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Name Carl Wheldon
Label Professor of Nuclear Physics
Email c.wheldon@bham.ac.uk
Phone N/A
Url https://carlwheldon.github.io/
Summary A nuclear physicist with interests ranging from nuclear structure physics to applications, novel medical isotopes and neutrons

Work

  • 2007.10 - Present
    Nuclear Physics Group
    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
    Research and teaching
    • High Flux Accelerator-Driven Neutron Facility (HF-ADNeF)
    • Birmingham MC40 Cyclotron Facility

Education

  • 1996.10 - 1999.07

    Guildford, UK

    PhD
    University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
    Nuclear Structure
    • K-isomerism at high-spin beyond the fusion limit

Awards

Languages

English
Native speaker
German
Fluent
Bulgarian
Basic speaking, intermediate listening/understanding

Interests

Nuclear Physics
  • The study of exotic states in light nuclei with an emphasis on understanding structures important for nucleosynthesis
  • Resonant scattering to study nuclear clusters away from the valley of stability using radioactive beams and novel detection systems
  • The study of long-lived, isomeric nuclear states as a way to investigate structures in neutron-rich nuclei
  • The calculation and production of novel medical radioisotopes
  • Measurements of nuclear data of relevance to the nuclear fission, fusion and medicine communities
  • Neutron sources and neutron production and applications
  • Hobbies
  • Cycling
  • Swimming
  • Running
  • Reading
  • DIY
  • Programming
  • etc.