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Physics Professor Melissa Franklin will replace fellow Professor Christopher W. Stubbs as the chair of the Harvard Physics Department next year, marking the first time in history that the position will be held by a woman...
...Franklin will take over the rotating position for a three-year term after returning from Switzerland, where she is currently on sabbatical to analyze data from proton collisions in the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator...
...Franklin, who was the first woman to receive tenure in the physics department, is widely known for discovering the existence of an elementary particle known as the top quark...
...phone call from Geneva, Franklin said that she was excited to take on a number of different projects as chair, including improving undergraduate advising and restructuring the introductory physics curriculum...
...Franklin also said that she hopes to continue Stubbs’s efforts to create a strong physics community—which included the creation of an undergraduate physics lounge in Jefferson Laboratory—while also working to attract a more diverse slate of students...