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LARRY GLADNEY Office: Residence: David Rittenhouse Laboratory E-mail: [email protected] 209 S. 33rd Street 421 S. 47th St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 Philadelphia, PA 19143 (215)898-4683 (215)476-2436 Birthdate : August 9, 1957 Occupation : Professor in the University of Pennsylvania Physics and As- tronomy Department. Education: 4/85—7/88 Post-Doctoral Student, University of Pennsylvania 6/82—4/85 Ph.D., Physics, Stanford University 9/79—6/82 M.S., Physics, Stanford University 9/75—6/79 B.A., Physics, Northwestern University Academic/Teaching Experience: • Teach undergraduate and graduate physics courses. • Supervise and guide master’s and doctoral students’ thesis work. • Supervised and guided 6 post-doctoral students in their research. • Participated in hiring two computing professionals for departmental computing support. • 8 years of experience with science teaching in outreach programs for Philadelphia and Chesilhurst, NJ public and parochial school students from 7th through 12th grade. Chair Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2009 - 2014 1 Kahn Chair Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excel- lence, 2008 - present Professor Secondary Appointment as Professor of Education in the Grad- uate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics and Astron- omy, 2005 - present Associate Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1992 - 2005 Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics, 1988 - 1992 Research Experience: 9/04—9/09 Co-leader for the Supernovae/Acceleration Probe (SNAP) sim- ulation team preparing studies for the NASA/DOE Joint Dark Energy Mission proposal for the SNAP collaboration. 9/03—8/04 Visiting Scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 9/97—12/05 Assoc. Professor, selected to head the Level 3 Trigger effort for the BaBar experiment at the SLAC PEP-II Collider. 3/97—3/00 Assoc. Professor, selected as the American representative to the Computing Coordination Group for BaBar. This group has 1 repre- sentative from each nation on the experiment to represent its viewpoint in matters of computing policy within the collaboration. 6/92 Assoc. Professor, first observation of an exclusive B meson decay in the hadron collider environment and contributed to the measurement of the bottom quark production cross-section at 1.8 TeV center-of-mass energy. 7/88—6/92 Asst. Professor, developed the third-level tau lepton triggers for the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Involved in the deter- mination of universality of weak interactions for the relative coupling W → τντ and W → eνe. Co-developed vertexing algorithms. Co- developed neural network and tau lepton triggers for CDF and future SSC detectors. 2 Funding: 2000-2007 My research funding level from the Department of Energy is ∼ $250k/year. 2007-2009 Principal Investigator for the Penn Science Teacher Institute (PSTI) NSF grant at $1M/year. 2008-2011 Principal Investigator for NSF Supplemental grant to the PSTI grant of $483,600 2009-2011 Principal Investigator for NSF Supplemental grant to the PSTI grant of $361,530 Academic Honors and Awards: 7/08 Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair for Faculty Excellence 4/97 Recipient of the Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Phys- ical Society. 2/97 Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecturer Award from Wayne State University. 4/94 Received the Outstanding Community Service Award from the Penn Black Graduate and Professional Students Association. 4/90—9/91 Awarded a Lilly Teaching Fellowship. 6/89—6/94 Made a Presidential Young Investigator by the National Sci- ence Foundation. 9/82—9/83 Awarded a Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship for disser- tation level work by the Danforth Foundation. Research Service Activities: 1/10— Member of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation Board. 4/09—9/09 Member of the Particle Astrophysics Science Advisory Group advising the Department of Energy and the National Science Founda- tion. 3 1/09—12/12 Member of the American Physical Society Nominating Com- mittee. 12/08 Chair of the Laser Interferometry Gravitational Wave Observatory Hanford Educational Facility Review committee for the National Sci- ence Foundation. 4/08-12/08 Co-editor for a special issue of “The Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations” documenting research from the Math/Science Partnership Program of the National Science Foun- dation. 1/07— Director of the Penn Science Teacher Institute. 1/07— Member of the Committee on Informing the Public of the American Physical Society. 5/06— Member of the Committee on Science and the Arts for the Franklin Institute. 12/06—12/09 Member of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) for the Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. 11/07— Member of the HEPAP subpanel on Agency Staffing. 11/07 Member of the Review Panel for the National Science Foundation Laser Interferometry Gravitational Wave Observatory. 9/98— Member of the Quarknet Advisory Board - Quarknet is a Depart- ment of Energy, National Science Foundation, and Department of Ed- ucation funded project that brings high school students and teachers into forefront research activities of fundamental physics projects. 09/06 Member of the Committee of Visitors for the National Science Foun- dation Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement program. 01/06 Member of the review panel recommending funding support from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Operations proposal authorizing funding for startup of CMS operations at the Large Hadron Collider. 4 12/04 Member of the National Science Foundation Site Evaluation Commit- tee for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory Educational Outreach project. 11/04 Member of the Committee of Visitors for the National Science Foun- dation Distinguished Teaching Scholars program. 9/99—8/02 Member of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). 3/01—12/01 Member of the Long-Range Planning Subpanel of HEPAP charged with charting the next 20 years of U.S. particle physics re- search. 12/01—09/05 Member of the Advisory and Review Committee for the Center for the Origin and Structure of Matter project at Hampton University - one of the first 3 Physics Frontiers Centers of the National Science Foundation. 9/97—6/02 Member of the U.S. Army Science Advisory Board. 1/98—12/99 Member of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Experi- mental Physics Advisory Committee. • Reviewer for Department of Energy National Laboratory review of Ar- gonne National Laboratory • Reviewer for Director’s Review Board for Particle Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Reviewer for Nuclear Instruments and Methods • Reviewer for Research Proposals for the National Science Foundation • Reviewer for Research Proposals for the Department of Energy • Reviewer for Education Proposals for the National Science Foundation • Content reviewer for undergraduate textbooks, Pearson-Addison Wes- ley 5 University Service Activities: 1/10—12/10 Chair of the Penn Faculty Senate Nominating Committee 1/09— Member of the School of Arts and Sciences Committee on Under- graduate Education 9/08—1/09 Chair of the Planning Committee for the Faculty Senate Founder’s Day Symposium. 9/08—5/09 Past-Chair of the Faculty Senate 9/08—5/09 Member of Capital Council 9/08—5/09 Member of Academic Planning and Budget Committee 9/06—5/09 Member of the Steering Committee of University Council 9/06—5/09 Member of the University Council Committee on Committees 9/06—5/09 Member of University Council 9/06—5/09 Member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty 6/06—5/09 Member of the Consultation Committee of the President and Provost. 6/06—5/09 Member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee 5/07—5/08 Chair of the UPenn Faculty Senate 5/07—5/08 Chair of the University Council Steering Committee 9/06—5/08 Member of the University Target of Opportunity Committee 7/06—5/07 Chair-Elect of the Faculty Senate 9/06—9/07 Member of the University Research Fund Committee 12/05—5/06 Member of the School of Arts and Sciences Minority Equity Committee 6 3/05—5/05 Member of the Penn School of Engineering and Applied Sci- ences Dean’s Review Committee. 1/03—5/03 Chair of the African-American Resource Center Executive Of- ficer Search Committee. 9/00—7/03 Chair of the Pilot General Requirement Executive Committee for the School of Arts and Sciences 9/00—7/03 Chair of the Pilot General Requirement Curriculum Commit- tee for the School of Arts and Sciences 9/00—7/03 Member of the Committee on Technology and Learning for the School of Arts and Sciences 9/98— Member of the Provost’s Classroom Facilities Review Committee 1/01—5/03 Member of the Minority Recruitment and Retention Commit- tee for the University of Pennsylvania. 12/01—8/03 Member of the Underrepresented Minority Equity Committee on behalf of the Penn Faculty Senate and the President’s office. 9/00—8/02 Chair of the Faculty Advisory Board for Academic Support Programs in the Office of the Vice Provost for University Life. 9/00—8/03 Chair of the Advisory Board for the African-American Re- source Center for Penn. 9/99—5/05 Member of the Penn Masters in Chemical Education Advisory Board. 1/97—6/00 Member of the Executive Committee for the Middle Atlantic Consortium for Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications Through- out the Curriculum. Past Service: • Chair of the School of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee. • Chair of the Review Committee for the Biological Basis of Behavior major. 7 • Chair of the Provost’s Diversity Fund Committee. • Chair of the Affirmative Action Executive Officer Search Committee. • Member of the Joint Senate-Administration Committee to Assess Sys- tems for Evaluating Teaching at Penn.