Denis E. Bergeron (Fed)

Denis E. Bergeron is a research chemist in the Radioactivity Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Loyola University New Orleans and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Nottingham, Denis came to NIST as a National Research Council (NRC) Fellow in 2006 and joined the Radioactivity Group in 2008.

His current research spans topics in basic radionuclide metrology, liquid scintillation, and standards for nuclear medicine and medical physics. He is Editor-in-Chief of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, serves on several standards committees, and contributes to large collaborations developing next-generation techniques for measuring radioactive decay. He has more than 100 publications, with several in high-profile journals including Science, Metrologia, and Physical Review Letters.

NRC Postdoc Opportunities

• Absolute Quantitation in Molecular Imaging
• Decay Energy Spectrometry (DES) Using Transition Edge Sensors (TES) For Measuring Absolute Activity of Radionuclides
• Designing Liquid Scintillators for Optimal Light Yield, Pulse Shape Discrimination, and Neutron Sensitivity for Applications in Neutrino Physics
• Inkjet fabrication of phantoms for autoradiography and medical imaging
• Metrology for Needed Nuclear Structure and Radioactive Decay Data
• Portable Device for Realization of Primary Radioactivity Standards

Projects & Collaborations

• Primary Standards for Radionuclides
• Precision Reactor Antineutrino Oscillation and Spectrum Measurement (PROSPECT)
• Quantum Microcalorimeters
• Radiopharmaceutical Standardization Laboratory
• Radioactivity Standard Reference Material Program
• Metrology of the Ohm
• Small Mass and Force Metrology