Biographical Sketch


Education: B.Sc., 1977, Ph.D., 1980, U. of Manchester (UK).

Currently: Kirby W. Kemper Endowed Prof., 2016-, Florida State U.

Previously: Research Assoc., 1982-1986, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK); Research Assoc., 1986-1987, Virginia Tech; Assoc. Scientist, 1988-1993, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Visiting Assoc. Prof., 1993-1994, Assoc. Prof., 1994-1998, Prof., 1998-2006, Kirby W. Kemper Prof., 2006-2016, Florida State U.

Honors: Fellow, American Physical Society (APS); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Special Prize in Particle Physics, 1995, European Physical Society; Teaching Incentive Program Award, 1996, Developing Scholar Award, 1996, PAI Award, 2000, Distinguished Research Professor, 2009, Florida State U.

Past Selected Professional Activities: High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP), 1997-2000, U.S. Department of Energy; Co-director, 1999-2000 and 2001-2002, NATO Advanced Studies Institute in Techniques and Concepts of High Energy Physics; Co-convener, Advanced Analysis Group, 2000-2004, Fermilab; W.K.H. Panofsky Prize Selection Comm., 2003-2004, APS; Chair, Experimental Particle Physics Subcommittee of Committee of Visitors, 2003, NSF; Scientific Comm., 2003, Conf. on Statistical Problems in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Particle Physics Project Prioritization (P5) Panel, 2005-2007, U.S. DOE/NSF; LIGO and AdvLIGO Review Blue-Ribbon Panel, 2010, Discovery Research K-12 Panel, 2011-2013, Experimental Particle Physics Panel, 2013, NSF; Energy Frontier Comparative Review Panel, 2016, DOE; Head, FSU High Energy Physics Group, 2008-2018; Chair, CMS Collaboration Board, 2019-2021.