{{Short description|American physicist (b. 1943)}} {{infobox scientist | name = Barry R. Holstein | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}} | birth_place = Youngstown, Ohio | citizenship = US | education = Carnegie Mellon University | workplaces = {{hlist|Princeton University|University of Massachusetts Amherst}} | fields = {{hlist|particle physics|phenomenology}} | awards = {{hlist|Fellow of the American Physical Society|Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics (2019)}} | spouse = Carolyn Morrow }} '''Barry Ralph Holstein''' (born 1943) is an American physicist. He is an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, recipient of the 2019 Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics, and current editor of the peer-reviewed journal the ''Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science''.
==Early life and education== Barry R. Holstein was born in 1943 in Youngstown, Ohio to parents Eleanor and Edgar R. Holstein.<ref name="Marquis">{{cite web|url=https://milestones.marquiswhoswho.com/milestone/barry-r-holstein/| title=Barry R. Holstein| website=Marquis Who's Who Milestones| access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88010723/| title=Holstein, Barry R. 1943-| website=WorldCat Identities| access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref> Holstein attended Carnegie Mellon University for his bachelor's degree (1965), master's degree (1967), and PhD (1969).<ref name="APS"/> In 1966, Holstein married Carolyn Morrow.<ref name="Marquis"/>
==Career== After graduating from Carnegie Mellon, Holstein became an instructor at Princeton University. In 1971, he left Princeton and taught at University of Massachusetts Amherst.<ref name="APS"/> He described his research interests as including high energy physics, nuclear phenomenology, and effective field theory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umass.edu/het/profs/holstein.html| title=Barry Holstein| website=The Nuclear, Particle, and Gravitational Theory Group| access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref> He officially retired in 2008.<ref name="APS"/> In 2009, he became the editor of the ''Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science'', a position he holds as of 2020.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1146/annurev.ns.59.102109.100001|title=Preface by Barry R. Holstein|journal=Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science|year=2009|volume=59|issue=1|pages=annurev.ns|bibcode=2009ARNPS..59...59.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreviews.org/about/our-team| title=Our Team| access-date=2 October 2020 | website=Annual Reviews}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== In 1989, Holstein was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society on the basis of "his work on the phenomenology of weak interactions, specifically in the areas of CP violation and on the particle/nuclear physics interface".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=H&year=2020&unit_id=&institution=| title=APS Fellow Archive| website=APS Physics| access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref> In 2019, Holstein won the Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics.<ref name="APS">{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Holstein&first_nm=Barry&year=2019| title=2019 Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics Recipient| website=APS Physics| access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
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