John Simpson (born 23 March 1958) is a British nuclear physicist. He is known for his work in gamma-ray spectroscopy and detector design. He was Head of Technology, Division of Technology Department. and was Head of the Nuclear Physics Group at STFC

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. He is a visiting professor of physics at the

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Biography

Simpson was educated at

(BSc(Hons) Physics Class 1, 1979) and the

(PhD, 1983). In 2016, he was awarded the Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize by the

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. The award recognises distinguished research in

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. The award citation reads, "For his outstanding leadership in the development of new detector technologies and systems for experimental nuclear physics research within the UK and Europe, and for his seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure of atomic nuclei, especially in revealing new properties of nuclei at the limits of angular momentum, deformation, and stability". An invited

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comment to a special

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Focus issue celebrating the 40-year anniversary of the 1975

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, Ben Roy Mottelson and Leo Rainwater edited by Jerzy Dudek, outlines selected highlights from experimental investigations at the

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, Denmark, and

, UK, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, many of which have continued at other national laboratories in Europe and the US to the present day.

References

External links

STFC Daresbury LaboratoryNiels Bohr Institute AGATA: The Advanced Gamma Tracking Array
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, John 1958 births Living people Alumni of the University of Liverpool Fellows of the Institute of Physics Academics of the University of Liverpool