Recognition

The record.

Publications, honors, degrees and talks. The physics is the proof that the vow at fifteen was kept.

Honors

Awards

  • 2026Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, co-laureateWith the Muon g−2 Collaboration, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Experiment E821. Shared with the collaborations at CERN and Fermilab “for multi-decade, groundbreaking contributions to the measurement of the muon's anomalous magnetic moment.” Official laureate list ↗
  • 1992Most Valuable Player, University of Illinois Lacrosse Club1991–92 season, #5.
Publications

Physics

  • 2009Improved Limit on the Muon Electric Dipole MomentG. W. Bennett et al. (Muon g−2 Collaboration, including S. Giron). Physical Review D 80, 052008. Sets |dμ| < 1.9 × 10−19 e·cm (95% C.L.). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.052008 ↗
  • 2006Final Report of the E821 Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment Measurement at BNLG. W. Bennett et al. (Muon g−2 Collaboration, including S. Giron). Physical Review D 73, 072003. arXiv:hep-ex/0602035 ↗
  • 2002Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.7 ppmG. W. Bennett et al. (Muon g−2 Collaboration, including S. Giron). Physical Review Letters 89, 101804. arXiv:hep-ex/0208001 ↗
  • 2000Electromagnetic Calorimeters for the BNL Muon (g−2) ExperimentP. T. Debevec, D. W. Hertzog, C. J. G. Onderwater, R. M. Carey, M. Hare, J. P. Miller, J. Ouyang, O. Rind, P. Cushman, S. Giron, J. Kindem, D. Zimmerman, V. Druzhinin. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 455, 346–360. doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00576-3 ↗
  • 2004Measuring the Electric Dipole Moment of the Muon at BNL 821S. Giron, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota. Cited in the collaboration's muon EDM paper.
In preparation

Human evolution research

  • 2026Inner Organic Technology: A Dormant Innovation of Human EvolutionWhite paper. M. Cotton and S. Giron, The New Human University. Draft · public release coming
  • —Adult stage development at The New Human UniversityWith Susanne Cook-Greuter. A study of ego-development growth in NHU's programs, part of the New Human Assessment. In drafting · preprint planned
Writing

Essays & teaching

  • 2019–22The New Human University blogMore than a hundred essays on human evolution, the higher brain, Integral maps and the physics of waking up. Read at NHU ↗
  • 2020–26Courses in quantum physics & applied metaphysicsMaster's and Ph.D. programs, The New Human University. Over 130 teaching decks.
Talks

Selected talks

  • 2022Integral European ConferencePresenter, hybrid edition.
  • 2015–17Higher Brain Living® talks & live demonstrationsNew York City.

Topics I speak on are on the speaking page.

Education

Degrees & certifications

  • 2004Ph.D., Experimental High-Energy Particle PhysicsUniversity of Minnesota.
  • 1992B.S., Engineering PhysicsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • c. 2013Graduate study, Counseling PsychologyCompleted the core curriculum of a master's in marriage & family therapy.
  • —Mastery Certified Higher Brain Living® Facilitator & TrainerLead trainer for facilitators at The New Human University.