Charles Y. Prescott, professor of physics at the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center. Prescott is currently involved in the Stanford Linear
Detector (sic - Ed.) collaboration to measure how the electron interacts with
a subatomic particle called the Z boson. Using the polarized electron beams
of the SLAC facility, the researchers have been able to obtain the most
precise single measurement of an important type of particle interaction called
the electroweak process. His previous research projects include studying
electron-positron annihilation, measurements of quark lifetimes, and
developments of a laser-driven source of polarized electrons that are injected
into the linear accelerator beam.