Curriculum Vitae
Prof. John W. Harris
Relativistic Heavy Ion Group at Yale University
Physics Department
A.W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory
272 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 201824
Room 311-W
New Haven, CT 06520-8124
Telephone: (203) 432-6106
Fax: (203) 432-8926
john.harris@yale.edu
I. Personal History
Home Address:
102 Riverview Avenue
Branford, CT 06405-4719Date of Birth:
March 14, 1950
Citizenship:
United States
II. Education
1973 B.S. with Distinction, University of Washington, Seattle
1975 M.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook
1978 Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook
III. Research
1973-1978, Graduate Research Assistant, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
1978-1979, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1980-1984, Senior Guest Scientist, Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
1984-1989, Divisonal Fellow, Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1986-1987, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany and European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
1989-1995, Staff Senior Scientist, Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1998-Present, Professor of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT and founding spokesperson for STAR experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
IV. Teaching
1972-1973, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle
1975-1976, Graduate Teaching Assitant, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook
1998, Fall Semester, Physics 110a, "Themes in Modern Physics," Yale University, New Haven, CT
1999, Spring Semester, Physics 472b, "Independent Projects in Physics," Yale University, New Haven, CT
1999, Fall Semester, Physics 505a, "Topics in Modern Physics Research," Yale University, New Haven, CT
2000, Spring Semester, Physics 672b, "Special Topics in Physics - Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics," Yale University, New Haven, CT
2000, Fall Semester, Physics 505a, “Topics in Modern Physics Research,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2001, Spring Semester, Physics 110b, “Themes in Modern Physics,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2001, Fall Semester, Physics 505a, “Topics in Modern Physics Research” and Physics 671a, "Advanced Topics in Experimental Nuclear Physics,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2002, Spring Semester, Physics 110b, “Themes in Modern Physics,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2003, Spring Semester, Physics 110b, “Themes in Modern Physics,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004, Spring Semester, Physics 110b, “Themes in Modern Physics,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004, Fall Semester, Physics 205a/206a, "Modern Physical Measurement," Yale University, New Haven, CT
2005, Spring Semester, Physics 110b, “Themes in Modern Physics,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
V. Professional Activities
Member of Organizing Committee for "Intersections between Particle and Nuclear Physics" International Conference, 1986
Member of Organizing Committee for the "8th High Energy Heavy Ion Study," 1987
Member of APS Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) Organizing Committee for the Fall Meeting of the DNP, 1987
Member of Organizing Committee for "Intersections between Particle and Nuclear Physics" International Conference, 1988
Co-editor of the 8th High Energy Heavy Ion Study, Berkeley, CA, 1987; LBL Report LBL-24580 (1988)
Member of Advisory Board for “Fourth Workshop on Experiments and Detectors for a Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider,” 1990
Chairman of “Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Workshop,” Berkeley, CA 1990
Member of DOE Nuclear Physics Program Review Panel at Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1991
Member of the Annual Review Committee of the Scientific Program of the GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, 1991
Co-Chairman of “Ninth Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics,” Key West, FL, 1993
Member of the Scientific Planning Committee for the “RHIC School on Techniques and Detectors for Heavy Ion Physics”, 1993
Member of Scientific Committee for the NATO Advanced Study Institute on “Hot and Dense Nuclear Matter”, Bodrum, Turkey, 1993
Co-editor of Advances in Nuclear Dynamics, World Scientific Publishing Int. 1993.
Chairman of “Tenth Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics,” Snowbird, Utah, 1994.
Co-editor of Advances in Nuclear Dynamics, World Scientific Publishing Int. 1994.
Member of International Advisory Committee for “Workshop on Strangeness Production in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions,” Tucson, AZ, 1995.
Member of Organizing Committee for “Eleventh International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions,” Monterey, CA, 1995.
Member of Organizing Committee of “Eleventh Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics,” Key West, FL, 1995.
Co-convenor for “Town Meeting on Intermediate and High Energy Heavy Ions”, NSAC Long Range Planning, 1995
Co-editor of “Eleventh International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions,” North-Holland Publishing Co.
Member of International Advisory Committee for “Twelfth International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions,” Heidelberg, Germany, 1996.
Associate Editor of Nuclear Physics (Intermediate Energy), 1991 - present
Member of the U.S. Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC), 1993 - present
Reviewer for Physical Review, Physical Review Letters and Physics Letters
VI. Honors
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Federal Republic of Germany, 1986-1987
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Performance Achievement Award, 1993
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award, 1994 - 1995
VII. Research Activities
Collaborator in NA35 Experiments at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 1985-?
Spokesman of Bevalac CCD-Streamer Chamber Experiments at LBL, 1986-1990
Ph.D. Thesis Research Advisor, UC Berkeley, Physics: L. Teitelbaum, 1986 - 1992
Ph.D. Thesis Research Advisor, UC Berkeley, Physics: S. Chase, 1987 - 1994
CERN NA35 Project Leader in Nuclear Science Division, 1990-1991
Acting Project Manager of STAR Collaboration, 1991-1992
RHIC Project Leader in Nuclear Science Division, 1990-Present
Deputy Program Head of Relativistic Nuclear Collisions Program, LBL, 1990-Present
Collaborator in NA49 Experiment at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 1991-Present
Spokesman of the STAR Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, 1991-Present
LBL Committees
Member of Committee on Bevalac Computing at LBL, 1981
Chairman of Bevalac Research Meetings at LBL, 1982-1985
Member of Nuclear Science Division Committee on the Future of the Bevalac, 1988
Co-Chairman of Nuclear Science Division Seminars at LBL, 1988-1990
Member of Nuclear Science Division Equipment Committee, 1989
Member of Divisional Fellow Search Committee, 1989-1991
Chairman of RHIC Planning Meetings, 1989-1991
Chairman of Divisional Fellow Search Committee, 1991-1992
Chairman of Senior Staff Search Committee, 1991-Present
Member of Theory Divisional Fellow Search Committee, 1993-1994
Member of Nuclear Science Division Future Planning Committee, 1993-1995
Member of Nuclear Science Division Staff Committee, 1989-1991, 1993- present
International Joint Research Grants
US - Yugoslav Joint Board for Science & Technology, 1989 - 1992
Co-Investigator with Prof. G. Paic, R. Boskovic Inst., Zagreb, Croatia.
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Joint Fund, 1992 - 1995
Co-Investigator with Prof. M. Gazdzicki,