Author Archive

Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.

Eric Norman, Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and NSSC Physics Focus Area Lead, is part of the Neutrino Astrophysics Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which contributed to the groundbreaking results from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in 2002.

Today, NSSC students and affiliates at UC Davis, led by Robert Svoboda, continue to contribute to the cutting-edge research in neutrino physics at both SNO and the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector in Japan.

We are very pleased to announce that Professors Kai Vetter and Lee Bernstein have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society. Prof. Lee Bernstein was recognized “for work developing novel methods of determining neutron-nucleus cross sections via high-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy, the early development of surrogate ratio method, and the study of nuclear processes in high energy density plasmas at NIF.” Prof. Kai Vetter was recognized “for pioneering contributions to fundamental radiation detection techniques, particularly gamma-ray imaging, and important societal applications.” Congratulations, Lee and Kai!

The Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC) is seeking candidates for our competitive fellowship program.

Graduating seniors and first-year graduate students enrolled in a Ph.D.-granting program are eligible.  The fellowship will support research (in science, engineering, and the social sciences) that aligns well with the nuclear nonproliferation mission of CNEC.

Students may conduct their research at their home university – eligible institutions are not required to be CNEC member universities.