Jeffrey S. Nico
Employment
1994 - present: Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
1991-1994: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1991: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Physics, The University of Michigan
Education
Ph.D., Physics, The University of Michigan, 1991
Research Interests:
My research interests have centered around studies fundamental physics using neutrons and the field of neutron detection and dosimetry. In particular, I have been involved in experiments to measure the neutron lifetime, the time-reversal violating D coefficient, and radiative neutron decay. I am also interested in hadronic parity violation and am a collaborator in an experiment to measure the spin rotation of polarized neutrons in a liquid helium target. I have a continued interest in neutrino physics and have been a collaborator in the SAGE solar neutrino experiment since 1991. I work in the field of neutron standards and dosimetry and help to maintain neutron fields with thermal and fast neutrons at NIST. I collaborate in efforts to improve the detection and spectroscopy of fast neutrons.
Professional:
- Fellow of the American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science
- University of Maryland Visiting Research Scientist
- Member American Physical Society (Division of Nuclear Physics, Topical Group on Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants, and Topical Group on Few-Body Systems)
- Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002-present)
- Member Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards (CIRMS)