Durand Bernice

American particle physicist and emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the emeritus Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate. She worked on the SVZ method to calculate hadronic masses as well as heavy-quark systems. Durand has been involved in several initiatives to improve diversity amongst the faculty and student population at University of Wisconsin–Madison. She directed an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant that promoted equity and career flexibility for all academic staff. She was a founder of the National Science Foundation Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute. She served on the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less