Jonathan Link
| Jonathan Link | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of California Davis (Ph.D) University of California Davis (M.S.) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🏅 Awards | Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) The Higher Energy and Particle Physics Prize, The European Physical Society (2023) |
| 🌐 Website | https://www1.phys.vt.edu/~jmlink/ |
Jonathan Link is an American experimental particle physicist whose research has included experimental studies neutrino detection and neutrino oscillations. Link's has worked on a mobile neutrino detector concept, designed to track nuclear activity by rogue nations.[1] [2] [3] [4] He is a Professor of Physics and Affiliated Faculty in the Nuclear Engineering Program at Virginia Tech. In 2016 he received, along with collaborators, the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics[5], followed in 2023 by the the High Energy and Particle Physics Prize[6] for his work on the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment for the first non-zero measurement of the neutrino mixing parameter .
Education and career
Link studied at the University of California Davis, completing his B.S in Physics in 1993, his M.S. in Physics in 1996 and his Ph.D in experimental particle Physics in 2001, under the supervision of Philip M. Yager.[1] After completing a postdoctoral appointment at Columbia University he started a faculty position in the Virginia Tech Physics Department in 2006, and received tenure in 2010 and promoted to Full Professor of Physics in 2014. He was the director of the Center for Neutrino Physics from 2012 to 2018.[7] Link is the Spokesperson of the CHANDLER Reactor Neutrino Experiment since 2015[8] and was the Co-Founder of the Braidwood Reactor Neutrino Experiment (2003)[9]. Link is also a member of the COHERENT, Mobile Antineutrino Demonstrator (MAD), Neutrinos from STORed Muons (nuSTORM), Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, and Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment (MiniBooNE) experiments. Link worked on the Mobile Neutrino Lab for monitoring neutrinos from nuclear reactors.[2][3]
Recognition
In 2016, as a member of the Daya Bay collaboration, Link was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics,[5] and in 2023 the the High Energy and Particle Physics Prize from the European Physical Society.[6] In 2008 Link received a U.S. Department of Energy junior investigator award.[10] Link has also been recognized by Virginia Tech with the 2017 Virginia Tech College of Science Dean's Discovery Fund Award[11] and in June 13-19, 2016 the Virginia Tech Scholar of the Week.[12]
References
- ↑ O'Meara, Eamon (3 August 2017). "Virginia Tech device expected to track nuclear activity by rogue nations". WDBJ7 CBS News.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Garisto, Daniel (21 February 2017). "Mobile Neutrino Lab makes its debut | symmetry magazine". www.symmetrymagazine.org. Symmetry Magazine.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Physics researchers eye experimental box as key to tracking nuclear activity by rogue nations". news.vt.edu.
- ↑ Martellotti, Patricia (3 August 2017). "Virginia Tech researchers develop high-tech box that can detect nuclear power". WSLS NBC News.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Yifang Wang and the Daya Bay Collaboration". breakthroughprize.org.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "EPS announces 2023 awards". CERN Courier. 20 June 2023.
- ↑ "Center for Neutrino Physics at Virginia Tech". cnp.phys.vt.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ "Inspire".
- ↑ Bolton, T. (December 2005). "The Braidwood Reactor Anitneutrino Experiment". Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 149: 166–169. Bibcode:2005NuPhS.149..166B. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2005.05.041.
- ↑ "Prof. Jonathan Link". www1.phys.vt.edu.
- ↑ "Dean Sally C. Morton is investing back into scientific research". science.vt.edu.
- ↑ "Prof. Jonathan Link". www1.phys.vt.edu.
External links
- INSPIRE Author Page
- Virginia Tech Page
- The Center for Neutrino Physics at Virginia Tech
- Google Scholar Page
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