Mary Bishai

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Mary R. M. Bishai
Born1970 (age 54–55)
Cairo,Egypt
Alma mater University of Colorado Boulder
Purdue University
Scientific career
Institutions Brookhaven National Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Thesis A study of semileptonic and 2-body decays of charm strange baryons, a search for CP violation in Xi hyperon decays and a study of surface-treated planar microstrip gas chambers  (1999)
Doctoral advisor Ian P.J. Shipesy [1]
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Mary R. M. Bishai (born 1970) is an American physicist who is a Distinguished Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory. In 2023, she was elected spokesperson of Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, and was made responsible for the 1,400 person collaboration. She was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2015.

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Early life and education

Bishai was born to a family of engineers. Her father had a PhD in electrical engineering and her grandfather was a science teacher. [2] She grew up in Nigeria and Egypt and is of Egyptian descent. [2] [3] In 1985, she read a National Geographic magazine about particle physics experiments taking place at CERN, and decided that was what she wanted to work on. [2] She was an undergraduate student in physics at University of Colorado Boulder, then moved to Purdue University for graduate studies, [1] where she worked on the CLEO experiment at Cornell University. [2] She worked on parity violations in the decays of charm-strange baryons. [2] She was awarded the Purdue University George W. Tautfest Award, an award that honors outstanding physics graduate students. [4]

Research and career

In 1998, Bishai joined Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory as a research associate, where she was involved with Tevatron. [5] She worked on quantum chromodynamics. [6]

Bishai joined Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2004. She was hired to work on the MINOS experiment, a long baseline neutrino project. [5] [7] Her recommendations enabled the CD-0 decision from the United States Department of Energy that enabled the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment.[ citation needed ] She was part of the team who measured the J/psi meson cross sections at the Collider Detector at Fermilab. [8]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2015, Bishai was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society "For her contributions to flavour physics,". [6]

Bishai was elected the spokesperson of Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment in 2023. As spokesperson, Bishai is responsible for leading the 1,400 member neutrino collaboration. [9] DUNE will send the most intense neutrino beam in the world from Fermilab to the Sanford Underground Research Facility. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Bishai, Mary R. M. (1999). A study of semileptonic and 2-body decays of charm strange baryons, a search for CP violation in Xi hyperon decays and a study of surface-treated planar microstrip gas chambers. purdue.edu (PhD thesis). Purdue University. OCLC   1194793889. ProQuest   304523942.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Women @ Energy: Mary Bishai". bnl.gov. Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  3. ↑ "Mary Bishai | Faces of DUNE". dunescience.org. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  4. ↑ University, Purdue Physics and Astronomy, Purdue. "Awards to the Graduate Students: Department of Physics and Astronomy: Purdue University". purdue.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. 1 2 "BNL | Staff | Mary Bishai, Physics Department". bnl.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  6. 1 2 "Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Four Scientists With Major Contributions to Research at Brookhaven Lab Named American Physical Society Fellows". nanotech-now.com. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  7. 1 2 "Brookhaven Lab Physicist Mary Bishai Elected DUNE Co-Spokesperson". Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  8. ↑ Acosta, D.; Collaboration, C. D. F. (2005-02-03). "Measurement of the J/Psi Meson and b-Hadron Production Cross Sections in ppbar Collisions at sqrt s = 1960 GeV". Physical Review D. 71 (3) 032001. arXiv: hep-ex/0412071 . doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.032001. ISSN   1550-7998. S2CID   35434349.
  9. ↑ "Brookhaven Lab Physicist Mary Bishai Elected DUNE Co-Spokesperson". newswise.com. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
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