FSU High Energy Physics Group Historical Timeline

Historical Timeline of the FSU High Energy Physics Group

The FSU HEP group was founded in 1957 by Joseph Lannutti as the first particle physics group in the southeast U.S. In more than 50 years we have had a distinguished history. Many of the important events of the group are listed below.

1957	Joseph Lannutti starts new HEP program at FSU
1958	FSU HEP group first receives funding from U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
1961	Martin Kretzschmar joins faculty E. Byerly Brucker joins faculty
1963	John Albright joins faculty
1967	P. K. Williams joins faculty Dan Kimel becomes a faculty member
1968	John Chandler becomes a Staff Physicist
1969	Anthony Colleraine joins faculty E. Byerly Brucker moves to Stevens Inst. of Tech.
1970	Vasken Hagopian joins the faculty John Chandler moves to Oklahoma State U. Robert Knop becomes a Staff Physicist
1971	Paul M. Dirac (Nobel Laureate) joins faculty
1972	Martin Kretzschmar moves to Mainz
1973	Leopold Halpern joins FSU
1975	Sharon Hagopian becomes a Staff Physicist Anthony Colleraine moves to General Atomics Robert Knop leaves the group
1976	Ronald Diamond joins faculty
1979	Jeff Owens wins DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) award Harvey Goldman becomes a Research Assistant Professor P. K. Williams goes to U.S. Dept. of Energy Dennis Duke becomes a Visiting Assistant Professor
1980	Jeff Owens becomes a faculty member
1981	Alberto DeVoeto becomes a Visiting Assistant Professor
1983	David Levinthal joins the faculty David Levinthal is spokesperson of FNAL Experiment 711
1984	Paul Dirac passes away Dennis Duke becomes a faculty member David Levinthal wins DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) award SCRI is formed with Joe Lannutti as Director Dan Kaplan becomes Computer Research Specialist
1985	Bernd Berg joins faculty Horst Wahl joins faculty Leopold Halpern becomes Research Scientist
1986	Steve Linn and C. Georgiopoulus join SCRI Dan Kaplan moves to Northern Illinois U.
1987	Kurtis Johnson becomes Computer Research Specialist Howie Baer becomes an Assistant Research Scientist Henryk Pierkarz becomes an Assistant Research Scientist David Levinthal awarded a Sloan Fellowship G. Bhanot moves to AT&T
1988	Anna Hasenfratz and Urs Heller join SCRI Anna Hasenfratz becomes a faculty member
1989	John Womersley joins faculty Anna Hasenfratz wins DOE OJI award Anna Hasenfratz moves to U. of Arizona
1990	Howie Baer becomes a faculty member FSU joins the SDC experiment at SSC
1991	Jeff Owens becomes department chair (until 1997) Uli Baur becomes Research Scientist
1992	D0 Run I starts John Womersley moves to SSC Lab in Texas
1993	Harrison Prosper joins faculty David Levinthal leaves FSU
1994	Susan Blessing joins faculty FSU hosts Physics in Collision Conference FSU joins the CMS experiment at CERN
1995	Uli Baur moves to SUNY, Buffalo Top quark discovery – D0 and CDF
1996	D0 Run I ends
1997	Joe Lannutti passes away Henryk Piekarz moves to Fermilab
1998	Laura Reina joins faculty
2000	Vasken Hagopian named Joseph E. Lannutti Professor of Physics
2001	D0 Run II begins Jeff Owens named Guenter Schwarz Professor of Physics Todd Adams joins faculty
2002	Urs Heller moves to APS Physical Review D FSU hosts Dirac Centennial Symposium
2003	Howie Baer named J. D. Kimel Professor of Physics Steve Linn moves to Florida International U.
2004	Yuri Gershtein joins faculty
2006	Bernd Berg named Dirac Professor of Physics Yuri Gershtein wins DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) award Leopold Halpern passes away
2008	CMS begins data-taking Yuri Gershtein moves to Rutgers U. Howie Baer moves to Oklahoma U.
2009	Andrew Askew joins the faculty Takemichi Okui joins the faculty FSU hosts Hadron 2009 conference
2010	CMS begins 7 TeV operations
2011	Tevatron completes Run II operations
2012	CMS begins 8 TeV operations CMS discovers new particle
2013	FSU hosts Loopfest XII
2014	Horst Wahl becomes department chair (until 2019)
2015	CMS begins 13 TeV operations
2016	Ted Kolberg joins the faculty Rachel Yohay joins the faculty
2018	Fernando Febres Cordero joins the faculty Kohsaku Tobioka joins the faculty Rachel Yohay wins DOE Early Career award
2019	Harrison Prosper elected chair of the CMS Collaboration Board (2019-22)
2021	FSU hosts Radcor and LoopFest 2021 FSU hosts DPF21
2022	CMS begins Run 3 Mayly Sanchez joins the faculty
2023	Laura Reina named Joseph Owens Endowed Professor FSU joins DUNE Dan Pershey joins the faculty
2024	Harrison Prosper named Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor

Created Sep. 20, 2010 - TA, modified May 9, 2024 - TA