Rate My Professor Justin Stevens

Stevens specializes in experimental nuclear and particle physics, with research interests encompassing quantum chromodynamics, hadron spectroscopy, nucleon structure, and particle identification detector technology. He plays a pivotal role in the GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab's Hall D, where he has served as the physics analysis coordinator for the GlueX collaboration. Stevens managed a $1.8 million project to construct the DIRC detector for GlueX phase II, overseeing budgeting, procurement, negotiating funding, and coordinating the transportation of delicate silica bars from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to Jefferson Lab in collaboration with teams from MIT and Indiana University; data taking with the new detector commenced in December 2019. He actively mentors William & Mary students, enabling undergraduates and graduates to participate in hands-on research at Jefferson Lab. In 2019, Stevens received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), one of the highest honors for young U.S. scientists. Within the department, he chairs the Graduate Studies Committee, serves ex officio on Graduate Admissions, and sits on the Merit Evaluation Committee.