Join Hazel Sive, Dean of the College of Science, as she talks to Toyoko Orimoto, Associate Professor of Physics, on her research in experimental particle physics. Learn how Professor Orimoto is breaking down the Standard Model in particle physics to understand how our universe is built.
Faculty Research Talks: Exploring the Smallest Scales with the World’s Biggest Science Experiments with Toyoko Orimoto
By College of Science
November 30, 2020

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