Brian Saam portrait
  • Adjunct Professor, Physics And Astronomy

Professional Service

  • NSF. Role: Reviewed 1 proposal. Division of Materials Research (Electronic and Phtonic Materials; Z. C. Ying, Program Director). 01/2012 - present
  • NSF. Role: Reviewed 1 proposal. Division of Physics (atomic, Molecular, and Optical; W. T. Hill, Program Director). 03/2011 - present
  • NSF. Role: Reviewed 1 proposal. Experimental Physical Chemistry (T. Pietrass, Program Director). 12/2010 - present
  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance. Reviewed 2 journal articles. 01/2010 - present
  • Physical Review A. Reviewed 4 journal articles. 01/2010 - present
  • Physical Review Letters. Reviewed 4 journal articles. 01/2010 - present
  • Salt Lake Valley regional Science and Engineering Fair. Role: Judge. (300+ participants from elementary, jr. high and high schools, the qualifying fair for Intel International Science and Engineering Fair). 01/2006 - present

Internal Service

  • RPT subcommittees for: E. K. Jeong (advocate, informal) T. Nguyen (chair, informal) F. Liu (chair, informal). 01/2012 - present. Department service.
  • Seed Grant committee -reviewed 3 proposals. ad hoc member, 01/2011 - present. University service.
  • Program Development - Undergraduate. Chair, 01/2011 - 01/2012. Department service.
  • RPT subcommittees for G. Laicher (advocate, formal) C. Boehme (advocate, informal) J. Gerton (advocate, informal) S. Saffarian (advocate, informal) I. Ivans (member, formal). 01/2011 - 01/2012. Department service.
  • Prepared and delivered brief presentation on my research group for Graduate Student Research Symposium in Nov. 2010 and nov. 2011. 01/2010 - present. Department service.
  • Policy Board. 01/2010 - 01/2011. Department service.
  • RPT subcommittees for J. Gerton (advocate, formal) W. Springer (member, informal) M. Vershinin (chair, informal) S. Saffarian (advocate, informal). 01/2010 - 01/2011. Department service.
  • Development Committee. 01/2010 - 01/2011. Department service.
  • Responsible for overseeing development activities and institution of an alumni association for the college. This included private fund-raising for two new buildings for the college. Liaison to college chairs and faculty for the office of the Vice-President for Research. Associate Dean for Advancement and Research, 07/2008 - 12/2011. College service.
  • Space committee. 01/2008 - present. Department service.
  • Honors/Awards Committee. 01/2008 - present. Department service.
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies. 01/2008 - 01/2010. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Advising Committee. Chair, 01/2008 - 01/2010. Department service.
  • Honors/Awards Committee (Student). Chair, 01/2008 - 01/2010. Department service.
  • Gauss House Advisory Committee on Management and Resource Allocation (Committee chaired by D. P. Goldenberg (Biology) to guide administration of the David M. Grant NMR Center (Gauss House). I was also a co-PI on the original NIH grant for construction of this facility). Member, 01/2007 - present. University service.
  • Curriculum Committee. Chair, 01/2007 - 01/2010. Department service.
  • Medical/BioPhysics Committee. Chair, 01/2007 - 01/2009. Department service.
  • Policy Board. 01/2005 - 01/2009. Department service.
  • Medical/BioPhysics Committee. 01/2001 - present. Department service.
  • Lumina Foundation Study of the Tuning Process in Physics. 01/2000 - present. Department service.
  • PhD and MS Dissertation Committees (apart from my own students) Mahamadou Diakite (PhD Physics, D. Parker, advisor) Joshua Kaggie (PhD Medical Physics, D. parker, advisor) Nabraj Sapkota (PhD Medical Physics, E. K. Jeong, advisor) Xin Liu (PhD Medical Physics, E. K. Jeong, advisor) Jason Mendes (PhD Medical Physics, D. Parker, advisor). Chair, 01/2000 - present. Department service.
  • PhD and MS dissertation committees (apart from my own students) Monica Allen (PhD Physics, W. Springer, advisor) Tek Prasad Basel (PhD Physics, Z. V. Vardeny, advisor) Anil Ghimire (PhD Physics, J. Gerton, advisor) Steven McDonald (PhD Electrical and CComputer Engineering, S. Blair, advisor) Merrill Halling (PhD Chemistry, R. Pugmire, advisor) Maria Navas (PhD Medical Physics, Z. V. Vardeny, advisor). 01/2000 - present. Department service.

Outreach

  • Our laboratory has hosted 2 Honors Day laboratory tours, organized by the College of Science and High School Services. 01/2010 - present
  • Our laboratory hosts frequent tours for scouts and other groups, which are organized by SPS. 01/2010 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Fellowship in the American Physical Society: "For unique contributions to the science, technology, and applications of polarized noble gases, in particular studies of relaxation phenomena and magnetic resonance imaging.". American Physical Society, 11/22/2013
  • Distinguished Teaching Award. University of Utah, 01/2009