Michael Begel

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Physics Department
Bldg. 510A, Room 1-69
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3403
begel@bnl.gov

Research | Education | Appointments | Awards

Research Activities

2023-           U.S. Muon Collider
2023-           U.S. Future Circular Collider Collaboration
2008-           CERN ATLAS Experiment
1999-2010  FNAL DZero Experiment
1991-2007  FNAL E706 Experiment

publications: INSPIRE

Education

2000 PhD University of Rochester
1993 MA University of Rochester
1991 BA Reed College

Professional Appointments

2023 Distinguished Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
2020 Senior Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
2013 Physicist with tenure, Physics Department, BNL
2011 Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
2009 Associate Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
2007 Assistant Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
1999-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Rochester
1989-1991 Reactor Operator, Reed College Reactor Facility

2016-present Group Leader of the Omega Group, Physics Department, BNL

Awards & Recognition

2024 Brookhaven Science & Technology Award
2024 U.S. Patent 11,860,815 High Data Throughput Reconfigurable Computing Platform
2023 U.S. Patent 11,816,053 High Bandwidth Reconfigurable Data Acquisition Card
2019 Fellow of the American Physical Society
2019 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society, awarded to the CDF and DØ Collaborations, “for the discovery of the top quark and the detailed measurement of its properties”
2013 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society, awarded to the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations, “for the discovery of a Higgs boson, as predicted by the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism”
2009 Sambamurti Memorial Lectureship, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2000 Frederick Lobkowicz PhD Thesis Prize, University of Rochester
1991–94 Department of Education Fellow, University of Rochester