Susan Blessing
Template:Short description Template:Infobox academic 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.
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]