Frank C. Porter
Frank C. Porter
Professor of Physics
B.S., Caltech, 1972; Ph.D., University of California, 1977. Research Fellow, Caltech, 1977-78; Weizmann Research Fellow, 1978-80; Senior Research Fellow, 1980-82; Assistant Professor, 1982-88; Associate Professor, 1988-94; Professor, 1994-.
Research Interests: Experimental high energy physics, CP violation and rare B decays, Testing the standard model, Lepton flavor violation, Statistical methods in physics, Electromagnetic calorimetry
Overview
Frank Porter is a Professor of Physics at Caltech. He is an experimental physicist, working on problems in particle physics, also known as high energy physics. He has taught a variety of physics courses at Caltech in addition to the present course on Vibrations and Waves. These include undergraduate and graduate-level courses in quantum mechanics, classical mechanics and electrodynamics, particle physics, and mathematical methods of physics. He has authored a textbook, with Ilya Narsky, on Statistical Analysis Techniques in Particle Physics (Wiley-VCH).
Professional Membership
- Fellow, American Physical Society
Professional Membership
- Fellow, American Physical Society