Biographical Sketch
Currently: Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Prof., 2024-;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), 2002, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014, Special Prize in Particle Physics, 1995, European Physical Society, High Energy and Particle Physics Prize 2013, Gold Medal, Tallahassee Scientific Society, 2015, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, 2025; Teaching Incentive Program Award, 1996, Developing Scholar Award, 1996, PAI Award, 2000, Kirby W. Kemper Professor, 2006, Distinguished Research Professor, 2009, Kirby W. Kemper Endowed Professor, 2016, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor, 2014, Florida State University.
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.