JoAnne L. Hewett

JoAnne Lea Hewett
Born 1960
Iowa
Residence San Mateo, California
Citizenship American
Alma mater Iowa State University
Thesis Superstring-inspired E6 phenomenology
Spouse Thomas G. Rizzo

JoAnne L. Hewett (born 1960) is a theoretical particle physicist on the faculty of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, where she is a professor in the Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, and Director of the Elementary Particle Physics Division. Her research interests include physics beyond the Standard Model, string theory, and hidden dimensions. She is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Early life and education

JoAnne Lea Hewett, daughter of Robert and Jean Hewett,[1] was born in 1960. Hewett attended Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf, Iowa. She completed her undergraduate degree in physics and mathematics at Iowa State University in 1982, and her doctorate there in 1988.[2]

Career

Hewett began her career as a postdoctoral associate from 1988–1991 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in 1991–1993 she worked as a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory. In 1994 she joined the faculty at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, where she is a professor in the SLAC Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics and Director of the Elementary Particle Physics Division.[3]

Upon her election in 2007 as a fellow of the American Physical Society, she was cited "For her contributions to our understanding of constraints on and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model, and service to the particle physics community leading studies of future experiments."[4] She was elected in 2009 as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[5][6]

Research

Her research interests include models of physics beyond the Standard Model, emphasizing collider signatures and the interface with astroparticle physics. Hewett has worked on the "phenomenology of extra spatial dimensions, extended Higgs sectors, supersymmetry, new physics signatures in heavy flavor physics, dark matter, and the complementarity of experimental probes of dark matter".[3] She has collaborated on the BaBar experiment, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, and the International Linear Collider.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hewett, JoAnne (1988). "Superstring-inspired E6 phenomenology". Digital Repository, Iowa State University - Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  2. 1 2 "Hewett, JoAnne Lea - Profile - INSPIRE-HEP". inspirehep.net. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. 1 2 "Bios | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)". science.energy.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  4. ↑ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  5. ↑ Leavitt, Zoe. "Eight science profs. are elected to AAAS". Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Fellows | AAAS MemberCentral". membercentral.aaas.org. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
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