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Archival as AuthorPublished as AuthorJohn Edward Huth
Dates
March 16, 1958 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Huth, John Edward
Additional Forms of Names
Huth, John Edward, 1958-
Biography
Abstract
John Edward Huth is Donner Professor of Science at Harvard University (1993-present). Other institutional affiliations include Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. His research interests include Higgs boson and the ATLAS muon system.
Important Dates
March 16, 1958Birth, London (England).
1979Obtained AB, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1985Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1985 – 1997Postdoctoral Research Scientist (1985-1989); Wilson Fellow (1988-1991); Staff Scientist (1991-1993); and Member, Physics Advisory Committee (1993-1997), Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia (Ill.).
1993 – 1994Member, Sub-Panel on the Future of High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Department of Energy.
1993 – presentProfessor of Physics (1993-2007); Chair, Department of Physics (2003-2007); and Donner Professor of Science (2007-present), Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1996Fellow, American Physical Society.
1998 – 2006Member, Science and Technology Steering Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Andersen, Joseph A.
Advised by Huth at Harvard University, "Investigations of the Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves and the Madden-Julian Oscillation."
Bailey, Stephen J.
Advised by Huth at Harvard University, "A study of B meson to J/psi meson Kaon((*)0) X meson decays."
PhD advisor at University of California, Berkeley, "A search for fractionally charged particles in ee± annihilations."
Hill, Marc E.
Advised by Huth at Harvard University, "Experimental studies of W -band accelerator structures at high field."
Kashif, Lashkar M.
Advised by Huth at Harvard University, "Measurement of the Z boson cross-section in the dimuon channel in proton-antiproton collisions at center of mass energy = 7 TeV."
Spiropulu, Maria
Advised by Huth at Harvard University, "A blind search for supersymmetry in p(bar)p collisions at sqr(s) = 1.8 TeV using the missing energy plus multijet channel."
Colleagues
Bainbridge, Kenneth T. (Kenneth Tompkins), 1904-1996
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelarator Laboratory.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Feldman, Gary J.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Franklin, Melissa Eve Bronwen
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Both employed at Harvard University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Scientist; Wilson Fellow; Staff Scientist; and Member, Physics Advisory Committee.
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics; and Donner Professor of Science.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Member, Science and Technology Steering Committee.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained AB (1979).
United States. Department of Energy
Member, Sub-Panel on the Future of High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1985).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interviews with members of Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF), 1995.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA