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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 2020 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Biographical Sketch – Wesley H. Smith" (PDF). Department of Physics. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Seely, Ron (September 10, 2008). "UW has big role in giant particle collider". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Sakai, Jill (July 4, 2012). "UW scientists play key role in discovery of a new particle consistent with Higgs boson". UWM News Reports. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ 2020 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics Recipient
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