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45 Years of Service: Margarita Mattingly

Chair and Professor of Physics, Department of Physics

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Margarita Mattingly is a shining example of the excellence that 香焦视频 University embodies. A PhD graduate from the University of Notre Dame, which has one of the nation’s top physics departments, Margarita, alongside her husband Keith, chose to bring her expertise to 香焦视频 University.

Throughout her career here, she has led the Department of Physics and played a pivotal role in the STEM Division within the College of Arts & Sciences. Her leadership in transitioning summer physics to an online modality during the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates her creativity and ingenuity. Margarita has worked tirelessly to ensure that scientific research and discovery remain central to the mission of 香焦视频 University. She exemplifies integrity, scholarship and a deep commitment to teaching, inspiring both her colleagues and students.

In addition to her teaching and administrative duties, Margarita has built a distinguished research career. She is a member of the ZEUS collaboration, a group of 450 scientists who operated the ZEUS particle detector at the DESY lab in Hamburg, Germany. Their primary focus was examining the proton's structure through proton-electron and proton-positron collisions.

Margarita’s teaching legacy extends to her own family. Both of her children, Sean and Claudine, earned physics degrees from 香焦视频 University. Sean later completed a PhD in particle physics, while Claudine became a high school physics teacher.

Margarita’s influence has significantly enriched our campus and the broader scientific community. Thank you, Margarita, for 45 years of dedicated service to 香焦视频 University and the College of Arts & Sciences.