Ann Nelson

Ann Elizabeth Nelson (April 29, 1958 – August 4, 2019) was a particle physicist and professor of physics at the University of Washington. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004 and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2012. Nelson earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Stanford University in 1980 and her Ph.D. degree at Harvard University in 1984. She worked as an assistant professor at Stanford University and UC San Diego before joining the University of Washington in 1994. Nelson was a recipient of the 2018 J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics.