Patricia Burchat

Patricia Burchat
Born	Patricia Rose Burchat 1958 Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Professor of Physics
Spouse	Tony Norcia
Children	2
Awards	Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, American Physical Society Gabilan Professor of Physics Guggenheim Fellow
Academic background
Education	B.S., University of Toronto Ph.D., Stanford University
Thesis	Decays of the Tau Lepton (1986)
Doctoral advisor	Gary Feldman
Academic work
Discipline	Physicist
Sub-discipline	Experimental high energy physics Astrophysics
Institutions	Stanford University
Notable students	Stephanie A. Majewski
Website	physics.stanford.edu/people/faculty/patricia-burchat

Patricia Burchat (born 1958) is the Gabilan Professor of Physics at Stanford University who researches experimental particle physics and cosmology. She is interested in mapping dark matter in the universe, and understanding the nature of dark energy.^[1] She was named a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001, and a Guggenheim Fellow in 2005.^[2][3] In 2012 she became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[4]