THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Curriculum Vitae for Faculty Members

       

Date: April 2003

       

Please Initial: ______

1. SURNAME:

McKenna

FIRST NAME: Janis

     

MIDDLE NAME(s): Anne

2. DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Physics & Astronomy

 
         

3. FACULTY:

Science

 
         

4. PRESENT RANK: Associate Professor

SINCE: July 1997

 
       

5. POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

     
       

 

University or Institution

Degree

Subject Area

Dates

 

University of Toronto

Ph.D.

Physics

1982-1987

 

University of Waterloo

B.Sc.

Honours Physics, Co-op

1977-1982

Title of PhD Dissertation and Name of Supervisor

"Production and Decay of the DS and DS* Mesons in e+e- Annihilation", 1987, U Toronto, Professor Jim Prentice.

6. EMPLOYMENT RECORD

(a) Prior to coming to UBC

 

University, Company or Organization

Rank or Title

Dates

 

Institute of Particle Physics Canada,

University of Victoria

Adjunct Professor &

IPP Research Scientist

1990-1993

 

California Institute of Technology

Research Fellow

1987-1990

 

UBC/TRIUMF

NSERC summer student:

Pion induced fission experiment

May-Aug/82

 

Eidgenösisches Institüt für Reaktorforschung, Würenlingen, Switzerland

Computer Programming & Graphics: Reactor Physics Group

May-Aug/81

 

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, Chalk River

Co-op student, Experimental fluid & heat transfer studies

Sept-Dec/80

 

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, Chalk River

Co-op student,

Steam & heat transfer experiments

Sept/79-Apr/80

 

IBM Canada, Toronto

Co-op student: Financial programming

Jan-April/79

 

IBM Canada, Toronto

Co-op student:

debugging and docs: Customer Service

May-Aug/78

(b) At UBC

 

Rank or Title

Dates

 

Associate Professor

1997-present

 

Assistant Professor

1993-1997

 

7. TEACHING

(a) Courses Taught at UBC

Session

Course

   

Number

Fall 03

Phys 354

Fall 02

Phys 107

Spring 01

Phys 400/506

 

Fall 00

Phys 301

Spring 00

Phys 102

   

Phys 400/506

 

Spring 99

Phys 304

   

Phys 400

   

Phys 121 L

   

Sci I Lab

   

Phys 153 T

 

Spring 98

Phys 304

   

Phys 153 L

 

Fall 96

Phys 301

   

Phys 121 L

 

Fall 95

Phys 301

   

Phys 400

   

Phys 121 L

 

Fall 94

Phys 301

   

Phys 400

   

Phys 121 L

 

Fall 93

Phys 400

   

Phys 121 L

 

(b) Graduate Students Supervised

 

Student Name

Program

Year

Principal

Co-Supervisor

   

Type

Start

Finish

Supervisor

 
 

Zerah Lurie

MSc

1999

2002

J.McKenna

-

 

Douglas Thiessen

Ph.D.

1997

In-progress, expected Fall 03

J. McKenna

-

 

Jiansen Lu

Ph.D.

1997

2001

J. McKenna

-

 

Stephen Sewerynek

M.Sc.

1997

1999

J. McKenna

-

 

Cherie Goodenough

M.Sc.

1994

1996

J. McKenna

-

 

Jaret Heise

M.Sc.

1993

1996

J. McKenna

-

 

Fan Liu

M.Sc.

1992

1994

J. McKenna

Professor D. Pitman, U Victoria

 

Graduate Students Completed Theses

 

  1. Fan Liu, M.Sc. Thesis, "Measuring B0 Fragmentation through the Decay using the OPAL Detector at CERN", April 1994. Employed at BayNetworks in Santa Clara, California.
  2. Jaret Heise, M.Sc. Thesis, "Studies of Helium-Based Gas Mixtures Using a Small Cell Drift Chamber", March 1996. Now NSERC PDF at Los Alamos Laboratory.
  3. Cherie Goodenough, M.Sc. Thesis, "Backgrounds at BaBar", October 1996. Was working for Applied Materials in Mountainview, California, and then Energy Related Devices, Los Alamos.
  4. Stephen Sewerynek, M.Sc. Thesis, "Tracking Reconstruction Studies for Particle Species at BaBar", April 1999. Employed at MacDonald Dettwiler, Vancouver, then AvantGo, San Mateo, California.
  5. Jiansen Lu, PhD. Thesis, "Measurement of |Vub| using B Hadron Semileptonic Decay", December 2001. Now Research Associate on HERMES experiment in Germany with TRIUMF group.
  6. Zerah Lurie, MSc Thesis, "Evaluation of the Photonic Conversion Finder for the BaBar Experiment", February 2002. Now at UBC School of Journalism.

Graduate Student PhD Supervisory Committees (Year PhD completed, discipline)

  1. Lori Paniak, (1998, particle theory)
  2. Sayuri Ritchie, (1998, condensed matter experiment)
  3. Sebastian Jaimungal, (1999, particle theory)
  4. Todd Fugleberg, (2000, particle theory)
  5. Paul Bergbusch, (2000, experimental particle physics)
  6. Colin Borys, (2002, experimental astrophysics)
  7. Kirk Buckley, (in progress, particle theory)
  8. Mark Laidlaw, (2002, particle theory)
  9. Tommy Ao, (in progress, experimental plasma physics)

(c) Other - Co-op, Summer and Undergraduate Students Supervised

Student

Program

Date

Project

Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

Jody Klymak

Co-op & NSERC, Uvictoria

Fall 91

CERN, Particle Identification Using Time of Flight at OPAL

J. McKenna

-

Chris Hunter

Co-op & NSERC, Uvictoria

Spring 92

CERN, Study of D* Mesons at OPAL

J. McKenna

-

Carolyn Smith

Co-op & NSERC, Uvictoria

Summer 92

CERN, Study of D*ln Decays from B Mesons at OPAL

J. McKenna

-

Peter Hollemans

Co-op, Uvictoria

Fall 92

CERN, XWindows for the Online Reconstruction System at OPAL

J. McKenna

D.Deatrich, Research Associate, U Victoria

Hester Hagemann

Co-op, UBC

Spring 94

The SLAC B Factory Drift Chamber

J. McKenna

-

Nicola Jones

NSERC summer student, UBC

Summer 94

SLAC, Background Simulation for the BaBar Drift Chamber

J. McKenna

-

Ari Benbasat

Co-op, UBC

Summer 95

SLAC B Factory, Tracking and Graphics Coding for Prototype Drift Chamber

J. McKenna

-

Suzanne Komili

Co-op, UBC

Winter 96

SLAC BaBar B Factory, Detector Control Software

J. McKenna

-

Suzanne Komili

Co-op, UBC

Summer 96

SLAC BaBar B Factory, Detector Control System and Software

J. McKenna

-

Trevor Lanting

Co-op, UBC

Winter 97

BaBar Online Detector Control Software

J. McKenna

-

Trevor Lanting

Co-op, UBC

Summer 97

BaBar Track Finding and Triggering with Adaptive Logic Networks

J. McKenna

-

Travis Beals

Part-time Undergraduate Assistant, UBC

July 01-June 02

(15 hrs/month)

Webmaster and Designer for 5th International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons

J. McKenna

-

J.Klymak: finished PhD at U Washington, now postdoc at Oregon State U

C.Smyth: finished PhD at Dalhousie U, now Visiting Fellow at Natural Resources Canada, Halifax, NS

P.Hollemans, now MSc candidate in CompSci at U Victoria

C.Hunter: finished PhD at Cambridge, now Quantitative Analyst at BNP Paribas Risk, New York.

N. Jones: now staff writer at New Scientist. London, UK

A.Benbasat: now PhD candidate at MIT

S.Komili: now PhD candidate at Harvard U

T.Lanting: now PhD candidate at UC Berkeley

 

(b) Research or equivalent grants [for last 10 years]

(indicate under COMP whether grants were obtained competitively (C) or non-competitively (NC)

 

 

Granting

Subject

COMP

$

Year

Principal

 

Agency

   

Per Year

 

Investigator

 

NSERC

Women’s Faculty Award

C

55,000

93-94

J. McKenna

 

NSERC

Women’s Faculty Award

C

55,000

94-95

J. McKenna

 

NSERC

Women’s Faculty Award

C

55,000

95-96

J. McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

2,225,000

91-92

R. Carnegie

 

NSERC

OPAL Major

Equipment Grant

C

800,000

91-92

A. Astbury

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

2,260,000

92-93

R. Carnegie

 

NSERC

Workstations for OPAL Analysis

C

60,000

92-93

R. Keeler

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

2,260,000

93-94

R. Carnegie

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

92,000

94-95

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

105,700

95-96

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

90,780

96-97

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

105,000

97-98

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

82,650

98-99

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

58,000

99-00

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

10,200

99-00

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

51,760

00-01

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

OPAL Experiment

C

32,280

01-02

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

Subatomic Infrastructure

C

125,000

97-98

R.S. Orr

 

NSERC

UBC Subatomic Computing Equipment

C

36,000

97-98

J. McKenna

 

NSERC

Subatomic Infrastructure

C

60,000

98-99

D. Measday

 

NSERC

Subatomic Infrastructure

C

58,000

99-00

J.McKenna &

M.Hasinoff

 

NSERC

Subatomic Infrastructure

C

60,000

00-01

J.McKenna &

M.Hasinoff

 

NSERC

Subatomic Infrastructure

C

83,000

01-02

T.Mattison & M.Hasinoff

 

NSERC

Subatomic Infrastructure

C

83,000

02-03

T.Mattison & M.Hasinoff

 

NSERC

Subatomic Infrastructure

C

83,000

03-04

T.Mattison & M.Hasinoff

 

NSERC

SLAC B Factory

C

32,000

94-95

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

SLAC B Factory

C

64,300

95-96

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar

C

90,000

96-97

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar Major

Installation Grant

C

260,000

96-97

C.Hearty

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar

C

66,000

97-98

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar Major

Installation Grant

C

240,000

97-98

C.Hearty

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar

C

97,200

98-99

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

BaBar Common Fund Supplement

C

41,500

98-99

C. Hearty

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar

C

140,000

99-00

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar

C

156,700

00-01

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar

C

163,900

01-02

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar

C

177,300

02-03

J.McKenna

 

NSERC

BaBar Computing

C

148,679

03-04

C.Hearty

 

NSERC

SLAC BaBar

C

167,100

03-04

J.McKenna

 

UVic

Startup - OPAL

NC

30,000

90-91

J. McKenna

 

UBC

NSERC Equipment Startup

C

30,000

93-94

J. McKenna

 

UBC

Startup

NC

60,000

93-94

J. McKenna

 

UBC

Startup

NC

30,000

94-95

J. McKenna

 

UBC

Killam Research Fellowship

C

15,000

02-04

J. McKenna

 

UBC

Killam Research Fellowship Grant

C

3,000

02-03

J.McKenna

(d) Invited Presentations

Invited Symposia/Lectures

  1. University of Michigan, Particle Physics Seminar, January 2004, Ann Arbor, Michigan, "Recent Results from the BaBar Experiment".
  2. Lomonsov Conference, Moscow State University, August 20-27, 2003, Moscow, Russia. "Initial State Radiation studies at Y(4S)"
  3. Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, Charlottetown, PEI, June 8-11, 2003. "CP Violation in the B Meson System".
  4. Western Regional Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference, Lake Louise, Alberta. Feb 14-16, 2003. "CP Violation in the B Meson System".
  5. University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, Canada.Science Colloquium, November 7, 2003, "CP Violation — Hey, Where has all the Antimatter Gone?"
  6. Sigma Xi Society, October 17, 2002, St John’s College, Vancouver, Canada"The BaBar Experiment: Where has all the Antimatter Gone?".
  7. University of Toronto, Particle Physics Seminar, September 26, 2002. "The BaBar Experiment: New Results on Measurements of CP Asymmetries", Toronto, Canada.
  8. University of Toronto, Physics Department Colloquium, September 25, 2002. "Women in Physics: Why so Few?", Toronto, Canada.
  9. TRIUMF Summer Student Lecture, July 10, 2001. "The BaBar Experiment: Studying CP Violation in the B Meson System: Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry", TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
  10. University of New Mexico, Departmental Colloquium, April 20, 2001. "The BaBar Experiment: Studying CP Violation in the B Meson System: Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry", Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
  11. TRIUMF Summer Student Lecture, July 18, 2000. "Studying CP Violation in the B System", TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
  12. University of Alberta, Physics Department Colloquium, October 15, 1999. "The BaBar Experiment: Studying CP Violation in the B Meson System", Edmonton, Canada.
  13. TRIUMF Seminar, October 7, 1999. "Status and First Data from the BaBar Experiment at SLAC", TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
  14. University of Cincinnati, Departmental Colloquium, May 21, 1998. "The BaBar Experiment: Studying CP Violation in the B Meson System", Cincinnati, USA.
  15. Western Regional Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference, Feb 14-16, 1997. "The BaBar Experiment Studying CP Violation in the B Meson System", Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
  16. University of Toronto, High Energy Physics Seminar, Jan. 27/97. "The BaBar Experiment at SLAC", Toronto, Canada.
  17. York University, Departmental Colloquium, Jan. 28/97. "The BaBar Experiment Studying CP Violation in the B Meson System", Toronto, Canada.
  18. Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, June 12/95, "Precision Tests of the Standard Model", Quebec City, Canada.
  19. American Physical Society, Division of Particles and Fields, August 1-7/94. "Charm Physics: Summary and Outlook", (invited convenor’s summary talk), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
  20. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, SLD Group D, March 17/94, "Online Event Reconstruction at OPAL", Stanford, California, USA
  21. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Final Focus Test Beam Group I, February 25/94, "Online Event Reconstruction at OPAL", Stanford, California, USA
  22. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Mark-II Group C, February 25/94, (same talk as above given twice in one day due to space shortage in seminar room.) "Online Event Reconstruction at OPAL", Stanford, California, USA.
  23. UBC Physics Colloquium, March 3/94, "Precision Tests of the Standard Model at OPAL", Vancouver, Canada.
  24. UBC Theory Seminar, March 1/94, "CP Violation at the SLAC B Factory", Vancouver, Canada.
  25. Caltech, High Energy Physics Seminar, February 25/94, "Recent B Physics Results from OPAL", Pasadena, California, USA
  26. Western Regional Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference, February 17-19/94, "CP Violation at the SLAC B Factory", Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
  27. Invited Lecturer at Lake Louise Winter Institute, Feb. 21-27, 1993, on COLLIDER PHYSICS, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Series of 3 lectures on ‘HEAVY FLAVOUR PHYSICS"
  28. UBC Physics Seminar, September 16/92, "B Physics at LEP", Vancouver, Canada
  29. Caltech, High Energy Physics Seminar, June 5/90, "New Heavy Leptons?", Pasadena, California, USA
  30. University of Toronto Colloquium, February 21/90, "Z0 Physics at the Stanford Linear Collider", Toronto, Canada.
  31. University of Victoria Colloquium, November 17/89, "ZZZzzz’s at the Stanford Linear Collider", Victoria, Canada.
  32. TRIUMF Seminar, November 16/89, "ZZZzzz’s at the Stanford Linear Collider", Vancouver, Canada.
  33. University of Toronto, High Energy Physics Seminar, November 15/89, "ZZZzzz’s at the Stanford Linear Collider", Toronto, Canada.
  34. Carleton University Colloquium, November 14/89, "ZZZzzz’s at the Stanford Linear Collider", Ottawa, Canada.
  35. McGill University Seminar, November 13/89, "ZZZzzz’s at the Stanford Linear Collider", Montreal, Canada.
  36. Caltech, High Energy Physics Seminar, June 1987, "Charm Physics at ARGUS", Pasadena, California, USA.
  37. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Seminar, March 6/87, "Ds and Ds* at ARGUS", Stanford, California, USA.

 

(e) Other Presentations

  1. M. D'Iorio, J. McKenna, A. McMillan, E. Svensson, "The Canadian Challenge: Attracting and Retaining Women in Physics". Poster contributed to 12th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, July 27-31, 2002, Ottawa, Canada.
  2. M. D'Iorio, J. McKenna, A. McMillan, E. Svensson, "Women Students and Faculty in Canadian Physics Departments". Poster contributed to Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, June 3-6, 2002, Quebec City, Canada.
  3. M. D'Iorio, J. McKenna, A. McMillan, E. Svensson, "The Canadian Challenge: Attracting and Retaining Women in Physics". Poster contributed to International Union of Pure and Applied Physicists International Conference on Women in Physics, March 7-9, 2002, Paris, France.
  4. "Workshop on Physics at an Asymmetric B Factory", Pasadena, California, Sept. 22-24/97, "Bs Lifetime Differences".
  5. Invited Presentation, American Physical Society Meeting, Washington DC, April 18-21/97 "Women in Physics in Canada: A Physics Graduate and Faculty Survey."
  6. Invited Presentation at US SLUO High Energy Physics Advisory Panel Meeting for US Department of Energy, SLAC, June 25/97, " Perspectives from the Great White North"
  7. American Physical Society, Washington DC, April 18-21, 1996 "Studies of Helium Based Drift Chamber Gases using a Small Cell Prototype Chamber".
  8. Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, Ottawa University, June 16-19/1996, "Studies of Helium Based Drift Chamber Gases"
  9. American Physical Society, Division of Particles and Fields, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 1-7/94, "L c+ Production and Z0 Decays"
  10. Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, Alberta, February 1987, "Ds and Ds* at ARGUS"
  11. American Physical Society, Spring Meeting, Washington DC, April 1986, "F and F* at ARGUS"

 

(f) Other (list PDFs, RAs, Visitors - including dates)

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

  1. Dr. Julie Hart Kirk, OPAL Research Associate, 1994 -1996 (supervised by McKenna, Axen and Howard)
  2. Dr. Carla Sbarra, OPAL Research Associate, 1996 -1999 (supervised by McKenna, Axen and Howard)
  3. Dr. Mike Kelsey, BaBar Research Associate, 1997-1998 (supervised by McKenna and Hearty)
  4. Dr. Kenji Abe, BaBar Research Associate, 1999-2002 (supervised by McKenna, Mattison and Hearty)
  5. Dr. Tulay Cuhadar-Donszelmann, BaBar Research Associate, May 2002- present (supervised by McKenna, Mattison, Hearty)
  6. Dr. Neil Knecht, UBC Killlam Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, BaBar, January 2003-present (supervised by McKenna, Mattison)

(g) Conference Participation (Organizer, Keynote Speaker, etc.)

  1. Co-organizer, "6th International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons", Chicago, USA, June 27 — July 3, 2004. (6 co-organizers) This conference will also pay tribute to Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate & discoverer of the b quark (His two institutions, U Chicago and Illinois Institute of Technology are the Local Organizers.)
  2. Program Committee Member, American Physical Society Northwest Section meeting, to be held in Portland Oregon, May 30-31, 2003.
  3. Chair, Organizing Committee, "5th International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" at UBC, Vancouver, June 25-29, 2002.
  4. Program Committee Chair, American Physical Society Northwest Section meeting, Banff, Alberta, May 17-18, 2002.
  5. Co-Organizer, Topical Group, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physicists International Conference on Women in Physics, March 7-9, 2002, Paris, France.
  6. Discussion Group Leader "Balancing Family and Career" session, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physicists International Conference on Women in Physics, March 7-9, 2002, Paris, France.
  7. Co-Organizer, SCWIST/UBC Memorial Symposium, "Women at the Frontier of Exxcellence: Michael Smith’s Legacy to Canadian Women in Science", UBC, Vancouver, April 7, 2001.
  8. Co-organizer, "4th International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons", Valencia, Spain, June 26 — 30, 2000. (5 co-organizers)
  9. Co-convenor American Physical Society Northwest Section, Division of Particle Physics Sessions, Eugene, Oregon, May 18-21, 2000. (2 convenors)
  10. Co-organizer, "3rd International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons", Genoa, Italy, June 28 — July 1, 1998. (5 co-organizers)
  11. Co-Organizer, American Physical Society Meeting, "Canadian American, Mexican Joint Physics Societies Meeting, CAM 97", Washington DC, April 18-21, 1997, Canadian Convenor for Particle Physics sessions, along with American and Mexican Particle Physics colleagues (1 from each country).
  12. Co-Organizer, 2nd International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons, Concordia University, Montreal, August 27-30, 1996. (5 conference organizers).
  13. Organizer, all Division of Particle Physics sessions, CAP Congress 96, June 1996, Ottawa, Ontario.
  14. Chair, Organizing Committee, Western Regional Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference, February 17-19, 1995. Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta. (2 conference organizers).
  15. Invited Session Convenor and Organizer for all Charm Physics parallel sessions, and Invited Charm Session Summary Talk, American Physical Society, Division of Particles and Fields Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2-9, 1994.
  1. Memberships on committees, including offices held and dates

Departmental

  1. Departmental Executive Committee, 2001-present.
  2. Chair, Graduate Program, 2000-present. (with Professor Jess Brewer filling in for 1st 2 months of maternity leave.)
  3. Graduate Admissions Committee, 1999-present.
  4. Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, 1999-2000.
  5. Departmental C21 Chair Cabinet/Committee, 1999-2000.
  6. Committee on Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure (CPRT), 1999-2001.
  7. Department Curriculum Committee, 1997-99.
  8. Committee on Initial Appointments, (CIA) 1994-2001.
  9. Women Students Faculty Mentor, 1994-present.
  10. Warren Chair Search Committee, 1995, 1997-98.
  11. Research and Academic Staff Plan Committee, 1995-1997
  12. Departmental Internal Report Committee, 1996
  13. Departmental Colloquium Organizer, 1996-1997
  14. Departmental Colloquium Helper, 1995-1996

University

  1. Provost’s Task Force on Graduate Student Funding, December 2002- March 2003.
  2. My Undergraduate Group (MUGS) Mentor, 2000.
  3. First year Faculty of Science Mentor, 1994 — 97.
  4. Physics Department Head Search Committee, (Faculty of Science Committee) 1996.
  5. University Strategic Initiative Panel, 1996-97.

 

(b) Other service, including dates

  1. Faculty Panel member, Professional Development for Women Graduate Students workshop on "Preparing for a Career in Academic", sponsored by FOGS, April 25, 2003.
  2. Faculty Panel member, Graduate Student Orientation, sponsored by FOGS, August 31, 2000.

11. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

(a) Memberships on scholarly societies, including offices held and dates

  1. Past-Chair, Northwest Section, American Physical Society (APS), 2003-04.
  2. Chair, Northwest Section, American Physical Society (APS), 2002-03.
  3. Vice-Chair, Northwest Section, American Physical Society (APS), 2001-02.
  4. Vice-Chair Elect, Northwest Section, American Physical Society (APS), 2000-01.
  5. Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) "Friend of Physics" — I serve CAP as the local UBC contact person for CAP Liaison with Canadian Physics departments, 2000-present.
  6. Chairperson, Particle Physics Division, Canadian Association of Physicists, 1995-96.
  7. Judge, Canadian Association of Physicists CAP Lumonics Competition, 1996.
  8. Vice-Chairperson, Particle Physics Division, Canadian Association of Physicists, 1994-95.

 

(b) Memberships on other societies, including offices held and dates

  1. Executive Committee Member, SLAC User’s Organization (SLUO), 1999-2002.
  2. Executive Member, Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Committee for the Encouragement of Women In Physics (CEWIP), 1998-present.
  3. Member, Canadian Association of Physicists
  4. Member, American Physical Society

(c) Editorships (list journal and dates)

  1. Guest Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 6th International Conference of Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" to be held in Chicago, USA, June 27-July 3, 2004, Editors: Kalman, Salomey, Bozzo, McKenna, Rosner.
  2. Guest Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 5th International Conference of Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" held at UBC in Vancouver, June 25-29, 2002, Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 115, 2003, Editors: Kalman, , McKenna, Bozzo, Ligeti, Mattison, Ng, Singer.
  3. Guest Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 4th International Conference of Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" held in Valencia, Spain, June 26-30, 2000, Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 93, 2001, Editors: Kalman, Sanchis-Lozano, Salt, McKenna, Bozzo, Ligeti, Gimenez, Cortina.
  4. Guest Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 3rd International Conference of Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" held in Genoa, Italy, June 29 — July 3, 1998, Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 75B, 1999, Editors: Bozzo, Caso, Kalman, McKenna, Morettini, Pallavicini, Sanchis-Lozano.
  5. Guest Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" held at Concordia University, August 1996, Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 55A, April 1997. Editors Kalman, Bozzo, Gascon and McKenna.

(d) Other service to the community

  1. Judge, several Vancouver Regional Science Fairs.
  2. Frequent participator / mentor in Annual Vancouver Science World & Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) XX Evenings.
  3. Frequent participator/mentor for SCWIST organized events to encourage women in science.
  4. Have appeared on CBC radio and @Discovery.ca television several times.
  5. Active member, Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST).

 

12. AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

(a) Awards for Scholarship (indicate name of award, awarding organizations, date)

  1. UBC Izaak Wallton Killam Memorial Fellowship, 2002-3 (for two 6-month sabbatical leaves in 2003, 2004.)
  2. The UBC Charles A. McDowell Medal, 1999.
  3. NSERC Women’s Faculty Award, renewed 1996-1998
  4. NSERC Women’s Faculty Award, 1993-1996
  5. U of Toronto, EC Stevens Scholarship, 1986-87
  6. NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship, 1982-86
  7. U of Toronto, Massey College Resident Junior Fellow, 1982-83, 85-87
  8. U of Toronto, Massey College, Full Year Residence Payment Award, 1982-83
  9. TE Reesor Electronics Award, U Waterloo, 1981
  10. Bell Canada Full Tuition Scholarship, 1977-1982.
  11. Several Sir Isaac Newton Fellowships and Scholarships, U Waterloo, 1977-1982

 

13. BOOKS

(a) Volumes Edited

  1. Co-Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 5th International Conference of Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" held at UBC, Vancouver, Canada, June 25-29, 2002, Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 115, 2003, Editors: Kalman, Bozzo, Ligeti, Mattison, McKenna, Ng, Singer.
  2. Co-Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 4th International Conference of Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" held in Valencia, Spain, June 26-30, 2000, Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 93, 2001, Editors: Kalman, Sanchis-Lozano, Salt, McKenna, Bozzo, Ligeti, Gimenez, Cortina.
  3. Co-Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 3rd International Conference of Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" held in Genoa, Italy, June 29 — July 3, 1998, Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 75B, 1999, Editors: Bozzo, Caso, Kalman, McKenna, Morettini, Pallavicini, Sanchis-Lozano.
  4. Co-Editor, Nuclear Physics B, "Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons" held at Concordia University, August 1996, Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 55A, April 1997. Editors Kalman, Bozzo, Gascon and McKenna.