Susan Blessing Explained

Susan K. Blessing
Birth Date:	April 10, 1961
Education:	BSc, Illinois Institute of Technology 1982 PhD, 1989, Indiana University

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.

Early life and education

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

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

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

• George B. Pegram Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (2017)^[6]
• Fellow of the American Physical Society (2017) ^[7]

Publications

• Acosta . Darin E. . Blessing . Susan K. . Leptoquark searches at HERA and the Tevatron . . Annual Reviews . 49 . 1 . 1999 . 0163-8998 . 10.1146/annurev.nucl.49.1.389. free . 389–434.
• Abachi . S. . Abbott . B. . Abolins . M. . Acharya . B. S. . Adam . I. . Adams . D. L. . Adams . M. . Ahn . S. . Aihara . H. . Alitti . J. . 5. DØ Collaboration. Limits on the Anomalous ZZγ and Zγγ Couplings in p Collisions at \sqrt{s} =1.8 TeV . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 75 . 6 . 1995-08-07 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.75.1028 . 1028–1033. hep-ex/9503010.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blessing, Susan K., 1961- . Library of Congress . December 20, 2021.
2. Web site: Bio . fsu.edu . December 27, 2017.
3. Web site: Executive Committee . American Physical Society . 21 May 2024 . APS FEd Chairship.
4. Abachi . S. . Abbott . B. . Abolins . M. . Acharya . B.S. . Adam . I. . Adams . D.L. . Adams . M. . Ahn . S. . Aihara . H. . Alitti . J. . 5. DØ Collaboration. Transverse energy distributions within jets in collisions at \sqrt{s} =1.8 TeV. Physics Letters B . Elsevier BV . 357 . 3 . 1995 . 0370-2693 . 10.1016/0370-2693(95)00889-s . 500–508. free .
5. Web site: Susan Blessing . December 27, 2017.
6. Web site: SESAPS George B. Pegram Award . American Physical Society.
7. Web site: Esteemed FSU physics professor elected fellow of American Physical Society . November 30, 2017 . fsu.edu . December 27, 2017.