Susan Blessing

Short description: American physicist

Susan K. Blessing

Born| (1961-04-10)April 10, 1961
Academic background
Education| BSc, Illinois Institute of Technology 1982
PhD, 1989, Indiana University
Academic work
Institutions| Florida State University

Susan K. Blessing (born April 10, 1961) is an American physicist who is currently a professor at Florida State University and an elected fellow of the American Physical Society.

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Career
* 3 Research
* 4 Awards
* 5 Publications
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Early life and education

Blessing was born on April 10, 1961.[1] She earned her B.S. at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1982 and her Ph.D at Indiana University in 1989.[2] After earning her Ph.D., she was a research associate at Northwestern University from 1989-1993.

## Career

Blessing joined Florida State University in 1994 as an Assistant Professor in physics rising to Professor by 2007.[2] She has served as Director of the Women in Math, Science, and Engineering (WIMSE) program since 2005. From 2010-12, she held the Nancy Marcus Professorship. She served as the Chair of the American Physical Society Forum on Education from 2023-2024.[3]

## Research

Her academic interest is in particle physics.[2] Her highest cited paper is "Transverse energy distributions within jets in collisions at TeV"[4] at 100 times, according to Google Scholar.[5]

## Awards

* George B. Pegram Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (2017)[6][7]
* Fellow of the American Physical Society (2017) [6]

## Publications

* Acosta, Darin E.; Blessing, Susan K. (1999). "Leptoquark searches at HERA and the Tevatron". Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science (Annual Reviews) 49 (1): 389–434. doi:10.1146/annurev.nucl.49.1.389. ISSN 0163-8998.
* Abachi, S.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B. S.; Adam, I. et al. (1995-08-07). "Limits on the Anomalous ZZγ and Zγγ Couplings in pp Collisions at s=1.8 TeV". Physical Review Letters (American Physical Society (APS)) 75 (6): 1028–1033. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.75.1028. ISSN 0031-9007.p+Collisions+at+=1.8+TeV&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review+Letters&rft.aulast=Abachi&rft.aufirst=S.&rft.au=Abachi, S.&rft.au=Abbott, B.&rft.au=Abolins, M.&rft.au=Acharya, B.+S.&rft.au=Adam, I.&rft.au=Adams, D.+L.&rft.au=Adams, M.&rft.au=Ahn, S.&rft.au=Aihara, H.&rft.date=1995-08-07&rft.volume=75&rft.issue=6&rft.pages=1028–1033&rft.pub=American+Physical+Society+(APS)&rft_id=info:doi/10.1103/physrevlett.75.1028&rft.issn=0031-9007&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Biography:Susan_Blessing">

## References

1. ↑ "Blessing, Susan K., 1961-". Library of Congress. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92016155.html.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bio". fsu.edu. http://web2.physics.fsu.edu/~blessing/bio.html. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
3. ↑ "Executive Committee". https://engage.aps.org/fed/governance/executive-committee/past-officers.
4. ↑ Abachi, S.; Abbott, B.; Abolins, M.; Acharya, B.S.; Adam, I. et al. (1995). "Transverse energy distributions within jets in collisions at s=1.8 TeV". Physics Letters B (Elsevier BV) 357 (3): 500–508. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(95)00889-s. ISSN 0370-2693.
5. ↑ "Susan Blessing". https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,44&q=Susan+Blessing&btnG=. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Esteemed FSU physics professor elected fellow of American Physical Society". fsu.edu. November 30, 2017. https://news.fsu.edu/news/science-technology/2017/11/30/esteemed-fsu-physics-professor-elected-fellow-american-physical-society/. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
7. ↑ "SESAPS George B. Pegram Award". American Physical Society. https://engage.aps.org/sesaps/honors/prizes-awards/pegram.

## External links

* Susan Blessing publications indexed by Google Scholar

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