Department/College/UnitPhysical & Biological Sciences Division

TitleProfessor / SCIPP Director

AffiliationFaculty

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationCowell College

Web SitePersonal
Research
Institute

Primary Office LocationNat Sci 2 Main Building
Room 315

Mail StopSCIPP

Research Interests

Elementary particle interactions at high energies, physics of symmetry breaking, Higgs boson couplings, new particle searches, experimental methods and electronic instrumentation

Teaching Interests

Introductory physics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, particle physics, computational physics, electronics, advanced laboratory techniques

Awards, Honors and Grants

• 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (shared with ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb collaborations)
• 2025 Chancellor's Mentoring Award "In recognition of outstanding mentorship of undergraduate students at UC Santa Cruz"
• 2022 Koret Scholar Mentoring Award: “for your tireless dedication to undergraduate student research and your willingness to go above and beyond for your students”
• 2019 European Physical Society High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (with CDF and DZero collaborations) “for the discovery of the top quark and the detailed measurement of its properties”
• 2016 Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) Innovations in Networking Award for Experimental Applications (with Pacific Research Platform collaborators)
• 2013 European Physical Society High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (as part of ATLAS Collaboration) “for the discovery of a Higgs boson, as predicted by the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism”