Candidate's Statement

Fermilab and the entire US High Energy Physics Community are
undergoing a transition. While the energy frontier will soon move to
Europe, Fermilab remains the flagship laboratory for the national
high-energy physics program, as well as the only operating particle
physics facility in the country. It is crucial for the US particle
physics that the lab defines a strong vision for the future, building
on the strengths of its accelerator complex and infrastructure, as
well as the scientific expertise of its personnel and user community.

The vision of the laboratory supporting a suite of high-precision
experiments at the intensity frontier, and positioning itself to return
to the high-energy leadership in the future has now been articulated,
and endorsed by P5 and HEPAP. Our job is to make it happen. This
requires cooperation and collaboration from the members of the broad
Fermilab community, as well as communication with the government
agencies, the Congress, and the general public. 

I hope to represent the growing muon physics community on UEC. My
entire career has been devoted to precision tests of fundamental
symmetries and conservation laws, in fixed-target and collider
settings, and even underground. While I am new to Fermilab, I have
participated and have held leadership positions in both large and
small collaborations. I have had the privilege to be elected to the
Executive Committee of the SLAC User's Organization, and together with
Fermilab UEC group, participated in several congressional visits. As a
member of the Flavor Physics subgroup of the Fermilab Steering Group,
I hope to have made my contribution to defining Fermilab's future. I
am now happy to have a chance to shape it.

If elected to serve on the Executive Committee, I will use my
experience to help bridge the gaps between the diverse -- and ever
changing -- community of Fermilab users. I am also happy to continue
the difficult but important mission of educating the general public
and the members of Congress about the benefits of fundamental science
to society, this time as a representative of the UEC.