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Thomas Kirk
Brief Resume for Thomas B.W. Kirk
January 2008
Personal Data:
Born Denver, Colorado, June 13, 1940
Married 33 years to Brenda Sue Kirk; two sons, Elliot (age 32) and Peter (age 29)
General health good, no disabilities
BS in Engr. Physics with special honors, University of Colorado, 1962
MS, PhD in Physics, University of Washington, 1967
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1989
George Norlin Award, Univ. of Colorado Distinguished Alumni Award, 2003
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004
Honorary Doctor of JINR, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, 2005
Recent Employment History:
2006 - present Adjunct Professor of Physics University of Colorado, Boulder
2006 - present Brookhaven National Laboratory Retired with Guest Scientist appointment
2005 - 2006 Brookhaven National Laboratory Special Assistant to the Director
1994 - 2005 Brookhaven National Laboratory Associate Laboratory Director of HENP
1993 - 1994 SSC Laboratory (ANL assign.) Deputy Director, SSC Laboratory
1992 - 1994 SSC Laboratory (ANL assign.) SDC Project Manager and Department Head
1989 - 1992 Argonne National Laboratory HEP Division Director
1987 - 1989 SSC Central Design Group Positions held:
(on assignment from Fermilab) Project Mnagement Group, Acting Head;
Magnet Div. Head; CDG Business Manager
1977 - 1989 Fermilab Positions held:
Neutrino Dept. Head; TeV II Project Manager;
Physics Dept. Head; Spokesman, Experiment E665
1973 - 1976 University of Illinois, Urbana Associate Professor of Physics
1967 - 1972 Harvard University Positions held:
Postdoctoral Assoc.; Assistant Professor of Physics;
Associate Professor of Physics
Professional/Service Activities:
2006 – present National Science Foundation Consultant, Office of Large Facilities Projects
2004 – present National Science Foundation Positions held:
Co-Chair, Business & Operations Adv. Comm.;
Member, Business & Operations Adv. Comm.;
Chair, B&O Adv. Comm. Facilities Subcommittee
2001 – 2005 J-PARC Project in Japan Member, International Advisory Comm.
1996 - 2006 Riken-BNL Collaboration Member, Steering Committee
1980 - 2005 U.S. Dept. of Energy Consultant, Projects & Programs, including:
U.S.-Japan Comm. For Cooperation in HEP;
U.S.-China Co-op. Program in HEP
U.S.-Russia Comm. For Co-op. in Fund. Part.
1998 - 2001 National Science Foundation Member and Chair, MPS Advisory Comm.
1992 - 2001 National Science Foundation Consultant, LIGO Project
1991 - 1994 Massachussetts Genl. Hospital Proton Therapy. Adv. Comm. Mem.
1989 - 1994 APS Div. of Particles & Fields Executive Committee Member
1988 - 1993 Intl. Symp. on the SSC (IISSC) Positions held:
Vice-President, '93, ’95; Treasurer, '92
Program Chairman, '91; Board of Directors, '88
1992 - 1993 Solenoidal Detector Collaboration SDC Project Manager and
Co-Spokesperson
1989 - 1991 Solenoidal Detector Collaboration Institutional Board Chairman
Significant Career Milestones
Retirement Period (2006-present)
Consultant to the National Science Foundation Office of Large Facilities Projects, 2006
Co-Chair, NSF Business and Operations Advisory Committee, 2006-2009
Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2006-2009
BNL Period (1994-2006)
Initiator or Co-Initiator (as Assoc. Lab. Dir. of HENP) of:
AGS Super Neutrino Beam Initiative QCDOC Lattice Gauge Center at BNL
RSVP Initiative at NSF US ATLAS Tier1 Computing Center at BNL
AGS-2000 Initiative RHIC Summer Study Series
AGS Neutron Spallation Source White Paper Wideband Neutrino Oscillations Program at BNL
Advocate/Supporter of:
RHIC HI Physics Program AGS Physics Program
Riken BNL Research Center BNL Role in LHC Program
LSST Initiative for Dark Energy Astronomy AGS Radiobiology Program
Proton Radiography Tests AGS Neutron Spallation Target Tests
LIGO Review Committee Chairman Muon Collider R&D Initiative
NSF Advisor & Consultant DOE Advisor & Consultant
Wideband Neutrino Oscillations Program at FNAL
SSC Laboratory Period (1992-1994)
SDC Co-Spokesperson & Project Manager SDC Department Head
Deputy Director for SSC Project Closeout DPF Executive Committee
Texas Advanced Research Program Consult. IISSC Corporate Officer
MGH Proton Therapy Advisory Comm.
ANL Laboratory Period (1989-1994)
Lead Role in SDC EM Calorimeter RHIC Spin Physics Program Initiative
Collider Physics Discussion Group Founder US/PRC Committee on HEP
LIGO NSF Review Committee Chairman DOE Advisor & Consultant
SSC Central Design Group Period (1988-1989)
Magnet Division Head Project Management Group Acting Leader
Administration Group Head Co-Organizer, Solenoidal Detector Collaboration
Fermilab Period (1978-1989)
Tevatron II Project Manager Spokesman, E665 Tevatron Muon Collaboration
Neutrino Department Head Physics Department Head
SSC Conceptual Design Report Co-Author Snowmass SSC Summer Study Group Leader
Illinois SSC Site Study, Team-Leader
University of Illinois Period (1973-1977)
Spokesman, Fermilab E369 Spokesman, Fermilab E610
Co-Organizer, Fermilab E673 Associate Professor of Physics
PhD Thesis Supervisor University Committees
Reviewer for APS Physical Review and Phys. Rev. Letters
Harvard University Period (1967-1972)
Initiator, NAL Muon Beam & Physics Effort Co-Organizer NAL Muon Scattering Program
Muon Scattering at BNL AGS CP-Violation Experiments at BNL AGS
Time-Reversal Violation Exp. at CEA Electroproduction Exps. at CEA
Asst. & Assoc. Professor of Physics PhD Thesis Supervisor
Faculty Council Member University Committees
Reviewer for APS Physical Review and Phys. Rev. Letters
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