Don Lincoln
American physicist
Don Lincoln (born 1964) is an American physicist, author, host of the YouTube channel Fermilab, and science communicator. He conducts research in particle physics at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and was an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, although he is no longer affiliated with the university. He received a Ph.D. in experimental particle physics from Rice University in 1994. In 1995, he was a co-discoverer of the top quark. He has co-authored hundreds of research papers, and more recently, was a member of the team that discovered the Higgs boson in 2012.
Early life and education
Don Lincoln was born in 1964. He received a Ph.D. in experimental particle physics from Rice University in 1994.
Career
Lincoln is a public speaker, science writer, and has contributed many scientific articles to magazines that include Analog Science Fiction and Fact in July 2009, Scientific American in November 2012, and July 2015, and The Physics Teacher many times. He is also the author of books for the public about particle physics. His most recent book is 'Einstein's Unfinished Dream' (2023)
and it is published by Oxford University Press.
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