Marie Boer

Marie Boer is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Virginia Tech, affiliated with the College of Science and Department of Physics. Her research focuses on experimental hadronic physics, particularly studying the nucleon's quark-gluon structure through Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs) using Jefferson Lab experiments. She leads the PaSHa group (PArtonic Structure of the Hadrons) and collaborates internationally on projects including the Electron Ion Collider (EIC).

• Affiliations: Virginia Tech, Jefferson Lab, EIC User Group
• Education: PhD in Nuclear Physics (2014, Université Paris Sud), Postdocs at CERN, LANL, and U.S. universities

Research Interests: Tomographic imaging of nucleons via hard exclusive reactions like DVCS and TCS, development of event generators (DEEPGen/DEEPSim), and AI/ML applications in GPD extraction. Key facilities include JLab's 11 GeV electron beam and future EIC.

Grants: DOE Early Career Award (2024-2029), EXCLAIM Collaboration (AI/ML funding), 4VA grants.

Labs/Teams: Boer Research Group at Virginia Tech, JLab Hall A/C collaborations, EIC ePIC group. Active in detector R&D (e.g., muon detectors) and software development.