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Lawrence PinskyLawrence Pinsky

Moores Professor
Department of Physics

Office: Science & Research 1, 412
Contact: pinsky@uh.edu - (713) 743-3552

Education: Ph.D. Physics, University of Rochester, LL.M., Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Houston, J.D., University of Houston, M.A. Physics, University of Rochester, B.S. Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University

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Dr. Lawrence Pinsky’s research interests include Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics, and he is a member of the ALICE collaboration at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. He also heads a program to provide NASA with the next generation of active radiation monitors for manned spaceflight, making use of accelerator facilities around the world to characterize state-of-the-art detectors. That research overlaps with the issues of dose monitoring during particle radiation therapy treatments.

Pinsky has also maintained his interest in Particle Astrophysics including evaluating the use of Muonography to explore the internal properties of asteroids, and Underground Neutrino Physics as a member of the Daya Bay collaboration. He is a continuing member of the FLUKA Monte Carlo radiation transport code Scientific Committee.

Pinsky is also an Attorney at Law and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the UH Law Center, where he teaches Intellectual Property and Internet Law courses occasionally.

Honors and Awards:

2015 Breakthrough Prize Laureate
NSM Teaching Excellence Award
UH Teaching Excellence Award
Order of the Coif (Law)
Corpus Juris Secundum Award (Law)
Rookie Dickerson Teaching Award

Organizations, Outreach, Boards, Memberships:

American Physical Society (prior member of Committee on the Status of Women in Physics)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Licensed to Practice Law in Texas and in the S.D. of Texas
Co-Principal Investigator , NSF ADVANCE PROGRAM
FAA Licensed Multi-Engine Instrument Flight Instructor
NSF Quarknet, UH Principal Investigator
UK Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) Consultant