Mary R. M. Bishai
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Nigeria
Alma materUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Purdue University
Scientific career
InstitutionsBrookhaven National Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
ThesisA 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 advisorEphraim Fischbach[1]
Websitewww.bnl.gov/staff/mbishai

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.

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. She was part of the team who measured the J/psi meson cross sections at the Collider Detector at Fermilab.[8]

Selected publications

  • F. P. An; J. Z. Bai; A. B. Balantekin; et al. (April 2012). "Observation of Electron-Antineutrino Disappearance at Daya Bay". Physical Review Letters. 108 (17): 171803. arXiv:1203.1669. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.108.171803. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 22680853. Wikidata Q27448668.
  • Phil Adamson; D J Auty; D S Ayres; et al. (27 October 2011). "Improved search for Muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in MINOS". Physical Review Letters. 107 (18): 181802. arXiv:1108.0015. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.181802. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 22107623. Wikidata Q58379444.
  • M. S. Alam; I. J. Kim; Z. Ling; et al. (10 April 1995). "First measurement of the rate for the inclusive radiative penguin decay b-->s gamma". Physical Review Letters. 74 (15): 2885–2889. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.74.2885. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10058050. Wikidata Q27349109.

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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