Jeffrey D. Richman

Jeffrey D. Richman is a Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he maintains an active research program in experimental elementary particle physics. He is a member of the High Energy Physics (HEP) Group at UCSB, focusing on research with the CMS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and previously with the BaBar experiment at SLAC.

Dr. Richman's research spans several critical areas in particle physics:

• Studies of the Higgs boson and its properties
• Comprehensive searches for supersymmetry (SUSY) across multiple final states
• Development of electronics for the CMS muon cathode-strip chamber (CSC) system
• Heavy-quark physics, particularly rare B meson decays
• Construction and operation of the Silicon Vertex Tracker (SVT) for the BaBar experiment

His recent publications demonstrate an intensive focus on SUSY searches in leptonic and all-hadronic final states, higgsino pair production, and rare Higgs decay modes. Dr. Richman has held significant leadership roles including co-convener of the CMS Supersymmetry physics analysis group and co-chair of both the Exotica and SUSY Publications Boards.

As an educator, Dr. Richman has taught a wide range of physics courses at UCSB including graduate and undergraduate particle physics, quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, analog and digital electronics, and introductory physics. His teaching evaluations consistently rank among the highest, with graduate particle physics courses (Ph 225a/b) regularly receiving perfect 1.0 scores on the 1-5 evaluation scale (where 1 is best).

Dr. Richman has mentored several graduate students whose work has made notable contributions to the field, including Michael Mazur (thesis on semileptonic B meson decays to tau leptons), Anders Ryd (measurement of B meson semileptonic decay form factors), Natalia Kuznetsova, and David Lange.