Jack L. Ritchie

• Member, FRA Board of Directors for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
• Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

Education

Ph.D., Physics, University of Rochester (1983)
M.A., Physics, University of Rochester (1979)
B.S. with Honors, Physics, University of Texas at Austin (1977)

Employment

2001 – present Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Austin
1999 – 2001 Senior Program Officer and Team Leader for Facilities Operations,
Division of High Energy Physics, U.S. Department of Energy
1993 – 2000 Associate Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Austin
1988 – 1993 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Austin
1986 – 1988 Acting Assistant Professor of Physics, Stanford University
1984 – 1986 Research Associate, Physics Department, Stanford University

Research

B meson decays, BaBar experiment (current)
Rare kaon decays, BNL E871, co-spokesman (1990-1998)
Rare kaon decays, BNL E791 (1984-1990)
Hadronic charm production, FNAL E595 (1978-1984)
Professional Associations
Fellow, American Physical Society
Professional Service Activities (Partial List)
2007 – Member, Board of Directors, Fermi Research Alliance, LLC
2006 – Member, Executive Committee of the Division of Particles
and Fields of the American Physical Society
2004 – 2006 Member, Fermilab Board of Overseers, Universities

Research Association

1996 – 1998 Member, High Energy and Nuclear Physics Program Advisory
Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory
1994 – 1997 Member, Experimental Program Advisory Committee,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
1994 Member, HEPAP Subpanel on ‘Vision for the Future of
High Energy Physics,’ (Drell Panel)
1989 – 1992 Member, Executive Committee of the Brookhaven AGS Users Group