Pursuit of Excellence Transcends Science at Jefferson Lab, Can Be Found in Human Resources
If any one of the roughly 720 full-time employees of Jefferson Lab wants to know how to save for a 401(k) retirement plan, they can ask Treva Ferguson. Ferguson, a Human Resources benefits consultant, can also tell them everything they need to know about medical, dental, life, disability and vision insurance accounts provided by the lab, among other benefits-related topics.
An international sickness and accident insurance plan is available for purchase. A copy of each applicant's valid immigration documentation is required to process insurance documentation.
This insurance option is offered to insure the availability of quality medical care to all of our visiting researchers/students/postdocs and their dependents while at Jefferson Lab.
Sickness and accident plans include prescription cards to all enrollees. This card will offer a Medex discount unique to each prescription plus a 20% co-pay.
"I really enjoyed working with the people in the Coast Guard and variety of work," said Dolbeck. "With each new assignment, there were new challenges and an opportunity to see and live in a different part of the United States."
Q&A with Joel Dolbeck, U.S. Coast Guard
What did you do for the military?
I had several jobs in the Coast Guard that involved Facility Engineering & Maintenance, Project and Program Management, Base Operations and Workforce Readiness, Training and Assessment.
A new study has confirmed that increasing the number of neutrons as compared to protons in the atom’s nucleus also increases the average momentum of its protons.
The determination of the pressure distribution inside the proton is the first measurement of a mechanical property of a subatomic particle. The measurement found that the proton’s building blocks, quarks, are subjected to a pressure of 100 decillion Pascal (1035) near the center of a proton, which is about 10 times greater than the pressure in the heart of a neutron star.
The weak force is one of the four fundamental forces in our universe, along with gravity, electromagnetism and the strong force. Researchers have made the first experimental determination of the weak charge of the proton, a measure of the precise strength of the weak force’s influence on the proton.
"My favorite part of being a soldier was the moving around every three to four years," said Polanco-Mann. "Regardless of where in the world you were, there was a camaraderie that you did not find in many work environments."
