 – 2006; Arthur H. Compton Lecturer, Enrico Fermi Institute, Spring 2005; Terman Fellow, Stanford, 2006-2008; Hellman Faculty Scholar, Stanford, 2008.
Research Interests
Theoretical Cosmology and Astrophysics; Galaxy formation and properties, large-scale structure, galaxy clusters, history and structure of dark-matter halos, cosmological constraints, dark matter and dark energy.
