Rate My Professor Emily Maher

Emily Maher is Professor of Physics at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) in North Adams, Massachusetts, a position she has held since September 2017, following promotions from Associate Professor (2011-2017) and Assistant Professor (2006-2011). Prior to joining MCLA, she served as Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of the Holy Cross from 2005 to 2006. She chaired the Physics Department at MCLA during 2012-2020 and 2021-2022. Maher earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minnesota in 2005, with a thesis titled 'A Measurement of the Interaction Charged-Current Cross Section of the Tau Neutrino,' and a B.A. in Physics with departmental honors from Hendrix College in 1999. Her research specialization is experimental particle physics, particularly neutrino interactions. She has collaborated on major Fermilab experiments, including DONuT (first direct observation of the tau neutrino), MINOS, and since 2007, MINERvA, where she served as Calibration Coordinator (2012-2020), member of the Executive Committee, and contributed to detector construction, data calibration for over 32,000 channels, analysis, and paper committees.