Langberg
Endowed Chair in Physics:
Dr. Cvetic
Dr.
Mirjam
Cvetic,
professor
of physics
and
astronomy
has
been
named
the
inaugural
holder
of the
Fay
R. and
Eugene
L. Langberg
Endowed
Professorship
in Physics,
SAS
Dean
Samuel
H. Preston
has
announced.
Dr.
Cvetic
came
to Penn
as a
research
associate
in 1987
and
was
named
the
Class
of 1965
Endowed
Term
Professor
in 1999.
She
received
her
Ph.D.
in 1984
from
the
University
of Maryland,
College
Park,
and
completed
both
her
M.A.
and
B.S.
at the
University
of Ljubljana
in Slovenia.
She
has
been
a visitor
at Rutgers
University;
Henri
Poincaré Institute;
Cambridge
University;
the
International
School
for
Advanced
Studies
in Trieste,
Italy;
CERN,
the
European
Organization
for
Nuclear
Research,
in Geneva,
Switzerland;
the
International
Centre
for
Theoretical
Physics
in Trieste,
Italy;
and
the
Institute
for
Advanced
Study,
Princeton.
Her
research interests span problems of elementary particle physics
ranging from the study of basic interactions to the experimental
tests of fundamental theories. With a background in basic
theory as well as in phenomenology, her research bridges the
gap between basic theory and the experimental consequences
of these theories. She has published more than 200 journal
articles and is the editor of Physics Letters B.
Since
coming to Penn, she has been named a fellow of the American
Physical Society and has received the National Science Foundation's
Career Advancement Award, Penn's Research Foundation Award,
and the Junior Faculty SSC Fellowship Award.
The
Langberg
Professorship
was
established
in 2002
through
the
bequest
of Eugene
L. Langberg,
CCC '42,
G'45.
The
late
Mr.
Langberg
was
an electrical
physicist
who
held
positions
at the
U.S.
Naval
Research
Lab
in Washington,
D.C.,
and
at the
Franklin
Institute.
He also
served
as a
commissioner
of Upper
Gwynedd
Township,
Pennsylvania. |