JoAnne Lea Hewett | |
|---|---|
 Hewett in 2020 | |
| 10th Director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Doon Gibbs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Boulder, CO |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Iowa State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | High energy physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Superstring-inspired E6 phenomenology (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bing-Lin Young |
JoAnne L. Hewett (born 1960) is a theoretical particle physicist on the faculty of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, where she is a professor in the Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics. Since 2017 she has been the associate lab director of the Fundamental Physics Directorate and the chief research officer at SLAC. Her research interests include physics beyond the Standard Model, dark matter, and hidden dimensions. She is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
In April 2023, she was named as the next director of Brookhaven National Laboratory and president Brookhaven Science Associates, taking over these roles from Doon Gibbs.[1]
- ^ "JoAnne Hewett Named Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory". Brookhaven National Laboratory. 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-10.