Curriculum Vitae Gerrit Jan van Nieuwenhuizen Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Nuclear Science Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 U.S.A. Date of Birth: February 8, 1961 Current Address: Brookhaven National Laboratory Bldg. 510, Room 1-166 P.O. Box 5000 Upton, NY 11973-5000 United States of America Voice : (631) 344-6151 Fax : (631) 344-4206 E-mail: nieuwhzn@mit.edu Cell : (857) 928-7477 Research Activities: 2004-present: Member of the STAR colloboration. 2003-2005: Leader of the PHOBOS spectrometer calorimeter group. 2002-2004: Member of the CMS Heavy Ion group. 2002-present: Member of the PHOBOS spectra committee. 2001-2003: Member of the RHIC detector R&D workgroup. 2001-2005: PHOBOS commissioning coordinator. 2000-2005: Leader of the PHOBOS silicon detector group. 1999-2005: PHOBOS silicon detector installation manager. 1999-2001: Coordinator of the PHOBOS silicon spectrometer assembly. 1996-1999: Coordinator of the PHOBOS silicon sensor production and testing. 1995-present: Member of the PHOBOS collaboration for RHIC. 1993-1996: Coordinator for the WA98 silicon drift detectors. Member of the WA98 silicon pad multiplicity detector group. 1993-present: Member of the WA98 collaboration at CERN. Appointments: 2004-present: Principal Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1997-present: Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since July 1999 stationed at BNL, Upton, NY. 1995-1997: Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1993-1995: Postdoctoral Associate at the Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Groningen, The Netherlands. Stationed at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Professional Societies: 1982-present: Dutch Physical Society Education: 1982-1993: Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 1988: Masters degree Physics and Mathematics 1993: Ph.D., subject: Nuclear Physics Personal Information: Married, two children