For theory group head, successful research and leadership comes from finding and keeping the right balance
Jianwei Qiu has very full days managing his responsibilities at the lab. As Jefferson Lab’s associate director for theoretical and computational physics, most of his days are filled to the brim by attending meetings, reviewing papers and serving on the national and international advisory and review committees for funding agencies and various science programs.
“You can’t really describe what it feels like to save someone’s life. You have to depend on others to keep everyone safe, especially when you are in an unstable environment.”
Brian Hanlon – Security and Services Manager at Jefferson Lab
U.S. Coast Guard – 1989-1996
As Brian Hanlon’s teenage eyes skimmed the surf, he took in the large U.S. Coast Guard cutters just off of the shore. Growing up just a block shy from the Florida coast, he heard the stories of the search and rescue missions and was drawn to them.
May built a career in physics focused on health and safety
When Bob May was a student at Virginia Tech in the 1970’s, the school was in the early stages of developing a curriculum that would include environment, safety and health aspects of ionizing radiation for science majors. Now, as the ES&H deputy director at Jefferson Lab, May can look to a decades-long history of involvement and leadership in the field of health physics that began when he was a student at Tech helping to pilot the first courses in his field.
When planning began for Jefferson Lab’s Gluonic Excitations Experiment (GlueX) in the early 1990s, Justin Stevens was in elementary school. He had no idea that one day he would help design a critical detector for phase two of the multi-decade project or that he would play the critical role of physics analysis coordinator.