Professor Cecilia Gerber named as UIC 2011 Researcher of the Year

Congratulations to Professor Cecilia Gerber who was named UIC 2011 Researcher of the Year in the Natural Sciences and Engineering for her leading role in the discovery of the single top quark production by the international D0 collaboration at Fermilab. This is an extremely important contribution to the science of elementary particle physics, as evidenced by Professor Gerber's recent election as an American Physical Society Fellow. For more information about the award, please visit the website of the UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.