Nan Phinney, 1945-

Distinguished Staff Scientist, Retired

Professional and Biographical Information

• BS, Physics, Mathematics, Michigan State University, 1966 
• PhD, High Energy Physics, Stony Brook University, 1972
• Post doc, École Polytechnique  and University of Oxford, working at CERN on high-energy particle physics experiments, 1972-1980
• SLAC
  • SLC Physicist 1981-1998
  • SLC Program Coordinator 1990-1998
  • Deputy Head of Accelerator Physics, Next Linear Collider (NLC) project 1998-
  • Distinguished Staff Scientist 
• Chair, Division of the Physics Beams executive committee, American Physical Society 2004
• Lead Editor, International Linear Collider (ILC) 2008 Reference Design Report
• Member, second International Linear Collider Technical Review Committee
• Member, U. S. Linear Collider Steering Group Accelerator Task Force
• Member, United Kingdom Linear Collider Machine Advisory Committee
• Member, HEPAP Advanced Accelerator R&D Subpanel
• Chair, American Physical Society (APS) Ethics Committee 2022
• Chair, APS  Nominating Committee 2024
• Wikipedia entry

Awards and Honors

• American Physical Society Fellow, 1993
• Stanford University Marsh O'Neill Award, 2003

Publications

• SLC: The first linear collider. Challenges and Goals for Accelerators in the XXI Century, Chapter 5. pp 97-101 (2016)
• Next Linear Collider Design Status [Report] 2002
• InSPIRE HEP
• ResearchGate

Archival Materials

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