Research and Other Contributions
By training, Lockyer is a particle physicist. At the University of Pennsylvania his research explored the detailed behaviour of matter and energy at the smallest scales and the highest energies, using accelerators around the world to probe elementary particles known as quarks.
His research has been conducted with the CDF experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FermiLab), located near Chicago. In recent years, his research has included experimental searches for hypothesized “supersymmetric” particles, as well as accelerator research aimed at the International Linear Collider. He also has interests in medical applications of physics, in particular positron emission tomography and proton cancer therapy, both of which are important parts of TRIUMF's applied program.
For two years, Lockyer served as spokesperson for a 600-person international collaboration known as CDF based at Fermilab near Chicago. The project achieved world acclaim for studying the top quark, a counterpart to the bottom quark. While in Pennsylvania, he worked with the Penn Medical School on proton therapy for cancer as well as detectors for medical physics. He has also lectured on Benjamin Franklin.
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