Daniel Whiteson

Daniel Whiteson
Whiteson at AAAI 2026
Born
Daniel Ofir Whiteson

(1975-06-17) June 17, 1975
CitizenshipUnited States of America
United Kingdom
Alma materRice University (BA, 1997)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD, 2003)
SpouseKatrine Whiteson (m.)
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine
ThesisStandard Model and Exotic Physics with Electrons and Muons at D0. (2003)
Doctoral advisorMark Strovink
Websitehttps://sites.uci.edu/daniel/

Daniel Ofir Whiteson (born June 17, 1975) is an American experimental particle physicist and professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of California, Irvine (UCI). He earned a bachelor's degree in physics and computer science from Rice University in 1997 and graduated with a PhD in physics from University of California, Berkeley in 2003. Whiteson joined the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider in 2007 and is a fellow of the American Physical Society. Whiteson is a co-creator of Elinor Wonders Why, an animated educational television show on PBS Kids. He co-hosts a podcast with biologist Kelly Weinersmith titled Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe.