Meenakshi Narain

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Meenakshi Narain
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Meenakshi Narain is an experimental physicist, Professor of Physics at Brown University,[1] and Chair of the Collaboration Board of U.S. institutions in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration.[2][3] She was involved in the discovery of the top quark in 1995 and Higgs Boson in 2012.[4][5]

Narain received a B.Sc. from Gorakhpur University and a M.Sc. from IIT Kanpur before completing her Ph.D. at Stony Brook University under the supervision of Juliet Lee-Franzini.[6] After receiving her Ph.D. she was appointed to the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and in 1995 was named a FNL Wilson Fellow.

She taught at Boston University and joined the Brown University faculty in 2007.[7] Since 2007, she has been an elected fellow of the American Physical Society.

Narain is a frequent critic of bias against women in STEM fields.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Kwon, Diana. "Big Bang Science Fair at WaterFire Providence". symmetry magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  2. ^ "Professor Narain Elected US CMS Collaboration Board Chair | Physics | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  3. ^ "Narain, Meenakshi". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  4. ^ Sundermier, Ali. "How to make a discovery". symmetry magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  5. ^ Michael, Isobel Heck,Steven (2013-10-11). "Physics professor not included in Nobel Prize spotlight". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  6. ^ "Physics Tree - Meenakshi Narain". academictree.org. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  7. ^ Engl, India New; News (2018-05-25). "Meenakshi Narain: A Physicist Working With Particle Accelerators and Helping Discover the Higgs Boson". INDIA New England News. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  8. ^ Chen, Frances (2015-04-22). "Female academics combat bias in STEM fields". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
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