College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Usha Mallik

Professor
Education:
Ph.D., City University of New York, 1978
Office:
503 VAN
Office Phone:
(319) 335-0499
Lab:
525 VAN
549 VAN
Lab Phone:
(319) 335-3468
(319) 335-0116
Research Interests:
Experimental elementary particle physics.
Research:
- Physics immediately following the Big Bang
- Physics projects at LHC (ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider); Work on Silicon Pixel detector and its upgrade; Upgrade of Liquid Argon Electromagnetic Calorimeter
- R&D on the Future Electron Positron Linear Collider (at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and CERN)
- Students start with courses and initial research at Iowa, then move to a major lab to complete their thesis research
- Students develop skills in fast electronics, real-time data processing, and software
- Employment opportunities in academia, major labs, industry
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