About
Lawrence R. Sulak is the David M. Myers Distinguished Professor of Physics at Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on experimental high energy physics, particularly on unifying fundamental forces through novel detector technologies. He has pioneered discoveries including neutrino oscillations and weak neutral currents, contributing to the Higgs boson discovery via the CMS Forward Calorimeter.
- PhD in Physics, Princeton University (1970)
- MA in Physics, Princeton University
- BS in Physics, Carnegie Mellon University (1966)
His research spans detector design for particle physics experiments like IMB, Super-Kamiokande, and CMS at CERN. He established the BU/CERN/University of Geneva Program for junior physics majors. His work on neutrino astrophysics and proton decay has redefined understanding of electroweak unification and beyond-Standard Model physics.
Key awards include the Panofsky Prize (2018), Rossi Prize (1989), and Guggenheim Fellowship. His detector innovations earned the 2017 APS Instrumentation Award. He co-authored 200+ papers with 7,000+ citations.
