Vasken Hagopian

Lannutti Professor of Physics

Department of Physics

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Fl. 32306-4350

 

Telephone: (850) 644-3734; FAX (850) 644-6735

Email: Vasken@hep.fsu.edu

 

 

Education: Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1964

 

Experience: 1954 - 1958, Part time high school physics teacher

                     1963 - 1965, Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania

                     1965 - 1966, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley

                     1966 - 1969, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

                     1970 - 1975, Associate Professor, Florida State University

                     1975 - 2000, Professor, Florida State University

                     2000 -           Joseph E. Lannutti Professor of Physics, Florida State University

 

Other appointments: 1967 - 1969, Head Physicist of Bubble Chamber Program at

                                                        Princeton Pennsylvania Accelerator, Princeton, N.J.

                                  1984 - 1985, Sabbatical leave, Fermilab, Il.

1998                            Sabbatical leave, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

1981 -           Director, P. Thomas Planetarium, Florida State Univ.

 

Awards: 1995; Teaching Award, Florida State University

               1996; Fellow, American Physical Society

               1998; Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University

               1999; Professional Excellence Program, Florida State University

               2000; Joseph E. Lannutti Professor of Physics, Florida State University

 

Research: Experimental High Energy Physics

                 1960 - 1980, Research using various bubble chambers. Studying mostly meson

                                       resonances. Discoverer of the f0 resonance.

                  1976 - 1990, Multiparticle Spectrometer at Brookhaven National Laboratory

                                        Studying strange particle and meson resonances.

                  1985 - 1991, High Pt physics at Fermilab.

                  1988 -          D0 Collider Experiment Program at Fermilab.

                  1990 - 1994, SDC Collider Experiment at SSC Lab in Dallas, Texas.

                  1994 -          CMS Collider Experiment at CERN for LHC Accelerator.

 

Major University Committees:

                  1981-1988, Establish Mechanical Engineering Department and recruit faculty.

                  1982-1984, Arts & Sciences Policy committee.

                  1982-1984, Task force to establish SCRI.

                  1987-1989, FSU Faculty Senator.

                  1985-1991, (1987-1990 Chair) FSU Parking Services Advisory Committee.

                  1989-1997, (1993-1995 Chair) FSU Council of Research and Creativity.

                  1996 -       , Chair, FSU, Insurance and Benefits Committee.

                  2000-2002, FSU Faculty Senator.

 

Other Committees:

                  1987-1988, Task Force - State of Florida SSC proposal to DOE

1988-1995, Member, Executive Board Member of Southern Association

  of High Energy Physics (SAHEP)

1997-2000, Elected Chair, Institutional Board of US CMS HCAL Project.

2000-2002, Elected Deputy chair of the US CMS Collaboration, 38 Institutions.

 

Grants:1970 - present; Co-Principal Investigator High Energy Physics, Department of

                                      Energy (DOE).

1974                                  NSF for the International Conference on p-p scattering.

1990-1994                Texas National Research Laboratory, Six grants.

1994                                  NSF Research experience of Undergraduates.

1994                                                NSF for the XIV International Conference of Physics in Collisions.

             1990- 1994      Various supplementary grants from DOE for SSC.

             1994 -              Various supplementary grants from US DOE for CERN -CMS

             1995 -              Funding via (DOE) Fermilab for the CMS program.

 

Updated Sept  2001.