Bill Higgins: Fermilab

William S. Higgins is a radiation safety physicist at Fermilab, where he has been involved with the transport of high-energy particle beams for over 33 years.  He frequently speaks and writes about astronomy, spaceflight, and the history of science and technology.  Bill is a former science columnist for the Lerner chain of newspapers and a volunteer in NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors outreach program. 

He is a member of the Naperville Astronomical Association.  Recently he has written about Robert Cornog, a little-known Manhattan Project physicist; about the process by which antimatter, originating with physicists in the 1930s, became a plaything of science fiction in the 1940s; and about the final days of the Tevatron accelerator.

Todd Johnson: Fermilab

Todd Johnson graduated with a BSEE from Michigan Tech University in 1982. He joined Fermilab in 1983 and has worked as an Accelerator Operator and a Crew Chief in the Main Control Room. His most recent position was as the Operations Specialist for the Tevatron, the proton-antiproton collider which held the world record for energy until the Large Hadron Collider was brought on line at CERN.

His outside interests include cooking, electronics, bat echolocation, woodworking, meteorite collecting, and Lichtenberg figure sculptures. He has also produced graphics for the third and fourth editions of “Turn Left at Orion”, the popular stargazing guide.