Daniel Whiteson
Daniel Whiteson | |
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Whiteson at AAAI 2026 | |
| Born | Daniel Ofir Whiteson June 17, 1975 |
| Citizenship | United States of America United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Rice University (BA, 1997) University of California, Berkeley (PhD, 2003) |
| Spouse | Katrine Whiteson (m.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Irvine |
| Thesis | Standard Model and Exotic Physics with Electrons and Muons at D0. (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mark Strovink |
| Website | https://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.