Susan K. Blessing (born April 10, 1961) is an American physicist who is currently a professor at Florida State University and an elected fellow of the American Physical Society.

Susan K. Blessing
Born(1961-04-10)April 10, 1961
Academic background
EducationBSc, Illinois Institute of Technology 1982
PhD, 1989, Indiana University
Academic work
InstitutionsFlorida State University

Early life and education

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Blessing was born on April 10, 1961.[1] She earned her B.S. at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1982 and her Ph.D at Indiana University in 1989.[2] After earning her Ph.D., she was a research associate at Northwestern University from 1989-1993.

Career

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Blessing joined Florida State University in 1994 as an Assistant Professor in physics rising to Professor by 2007.[2] She has served as Director of the Women in Math, Science, and Engineering (WIMSE) program since 2005. From 2010-12, she held the Nancy Marcus Professorship. She served as the Chair of the American Physical Society Forum on Education from 2023-2024.[3]

Research

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Her academic interest is in particle physics.[2] Her highest cited paper is "Transverse energy distributions within jets in collisions at TeV"[4] at 100 times, according to Google Scholar.[5]

Awards

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Publications

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  • Acosta, Darin E.; Blessing, Susan K. (1999). "Leptoquark searches at HERA and the Tevatron". Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 49 (1). Annual Reviews: 389–434. doi:10.1146/annurev.nucl.49.1.389. ISSN 0163-8998.
  • Abachi, S.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adam, I.; et al. (DØ Collaboration) (1995-08-07). "Limits on the Anomalous ZZγ and Zγγ Couplings in pp Collisions at  =1.8 TeV". Physical Review Letters. 75 (6). American Physical Society (APS): 1028–1033. arXiv:hep-ex/9503010. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.75.1028. ISSN 0031-9007.

References

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  1. ^ "Blessing, Susan K., 1961-". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Bio". fsu.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Executive Committee". American Physical Society. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ Abachi, S.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B.S.; Adam, I.; et al. (DØ Collaboration) (1995). "Transverse energy distributions within jets in collisions at  =1.8 TeV". Physics Letters B. 357 (3). Elsevier BV: 500–508. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(95)00889-s. ISSN 0370-2693.
  5. ^ "Susan Blessing". Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Esteemed FSU physics professor elected fellow of American Physical Society". fsu.edu. November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  7. ^ "SESAPS George B. Pegram Award". American Physical Society.
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