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Published as AuthorPersis S. Drell
Dates
December 30, 1955 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Drell, Persis S.
Biography
Abstract
Persis Drell is Dean of the Stanford University School of Engineering (2014-present). Other institutional affiliations include the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and Cornell University. Her research interests include particle physics and astrophysics.
Important Dates
December 30, 1955Birth.
1977Obtained AB, Wellesley College, Wellesley (Mass.).
1983Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1983 – 1987Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
1988 – 2002Assistant Professor of Physics (1988-1992); Associate Professor of Physics (1993-1997); and Professor of Physics (1998-2002), Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1997Fellow, American Physical Society.
2002 – 2014Professor (2002-2014); Director, Particle Physics and Astrophysics (2002-2007); Deputy Project Manager, Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (2004-2005); Deputy Director (2005-2007); Director (2007-2012); and Director Emerita (2012-2014), Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Menlo Park (Calif.).
2010Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2014 – presentDean, School of Engineering, Stanford University.
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Father and both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Colleagues
Both employed at Cornell University.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Fisher, Michael E. (Michael Ellis)
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
McDaniel, Boyce D. (Boyce Dawkins), 1917-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Cornell University.
Richardson, Robert C. (Robert Coleman), 1937-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Stephens, F. S. (Frank Samuel)
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018
Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Teukolsky, Saul A. (Saul Arno), 1947-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Geddes), 1936-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor of Physics.
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Director and Director Emerita.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Professor; Director, Particle Physics and Astrophysics; Deputy Project Manager, Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope; Deputy Director; and Director.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1983).
Wellesley College. Department of Physics
Obtained AB.
Resources
Published Resources
Author
Heavy quark physics, Ithaca, NY, 1989 / editors, Persis S. Drell & David L. Rubin.