William K. Brooks
Education
- Ph.D., September 1988, Physics, Duke University, Durham North Carolina.
- M.A., June 1984, Physics. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
- B.S., August 1981, Physics. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
- B.A., August 1981, Mathematics. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Employment History
- Group Leader, Experimental High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile, January 2008 - Present
- Senior Staff Scientist, 12 GeV Associate Project Manager for Physics, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia, USA, May 2005 - November 2007
- Detailee from Jefferson Lab to Division of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science, Department of Energy Headquarters, Germantown, Maryland, USA, March 2000 - April 2001
- Staff Scientist III (final rank), Hall B Physicist, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia, USA, January 1993 - April 2005
- Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, November 1989 - December 1992
- Postdoctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, September 1988 - November 1989
Professional Activities, Memberships, and Honors
- Jefferson Lab Professor of Physics, Old Dominion University (honorary academic appointment), 2005-2011.
- Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Engineering, Valparaíso, Chile, 2010 - 2013.
- Member, Executive Governing Council, Valparaíso Center for Science and Technology, 2009 to present.
- ATLAS Collaboration Physics Convener, Heavy Ions (appointed position) 2010-2012.
- GlueX Collaboration Institute Board member (elected position) 2010-2012.
- Member, American Physical Society, 1984 to present.
Publications: (as of 13 September 2014)
- 453 publications in peer-reviewed journals (see links under My research)
- 11,889 citations, H-index 48 (Thomson Reuters)
- 32,554 citations, H-index 82 (Google Scholar).
Professional Presentations:
- 64 invited talks since 1998
Conferences Organized/International Advisory Committee:
- 19 conferences and workshops since 2004
Research Funding Awards:
- 16 grant awards over the past 6 years - 4 from the U.S., 2 from the European Union and/or joint programs, and 9 from Chile.
Experimental Collaboration Memberships:
- CLAS Collaboration (Jefferson Lab) 1993-present
- ATLAS Collaboration (LHC, CERN), 2007-present
- GlueX Collaboration (Jefferson Lab), 2008-present
- NA61 Collaboration (CERN) 2010-2012
- MINERVA Collaboration (Fermilab), 2010-present
Patents:
- 2 US patents