Early Life and Career
Lockyer was born in Annan, Scotland to Mary and David Lockyer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 from York University in Toronto, later receiving his PhD from Ohio State University in 1980. After receiving his PhD, Lockyer spent four years at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University as a postdoctoral research fellow. At SLAC he was a member of the Mark-II collaboration.
At the University of Pennsylvania since 1984, his research has focused on high-energy particle experiments with a keen interest in testing symmetries, and on the study of the heaviest quarks, with special emphasis on the bottom quark.
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