Jonathan M. Dorfan
Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Professor of Physics, Stanford University and SLAC
Dr. Dorfan received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Cape Town in 1969 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine in 1976.
He is currently the Director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California and Professor of Physics at Stanford University and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Prior to becoming the Director of SLAC in October of 1999, he was the BaBar Technical Coordinator from 1997 through 1999, and the B-Factory Project Director from 1994 to 1999. From 1994 to 1999 he was an Associate Director at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and has been a Professor at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University from 1989 to the present. From 1984 through 1989 he was an Associate Professor, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University. Prior to that he was Spokesman for the MARK II Experiment at PEP from 1980-1984, and Co-Spokesman for the MARK II Experiment at SLC from 1982-1989. From 1978 to 1984 he was a Staff Physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University and began his career as a Research Associate at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University from 1976-1978.
He is, or has been, involved with the following professional organizations: Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow, American Physical Society; Member, SLAC Experimental Program Advisory Committee, 1985-1987; Member, Advisory Board of Theoretical Advanced Study Institute, 1987-1992; Member and Chair, Particle Data Group Advisory Board, 1987-1989; Editor for Cambridge Press, 1988-1990; Member, APS Ad Hoc Committee on Particle Theory, 1989-1990; Member, Executive Board of the APS Division of Particles and Fields, 1990-1993; Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, U.S. Department of Energy; 1991-1994; Member, BaBar Executive Board, 1994-1999; Member, Advisory Council, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 2000-present; Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute, 2000-present; Member, International Committee for Future Accelerators, 2000-present.
His area of research interests consist of experimental elementary particle physics and
advanced accelerator design.