Biography:Wesley Smith (academic)
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Short description: Particle physicist
Wesley H. Smith is the Bjorn Wiik Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he has taught since 1988. Before that he taught at Columbia University.[1]
Along with fellow physics professor Sau Lan Wu and math professor Terry Millar, he was “central to Wisconsin’s contribution to development of the Large Hadron Collider.”[2][3]
Education
- Harvard University Physics A.B/A.M. 1976
- University of California, Berkeley Physics Ph.D. 1981
- Columbia University High Energy Physics Post Doc 1981-1982[1]
Awards and honors
- 2020 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biographical Sketch – Wesley H. Smith". University of Wisconsin, Madison. https://pages.hep.wisc.edu/~wsmith/bioWS.pdf.
- ↑ Seely, Ron (September 10, 2008). "UW has big role in giant particle collider". La Crosse Tribune. https://lacrossetribune.com/couleenews/news/local/uw-has-big-role-in-giant-particle-collider/article_9d66fd0a-e41e-57ac-9a8b-d0521eaacab6.html.
- ↑ Sakai, Jill (July 4, 2012). "UW scientists play key role in discovery of a new particle consistent with Higgs boson". UWM News Reports. https://news.wisc.edu/uw-scientists-play-key-role-in-discovery-of-a-new-particle-consistent-with-higgs-boson/.
- ↑ 2020 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient
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