Persis drell biography examples

American physicist and academic administrator

Persis S. Drell is the Provost Emerita and the James and Anna Marie Spilker Professor in the Stanford University School of Engineering, a professor of materials science and engineering, and a professor of physics.

Prior to her appointment as provost, she was dean of the Stanford School of Engineering from to and director of the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory from to

Early life and education

The daughter of noted physicist Sidney Drell, Persis moved to Stanford when she was six months old.^[1] She earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in from Wellesley College and her Ph.D.

in atomic physics in from the University of California, Berkeley, studying under Eugene Commins.^[2][3]

Career

Drell began her career as a postdoctoral research associate at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a member of the Mark-II collaboration.^[3