Gary D. Westfall (born June 10, 1950) is an American experimental nuclear and high energy physicist and University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. He is also a co-author, with Wolfgang Bauer, of the introductory calculus-based physics textbook University Physics, published by McGraw-Hill in 2010.
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| Born | June 10, 1950 |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Known for | Relativistic heavy ion collisions, disappearance of flow, balance energy, fireball model |
| Awards | Humboldt Prize Fellow of the American Physical Society |
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| Fields | Physics, Nuclear Physics |
| Institutions | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Amir Zaidi |
| Notable students | Barbara Jacak |