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Elizabeth Simmons is a distinguished professor and the Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of California, San Diego. She completed her PhD at Harvard University in 1990. Her research primarily focuses on the Standard Model of particle physics, exploring the limitations of this model in explaining phenomena observed at higher energies characteristic of the universe's early eras. Simmons examines how new physics impacts the masses of elementary particles, with a particular focus on the heaviest matter particle, the top quark. She investigates data anomalies that may suggest new symmetry structures and works on developing testable theories while proposing fresh tests for existing models. Her contributions include demonstrating how new-physics models could elucidate the large mass of the top quark and the role this particle plays in the electroweak symmetry breaking process. Through her work, Simmons has outlined properties of new heavy resonances and proposed novel ways to analyze high-energy collider data to discover symmetry properties of resonances, shaping future research directions in particle physics.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).