Wesley Smith (academic)
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
- "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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