CV
Philip R. Kesten
Education:
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Ph.D., Experimental Particle Physics |
University of Michigan |
1985 |
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M.S., Physics |
University of Michigan |
1980 |
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B.S., Physics |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1978 |
Institutional Associations:
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Dates |
Institution |
Position(s) |
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1990 - present |
Santa Clara University |
Current: Associate Professor of Physics ; Associate Provost, Undergraduate Studies ; Director, Ricard Memorial Observatory |
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Past: Chairman, Department of Physics (1986 to 2006) ; Associate Provost, Residential Learning Communities (2005 to 2007) ; Director of the Learning Communities Program (2003 to 2005) ; Faculty Director, da Vinci Residential Learning Community (1999 to 2005) |
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1996 - 2006 |
Docutek, A SirsiDynix Company |
Consultant (2006) ; Vice President of Strategic Directions (2005 to 2006) ; Vice President of Marketing (2000 to 2005) ; President and CEO (1996 to 2000) ; Co-founder (1996) |
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1997 - 1998 |
NASA Ames Research Center |
Summer Research Fellow |
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1990 - 1994 |
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
Visiting Scientist ; Summer Research Fellow |
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1992 |
Argonne National Laboratory |
Summer Research Fellow |
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1985 - 1990 |
Brandeis University |
Lecturer in Physics ; Postdoctoral Research Associate ; Head Coach, Men's and Women's Crew |
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1979 - 1985 |
University of Michigan |
Postdoctoral Research Associate ; Graduate Student ; Head Coach, Men's and Women's Crew |
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1978 - 1979 |
Schlumberger Well Services |
Junior Field Engineer |
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Research |
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Dates |
Institution |
Description |
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1997 - present |
NASA Ames Research Center |
Near IR photometry of Uranian satellites |
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1994 - 1995 |
Ricard Memorial Observatory |
Search for impacts of small fragments of Comet SL-9 with Jupiter |
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1985 - 1994 |
Collider Detector at Fermilab |
Search for hadronic top quark decays, measurement of B-Bbar mixing |
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1981 - 1985 |
High Res. Spectrometer, SLAC |
Search for Lambda++, measurement of charm quark decay features |
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1977 - 1978 |
Mass. Inst. of Tech. |
Proton induced x-ray emmision |
| Honors | ||
| Dates | Institution | Description |
| 2006 | Santa Clara University | Louis and Dorina Brutocao Award for Teaching Excellence |
| 2005 | Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | California Professor of the Year |