Mark I StrikmanProfessor

Mark Strikman, professor of physics at Penn State University, has been selected to receive the title of distinguished professor of physics. Strikman was honored with the title in recognition of his exceptional record of teaching, research, and service to the University community. The honor is designated by the Office of the President of Penn State based on the recommendations of colleagues and the dean. Strikman is a theoretical physicist whose research focuses on high-energy collisions of electrons and protons with protons and atomic nuclei. He developed new techniques for probing the microscopic structure of nucleons and nuclei using high-energy beams, and he predicted a variety of important new phenomena that emerge at the interface between particle physics and nuclear physics. Many of these predictions now have been confirmed experimentally at high-energy accelerators around the world. He has organized dozens of international workshops in the United States and in Europe, presented invited talks and lectures at scientific symposia across the globe, and published numerous high-impact scientific papers.