Daniela Bortoletto Explained

Daniela Bortoletto
Nationality:Italian
British
Known For:co-discovering the Higgs boson and the top quark
Nicholas Kurti Senior Research Fellow in Physics
Education:University of Pavia
Alma Mater:Syracuse University
Doctoral Advisor:Sheldon Stone
Discipline:Physics
Sub Discipline:Particle physics
Workplaces:University of Oxford,
Purdue University,
CERN
Main Interests:Silicon detector development

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.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Bortoletto grew up in the Italian Alps[3] and studied at the University of Pavia, graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in physics. She was a member of Collegio Ghislieri in Pavia.[4] She earned her PhD in 1989 at Syracuse University,[5] under the supervision of Sheldon Stone.[6] [7]

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.[8] While part of the CDF collaboration in 1995, she co-discovered the top quark. Two years later, she won a NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award. In 2004, she gained fellowship of the American Physical Society.

In 2010, Bortoletto became the E. M. Purcell Distinguished Professor of Physics at Purdue University. For seven years, she was the upgrade coordinator for the US CMS collaboration, part of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. In 2013, she moved to the University of Oxford, and transferred from the CMS collaboration to the ATLAS collaboration, again working on the LHC. Her research focuses on silicon detector development. Bortoletto became a fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2015.[9] She is an editor for the journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A.

Since 2015, Bortoletto has set up and run the UK arm of the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, held annually in Oxford.[10]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: D. Bortoletto. www.journals.elsevier.com. 2018-10-08.
  2. CDF Collaboration. Abe. F.. Akimoto. H.. Akopian. A.. Albrow. M. G.. Amendolia. S. R.. Amidei. D.. Antos. J.. Anway-Wiese. C.. Carol E. Anway. 1995-04-03. Observation of Top Quark Production in $\overline\mathit$ Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab|journal=Physical Review Letters. 74. 14. 2626–2631. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2626. 10057978. hep-ex/9503002. 119451328. }
  3. Web site: Professor Daniela Bortoletto: Interviewed - Brasenose College, Oxford. Support. altcom. www.bnc.ox.ac.uk. en. 2018-10-08.
  4. Web site: Pavia Cinquant'anni di donne al Collegio Ghislieri. Montonati. Paola. www.paviafree.it. it-it. 2018-10-08.
  5. Web site: Purdue University :: Speakers. www.physics.purdue.edu. 2018-10-08.
  6. News: Interview with Prof. Bortoletto. 2015-11-21. Trinity Student Scientific Review. 2018-10-08. en-US.
  7. Web site: Physics Tree - Daniela Bortoletto. academictree.org. 2018-10-08.
  8. Web site: Purdue Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Honors. University. Purdue Physics and Astronomy, Purdue. www.physics.purdue.edu. en. 2018-10-08.
  9. Web site: New fellows, new members and In Memoriam in August 2015. Physics. Institute of. www.iop.org. en-GB. 2018-10-08.
  10. Web site: CUWiP 2015 Oxford, UK. www.physics.ox.ac.uk. en. 2018-10-08.