Hello there!
My current work is with the TRIUMF gamma-ray spectroscopy group, where I help to maintain the TIGRESS array and provide technical support for experiments using it.
My own experiments have used TIGRESS with the TIP device and charged particle detectors to investigate the structure of intermediate mass nuclei produced in fusion-evaporation reactions, as well as the GRIFFIN array to study the decay radiation of nuclear isomers.
Previously, my graduate studies at the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Department of Chemistry focused on studies of nuclear structure, detection systems, and radiation safety.
My MSc Thesis focused on licensing and development of a neutron generator facility at SFU.
My PhD Thesis focused on gamma-ray spectroscopy and Doppler shift lifetime measurements in 22Ne and 28Mg, neutron-rich nuclei in the sd shell.
A list of my first-author papers is here.
I'm continuing my research into cross-shell excitations in the neutron rich sd shell, looking toward high-spin studies of more exotic systems such as 34Si,
which can only be accessed using isotopically enriched targets or radioactive beams.
I'm also studying the decays of various nuclear isomers in the region of 90Zr.
Hello there!