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Alice L. Bean, Professor

1077 Malott Hall
TEL: (785) 864-4742
FAX: (785) 864-5262
Email: abean@ku.edu

 

Professional Background:

Professor: Univ. of Kansas: 2003 - present
Associate Professor, Univ. of Kansas: 1998 - 2003
Guest Scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Center: 1999 - 2000, 2001 - 2003

Assistant Professor, Univ. of Kansas: 1993 - 1998

Assistant Research Physicist, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara: 1989 - 1993

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, 1987 - 1989

 

Education:

Ph.D., 1987, Carnegie Mellon University (Physics)
M.S., 1984, Carnegie Mellon University (Physics)
B.S., 1982, University of California (Information & Computer Science)
B.S., 1982, University of California (Physics)

 

Honors Awards:

2010 - 2012: Secretary / Treasurer of the Div. of Particles and Fields for the American Physical Society. 

2009 Gould Award for Undergraduate Education - Univ. of Kansas School of Engineering

2007 University of Kansas Steeples Award for Service to Kansans  

2007 - 2009: Member of High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP)

2007 - present: Chair of the US CMS Tracking Institutional Board

2004  University of Kansas, Department of Physics & Astronomy Teaching Award
1997   Woman of Distinction Award from Kansas Girl Scouts
1987 - 1989  University of California, President's Fellowship
1978 - 1982  University of California, Regents Scholarship
Phi Beta Kappa Member

Phi Beta Delta, the Honor Society for International Scholars Member
American Physical Society Member
Sigma Pi Sigma Member
American Association for the Advancement of Science Member

 

Research Interests:

My main research field is experimental particle physics. Presently, I am a member of the CMS and D0 collaborations. I lead a project with a grant from the NSF Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE) with the CMS collaboration. A major focus is building and calibrating silicon pixel detectors for tracking charged particles. Through a joint project with the Dept. of Art and Design and the KU Natural History Museum we created a multimedia science education project called Quarked.

 

Publications:

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