Joseph Lykken | |
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| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Research advances relating to wormholes, extra dimensions, supersymmetry, the Higgs boson, and superstrings. |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Fermilab, University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Gauge Invariant Formulations of Large N Quantum Chromodynamics (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roman Jackiw |
Joseph David Lykken (/ˈlɪkən/ LIK-ən) is an American theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and, from July 1, 2014 to Sept 6, 2022, he was the Deputy Director of Fermilab.[1] He is currently Director of Fermilab's Quantum Division.[2]