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Gail Hanson

b. 1947

American particle physicist

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Born 1947. Gail Hanson is an American physicist and university teacher.

Gail G. Hanson, born 22 February 1947 in Dayton, Ohio is an American experimental particle physicist.

Career Hanson received her PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973. She spent sixteen years at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, first as a research assistant and then as a permanent staff member. for which she was awarded the 1996 Panofsky Prize with Roy Schwitters.

In 2002 she was appointed Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of California, Riverside. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow Winner of the W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics from the American Physical Society (1996)

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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Indiana University
Employers
University of California, Riverside, Indiana University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship; Fellow of the American Physical Society; Panofsky Prize; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Also known as
Gail G. Hanson

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American particle physicist

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Gail Hanson was born on 22 February 1947 in Dayton.

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Gail Hanson is a physicist and university teacher.

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· Wikipedia: Gail Hanson

· Wikidata: Q16875953

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