The Stanley Wojcicki Memorial Service and Scientific Symposium Speakers

Barry Clark Barish (born January 27, 1936) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology and a leading expert on gravitational waves.

In 2017, Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves". -- Wikipedia

Professor of Physics, Department Chair, Northwestern University

"Prof. de Gouvêa concentrates his research efforts on theoretical high-energy physics, more specifically on the phenomenology of the physics that lies beyond the standard model of particle physics. Two concrete facts reveal there are phenomena to which there is no well-defined answer. First, there is the very strong, albeit indirect, evidence that most of the mass of the Universe is contained in the form of 'dark matter.

Equally strong is the evidence that the dark matter is not made up of any of the fields of the standard model (baryons, neutrinos). It is hence very likely that new fields, with unknown properties and interactions exist. Second, it is established, beyond reasonable doubt, that neutrinos have non-zero masses. Non-zero neutrino masses are not allowed in the textbook version of the standard model, but can be accommodated in a variety of different ways if the model is modified. Most of de Gouvêa's research efforts are concentrated on exploring in different ways these two known evidences of physics beyond the standard model, with special emphasis on the latter."

Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Physics at Stanford University, chair of the Physics Department. 

Gratta is an experimentalist, with research interests in the broad area of the physics of fundamental particles and their interactions. While his career started with experiments at particle colliders, since at Stanford Gratta has tackled the study of neutrinos and gravity at the shortest distances.

While his career started with experiments at particle colliders, since at Stanford Gratta has tackled the study of neutrinos and gravity at the shortest distances. With two landmark experiments using neutrinos produced by nuclear reactors, made observations in the area of neutrino oscillations, and with one of them was first in reporting oscillations using artificial neutrinos and establishing the finite nature of neutrino masses. The same experiment was also first to detect neutrinos from the interior of our planet, providing a new tool for the Earth sciences. At a very different energy scale, Gratta and his group substantially advanced the techniques to detect ultra-high energy neutrinos in cosmic radiation, using acoustic signals in large bodies of water.

Arthur B. McDonald Distinguished Professor of Physics

Director, Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics , University of Washington

Current Research: leads a group that carries out high-precision experiments involving muons.

• Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics (2022)
• University Faculty Lecture, University of Washington (2022)
• John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow (2004)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (2000)
• University Scholar (2000)
• BP Amoco Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Instruction, 2003
• Amoco Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education, 1997
• W. Keck Foundation Award for Engineering Teaching Excellence, 1994
• Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, 1994
• List of Excellent Teachers (at Illinois) , 18 semesters

Developed new Modern Experimental Physics Laboratory course featuring research-style data recording, analysis techniques, report writing, and oral presentations. Developed two-semester Introduction to Physics Research/Senior Thesis course sequence to prepare advanced undergraduates for physics careers. Served on the design  teams for new introductory physics courses, which incorporate active-learning pedagogy. Designed and implemented all new laboratories for two semesters of algebra-based introductory physics courses.

Jane and Roland Blumberg Professorship in Physics (Holder), The University of Texas at Austin

Experimental particle physics, High energy physics, Neutrino physics, Neutrinoless double beta decay, Particle detectors R&D

"I am experimental particle physicist and faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. My research focuses on studies of neutrinos. I am involved in the neutrino program at Fermilab (http://www.fnal.gov) and at the LSM (http://www-lsm.in2p3.fr/) in France.

At Fermilab, I am involved in the MINOS and MINOS+ experiments which measure neutrino oscillations using a NuMI beam and two detectors. The on-axis Near Detector is located about 1km from the proton target at Fermilab, and the Far Detector was built 735km away in the Soudan Underground Laboratory in Northern Minnesota. MINOS has set some of the most stringent constraints for the "atmospheric" neutrino mass splitting and mixing, reported in 2013.

Royal Society Research Professor , University College London

CHIPS, MINOS, NOVA, SuperNEMO

"Jennifer Anne Thomas, CBE FRS FInstP, is a British experimental particle physicist and professor at University College London. She has been a pioneer in the development of particle detectors, and the recipient of the Michael Faraday medal and prize in 2018 for her 'outstanding investigations into the physics of neutrino oscillations'. 

As of 2020 her work centres around the physics of neutrinos. She is the co-spokesperson for the MINOS/MINOS+ experiment and is a member of the NEMO-III and SuperNEMO experiments, where she researched neutrinoless double beta decay and potential neutrino CP violation.[8] Most recently, she is heavily involved in the development of the CHIPS experiment, an attempt to deliver a flexible and low-cost Cherenkov radiation-based neutrino detector in flooded mines at Fermilab." -- Wikipedia

Hans A. Bethe Professor Emeritus, Cornell University

Accelerator physics; superconductivity

R D for the International Linear Collider (ILC). R D for the Energy Recovery Linac (ERL).

"Tigner played a major role in the development of the Superconducting Super Collider, leading the Central Design Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory formed in 1984, and worked on development of the International Linear Collider.

Tigner became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991 and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1993. He received the Robert R. Wilson Prize in 2000 and the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award of the American Physical Society in 2005." -- Wikipedia