Through successful research and frequently changing titles, Elizabeth Worcester is now a highly active Associate Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), in Upton, New York, where she works on numerous experiments. One of the current experiments is the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), which is working towards transforming our thoughts about the origins and evolution of the universe using neutrino and proton-decay science.
Worcester is an active member of Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, winner the Breakthrough Prize in early 2016 for establishing a non-zero value of the mixing angle theta13. ?The large value of this parameter allows DUNE to observe significant rates of electron neutrino appearance at the far detector at SURF.? Worcester said.
She focuses her work at LBNF/DUNE on understanding the expected sensitivity of the experiment to measurements of long-baseline oscillation parameters. She also spends her time working on the cold electronics that will be used to read out the Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers at FERMI Lab and on the prototype experiment at CERN known as ProtoDUNE.
Along with many accomplishments in research, she has also become a distinguished speaker. She has experience both teaching college level courses, and has published many of her research findings.
Elizabeth received a Bachelor of Science in Physics with Highest Honor from the Georgia Institute of Technology, her Masters of Science in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles, and her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in Physics. It is at the University of Chicago where Elizabeth completed her dissertation on: Measurements of Direct CP Violation, CPT Symmetry, and Other Parameters in the Neutral Kaon System.
Elizabeth resides in New York State where she is a mother to 3 children. Her hobbies include long distance running, cooking, sports, ballet, and Slash (the guitarist.)
For information about the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, go to: http://www.dunescience.org/