M. D. Corcoran

EDUCATION
Ph. D. in Physics, Indiana University, 1977
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Dayton, 1972

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Speaker, Faculty Senate of Rice University, 2005-2007
Chair of the Physics Department, Rice University, 1994-1998
Professor of Physics, Rice University, 1992-
Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, University of Chicago, 1990
Associate Professor of Physics, Rice University, 1986-1992
Assistant Professor of Physics, Rice University, 1980-1986
Senior Research Associate, Bonner Nuclear Laboratories, October 1979-August 1980
Post Doctoral Research Position, University of Wisconsin, September 1977-October 1979
Research Associate in Experimental High Energy Physics, Indiana University, 1973-1977

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Experimental particle physics with interestes in CP violation, tests of fundamental symmetries, and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Fermilab Collider Experiment D0.
Fermilab KTeV Experiment, Study of CP violation in the neutral Kaon system
Fermilab E683, Photoproduction of high pt Jets, spokesperson

HONORS AND AWARDS
NSF Visiting Professorship for Women, University of Chicago, 1990
Fellow of the American Physical Society, Division of Particles and Fields
Junior Investigator Grant, US Department of Energy, 1980

PROFESSIONAL AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
Quarknet High School Teacher Program, ongoing program started in 2004
British Marshall Scholarship Review Panel, Southwest Region, 1997-present
Fermilab Board of Overseers, June 1997-2004
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP), October 1997-October 2000
Texas National Research Laboratory Research Commission (TNRLC), 1990-1992
Fermilab Users Executive Committee, 1987-1989