Piermaria Oddone
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Piermaria J Oddone is a Peru
vian-American
particle physicist
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Born in Peru, Oddone earned his bachelor's degree in Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1965 and a PhD in Physics from Princeton University
in 1970.
From 1972 Oddone worked at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
. In 1987 he was appointed Director of the Physics Division at Berkeley Lab, and later became the Laboratory Deputy Director for scientific programs.
He was appointed director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and took up office on 1 July 2005.
Oddone received the 2005 Panofsky Prize
in Experimental Particle Physics for the invention of the Asymmetric B-Factory to carry out precision measurements of CP violation
in B-meson decays.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian-American
United States
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particle physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
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Born in Peru, Oddone earned his bachelor's degree in Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
in 1965 and a PhD in Physics from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1970.
From 1972 Oddone worked at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory conducting unclassified scientific research. It is located on the grounds of the University of California, Berkeley, in the Berkeley Hills above the central campus...
. In 1987 he was appointed Director of the Physics Division at Berkeley Lab, and later became the Laboratory Deputy Director for scientific programs.
He was appointed director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and took up office on 1 July 2005.
Oddone received the 2005 Panofsky Prize
Panofsky Prize
The Panofsky Prize is an annual $10,000 prize given to recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in experimental particle physics, and is open to scientists of any nation. It was established in 1985 by friends of Wolfgang K. H...
in Experimental Particle Physics for the invention of the Asymmetric B-Factory to carry out precision measurements of CP violation
CP violation
In particle physics, CP violation is a violation of the postulated CP-symmetry: the combination of C-symmetry and P-symmetry . CP-symmetry states that the laws of physics should be the same if a particle were interchanged with its antiparticle , and left and right were swapped...
in B-meson decays.