Barbara Jacak

Biography

Abstract

Barbara Jacak is Faculty Senior Scientist at Berkeley Lab and Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley (2015-present). Other institutional affiliations include State University of New York, Stony Brook and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her research interests include quark gluon plasma and leptons.

Important Dates

1984Obtained PhD in Chemistry, Michigan State University.

2008 – 2014Distinguished Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook (N.Y.).

2009Member, National Academy of Sciences.

2015 – presentSenior Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

2015 – presentProfessor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley.

Occupation

Nuclear physicist.

Places

Graduate Education

East Lansing (Mich.)

Employment

Stony Brook (N.Y.)

Subjects

Leptons (Nuclear physics).

Nuclear physics.

Plasma physics.

Quarks.

Women in science.

Women physicists.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Alivisatos, P.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Chew, Geoffrey F.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Clarke, John, 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Cohen, Marvin L.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Commins, Eugene D.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Diamond, R. M.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Falcone, Roger W.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Gaillard, Mary K.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Glimm, James

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Haxton, Wick C.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Jackson, John David, 1925-2016

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Kittel, Charles

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Louie, Steven G., 1949-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Lyneis, Claude, 1943-

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Mandelstam, Stanley

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

McCoy, Barry M.

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

McKee, Christopher, 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Nygren, David R.

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Perlmutter, Saul

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Price, Paul Buford

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Shapiro, Marjorie

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Shen, Y. R.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Shirley, David Arthur, 1934-

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Smoot, George

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Sprouse, Gene D.

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Steiner, Herbert M.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Stephens, F. S. (Frank Samuel)

Both employed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Thomas, Gareth, 1932-2014

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Townes, Charles H.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Trilling, George H.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Van Nieuwenhuizen, Peter

Both employed at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Institutions

Major Positions

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Faculty Senior Scientist.

State University of New York at Stony Brook. Department of Physics

Distinguished Professor.

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics

Professor.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

Michigan State University. Department of Chemistry

Obtained PhD in Chemistry (1984).

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member.

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