Reina Maruyama

Reina H. Maruyama is a Japanese–American experimental particle/atomic/nuclear physicist. As a professor at Yale University, Maruyama was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for her "innovative and wide-ranging contributions to the experimental study of rare events and fundamental symmetries, especially the search for neutrinoless double beta decay, and for leadership in understanding the signature and nature of dark matter."

Reina Maruyama
Maruyama in 2021
Born
Japan
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Academic background
EducationBSc, applied physics, 1995, Columbia University
Ph.D., atomic physics, 2003, University of Washington
ThesisOptical trapping of ytterbium atoms (2003)
Academic work
InstitutionsYale University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Websitemaruyama-lab.yale.edu

Early life and education

Maruyama was born to parents Yoshiko and Toru Maruyama[1] in Japan. Her family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut when she was 12 years old.[2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University in 1995 and her PhD in atomic physics at the University of Washington in 2003.[3] Reina then joined Stuart Freedman's group at the University of California, Berkeley / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow.[4]

Career

Following her PhD and fellowships, Maruyama joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) in 2011.[4] During her tenure at UW, she was involved in the construction and commissioning of the IceCube detector, a gigaton particle detector to observe the by-products of neutrinos that interact with the Antarctic ice.[5][6] Reina eventually left UW to become an assistant professor of Physics at Yale University in July 2013.[7] Prior to leaving, she was named the Woman Physicist of the Month by the American Physical Society (APS) as someone who has "positively impacted the lives and careers of others."[8] As a professor at Yale, Maruyama was awarded a continuing grant from the National Science Foundation for her research program "Testing DAMA with the COSINE Experiment."[9]

In September 2020, Maruyama was elected a Fellow of the APS for her "innovative and wide-ranging contributions to the experimental study of rare events and fundamental symmetries, especially the search for neutrinoless double beta decay, and for leadership in understanding the signature and nature of dark matter."[10] She was also elected a fellow of the Connecticut Academy of Science in 2021.[3] During the same year, Maruyama was selected to serve on a committee to develop the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging plan for Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.[11]

Personal life

Maruyama married astrophysicist Karsten Heeger in 2004.[1]

References
  1. "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Reina Maruyama, Karsten Heeger". The New York Times. August 22, 2004. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  2. Mangla, Anjali (March 28, 2021). "Reina Maruyama speaks at STEM and Social Inclusion Event". Yale Daily News. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  3. "REINA MARUYAMA". Connecticut Academy of Science. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  4. "Reina Maruyama". Yale University. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  5. Shelton, Jim (September 10, 2015). "At the South Pole: Searching for extragalactic neutrinos and dark matter in the Antarctic Ice". Yale University. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  6. Sedacca, Matthew (February 2017). "Meet the South Pole's Dark Matter Detective". Cosmos. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  7. "The Physics Department welcomes our new faculty, Karsten Heeger and Reina Maruyama". Yale University. July 9, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  8. Norris, Laurel (June 11, 2013). "Maruyama named APS Woman Physicist of the Month". Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  9. "Wright Lab Professor Reina Maruyama awarded NSF grant for COSINE-100 experiment". Yale University. July 11, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  10. Shelton, Jim (September 28, 2020). "Maruyama, Lesher elected fellows by the American Physical Society". Yale University. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  11. "Maruyama to serve on Yale FAS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Advisory Committee". Yale University. April 16, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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