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Daniela Bortoletto

Italian high energy physicist, head of Particle Physics at the University of Oxford and Nicholas Kurti Senior Research Fellow in Physics at Brasenose College

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Daniela Bortoletto was an Italian physicist and university teacher.

Daniela Bortoletto is an Italian-British high energy physicist, head of Particle Physics at the University of Oxford and Nicholas Kurti Senior Research Fellow in Physics at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. She works in silicon detector development and was a co-discoverer of both the Higgs boson and the top quark.

Early life and education Bortoletto grew up in the Italian Alps and studied at the University of Pavia, graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in physics. She earned her PhD in 1989 at Syracuse University, under the supervision of Sheldon Stone.

Research Bortoletto moved to Purdue University to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship. In 1994, she received a NSF Career Advancement Award and became the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. While part of the CDF collaboration in 1995, she co-discovered the top quark. She is an editor for the journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A.

Bortoletto was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to particle physics and gender equality.

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Important facts

Nationality
Education
Syracuse University, University of Pavia
Employers
University of Oxford, Purdue University
Awards
Fellow of the Institute of Physics; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Also known as
D. Bortoletto

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Who was Daniela Bortoletto?

Italian high energy physicist, head of Particle Physics at the University of Oxford and Nicholas Kurti Senior Research Fellow in Physics at Brasenose College

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Daniela Bortoletto was a physicist and university teacher.

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Daniela Bortoletto was Italian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Daniela Bortoletto

· Wikidata: Q57915484

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