Greg Landsberg
Professor:
Physics
Phone: +1-401-863-1464
landsberg@hep.brown.edu
Professor Landsberg does research in elementary particle physics, specifically experimental investigation of the fundamental particles and fields at the energy frontier accelerators. His main research activity is the search for new physics phenomena, including extra dimensions in space. He is a member of the CMS and DZero experiments operating at the energy-frontier facilities: the Fermilab Tevatron collider (Batavia, IL) and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland).
Biography
Prof. Landsberg joined the Brown faculty in 1998 following post-doctoral research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL. Currently, Prof. Landsberg has served as a convener of the D0 Exotics (1997-2000) and New Phenomena (2002-2004) groups, as well as the Deputy Physics Coordinator of the D0 collaboration (2004-2005). His present research focus is physics analysis with the D0 data set and preparation to the first LHC run with the CMS detector. He is currently serving as a convener of the LHC Physics Center Trigger group. Prof. Landsberg has served on a number of Advisory boards and organizing committees for several international conferences and workshop. He is an author of a number of publication on collider phenomenology, including the pioneering work on mini
black hole production at the LHC.
Research Description
My research interests belong to the field of experimental particle
physics at the energy frontier. This field of physics is concerned with the properties of fundamental building blocks of matter and forces binding them together. What are the bricks and mortar of our universe? What governs their properties, such as electric charge and mass? There is deep connection of physics of the smallest objects (elementary particles) and the physics of the largest scales (galaxies, clusters of galaxies, the universe itself), which is not quite understood yet. We hope to find the answers to the fundamental questions of our existence: what makes the universe around us; why is it made of matter, with very little antimatter remaining around; what is dark matter and dark energy; what is the origin of mass.
Honors and Awards
National Science Foundation CAREER Award - 2003-2008
Arthur P. Sloan Research Fellowship - 2001-2005
Salomon Faculty Research Award - 2000
Aditya Sambamurti Memorial Award - 1997
Affiliations
American Physical Society
Teaching Experience
I have been teaching at Brown since my first semester here (Fall of 1998). I have taught a number of undergraduate and graduate courses:
Physics 7 - Introduction to Mechanics (2003, 2004)
Physics 56 - Introduction to Modern Physics (1998, 1999, 2000)
Physics 117 - Introduction to Particle Physics (2005)
Physics 201 - Experiment in Physics (1999, 2000, 2001)
Physics 217 - Elementary Particle Physics (2002, 2003, 2004)
Funded Research
- Department Of Energy Grant "Research in Particle Physics, Task C" since 1998, approximately $700K/year
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award "Search for Extra Dimensions in Space" since 2003, $80K/year
Web Links
- Greg Landsberg's Home Page
- Wriston and Sloan fellowships awarded (GSJ of May 4, 2001)
- Black Holes at the LHC
Curriculum Vitae
Read Greg Landsberg's full Faculty Research Profile.
