Raymond Brock (physicist)

Raymond Brock
Born
Raymond L. Brock

(1950-08-02) August 2, 1950
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materIowa State University (BS)
Northern Illinois University (MS)
Carnegie Mellon University (MS, PhD)
Known forDØ and ATLAS collaborations
AwardsFellow of the American Physical Society (1999)
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsMichigan State University
Arizona State University
Fermilab
Thesis Experimental and Theoretical Study of Charmed and Strange Hadron Production in Anti Ν and Ν Charged Current Interactions at High Energies[1]  (1980)
Doctoral advisorLincoln Wolfenstein (theory)
Arnold Engler (experiment)[2]

Raymond L. "Chip" Brock (born August 2, 1950) is an American particle physicist and University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University.[3] Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at Arizona State University.[4] He worked on the DØ experiment at Fermilab and the ATLAS experiment at CERN. He served as chair of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society in 2010 and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[5]

Early life and education

Brock was born on August 2, 1950, in Oak Park, Illinois.[6] He earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1972. After working as a sales engineer for Driv-Lok Inc., he returned to academia and received a Master of Science in physics and the philosophy of science from Northern Illinois University in 1975.[6] He then attended Carnegie Mellon University, earning a second master's degree in physics in 1977 and a PhD in elementary particle physics in 1980.[6] His Ph.D. thesis was titled "Experimental and Theoretical Study of Charmed and Strange Hadron Production in Anti Ν and Ν Charged Current Interactions at High Energies".[1]

Career

Following his doctoral work, Brock was a research associate at Fermilab from 1980 to 1982.[6] He joined Michigan State University in 1982 as an assistant professor of physics, was promoted to associate professor in 1986, and became a full professor in 1991.[6] He served as chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1994 to 2001.[6][7] In 2011, he was named a University Distinguished Professor.[6]

Research

Brock's research focuses on experimental tests of the Standard Model of particle physics. In the early 1980s, he worked on Fermilab neutral current neutrino experiments E594 and served as spokesperson for experiment E733.[8] He subsequently became a member of the DØ collaboration, a proton–antiproton colliding beam experiment at Fermilab. Additionally, he also joined the ATLAS collaboration at CERN, a proton–proton collider experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.[3]

Professional service

He was appointed to the American Physical Society's (APS) Task Force on Academic Tenure in June 1998 to investigate the potential impacts of proposed changes to the academic tenure system.[9] The task force released their final report in December 1998, recommending no overall statement on tenure, but that the APS should encourage more transparency in tenure requirements.[10] He was later made chair of the APS' Division of Particles and Fields in 2010 and was chair of the U.S. ATLAS Institutional Board from 2014 to 2015.[3] He served twice on the Fermilab Users Executive Committee, chairing it once, and was a member of the Fermilab Physics Advisory Committee on two occasions.[11] From 2010 to 2013, he was the U.S. at-large representative to the International Committee on Future Accelerators.[12] He co-led the Energy Frontier working group for the 2013 Snowmass study on the future of U.S. particle physics.[13][14]

Awards and honors

Brock was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999 "for many contributions to experimental high energy physics and the D0 detector which have helped to establish the future direction of physics at Fermilab."[15]

References

  1. ^ a b Brock, R. L. Jr (1980). Experimental and theoretical study of charmed and strange hadron production in anti ν and ν charged current interactions at high energies (PhD thesis). Carnegie-Mellon.
  2. ^ "Raymond Brock Biographical Information" (PDF). High Energy Physics. Michigan State University. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "Raymond L. Brock". Honored Faculty. Michigan State University. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  4. ^ "Adjunct Faculty". Department of Physics. Arizona State University. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  5. ^ "Raymond L Brock". College of Natural Science Directory. Michigan State University. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "About". Raymond Brock. Michigan State University. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  7. ^ Norris, Ryan (April 6, 2013). "Carrying on Tradition, Advancing Knowledge". Journal of Young Investigators. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  8. ^ "Raymond Brock". High Energy Physics. Michigan State University. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  9. ^ "APS Executive Board Appoints Task Force on Academic Tenure" (PDF). APS News. American Physical Society. June 1998. p. 7. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  10. ^ "Tenure Task Force Submits Final Report" (PDF). APS News. American Physical Society. December 1998. p. 3. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  11. ^ "John Peoples Appointed Fermilab Director Desginate". Fermilab Report. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. 1989. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  12. ^ "Professional". Raymond Brock. Michigan State University. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  13. ^ Brock, R.; Peskin, M. E.; et al. (2014). "Planning the Future of U.S. Particle Physics (Snowmass 2013): Chapter 3: Energy Frontier". arXiv:1401.6081 [hep-ex].
  14. ^ Rosner, J. L.; Bardeen, M.; et al. (2014). "Planning the Future of U.S. Particle Physics (Snowmass 2013): Chapter 1: Summary". arXiv:1401.6075 [hep-ex].
  15. ^ "APS Fellowship". American Physical Society. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
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