Katherine Grzywacz-Jones (Kate Jones), an assistant professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, is one of three nuclear physicists to receive a prestigious Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The Office of Nuclear Physics OJI program recognizes exceptional scientists early in their careers by supporting development of their individual research programs. The honor brings with it a total of $300,000 over the next three years for Jones’s research proposal: “Spectroscopic Studies Close to 100Sn and 132Sn Using Direct Reactions and Gamma Ray Measurements.” Jones earned her Ph.D. in experimental nuclear physics at the University of Surrey, England, in 2000. She joined the physics faculty at UT in 2006.
Recent Publications
B.H. Moazen, J.C. Blackmon, D.W. Bardayan, K.Y. Chae, K. Chipps, K.L. Grzywacz, R.L. Kozub, C. Matei, C.D. Nesara ja, S.D. Pain, J.F. Shriner, Jr., and M.S. Smith, “Measurement of the 330 keV resonance in 18 F(p,a)15 O,” Acta Physica Polonica 40 (number 3) 699-703 (2009).
J.-L. Lecouey, N.A. Orr, F.M. Marques, N.L. Achouri, J.-C. Angelique, B.A. Brown, F. Carstoiu, W.N. Catford, N.M. Clarke, M. Freer, B.R. Fulton, S. Grevy, F. Hanappe, K.L. Jones, M. Labiche, R.C. Lemmon, A. Ninane, E. Sauvan, K.M. Spohr, L. Stuttge, “Single-proton removal reaction study of 16B,” Physics Letters B 672, 6 (2009)
Yu. Aksyutina, H.T. Johansson, P. Adrich, F. Aksouh, T. Aumann, K. Boretzky, M.J.G. Borge, A.C hatillon, L.V. Chulkov, D. Cortina-Gil, U. Datta Pramanik, H. Emling, C. Forssen, H.O.U. Fynbo, H. Geissel, M. Hellstrom, G. Ickert, K.L. Jones, B. Jonson, A. Kliemkiewicz, J.V. Kratz, R. Kulessa, M. Lantz, T. LeBleis, A.O. Lindahl, K. Mahata, M. Matos, M. Meister, G. Munzenberg, T. Nilsson, G. Nyman, R. Palit, M. Pantea, S. Paschalis, W. Prokopowicz, R. Reifarth, A. Richter, K. Riisager, G. Schrieder, H. Simon, K. Summerer, O. Tengblad, W. Walus, H. Weick, M.V. Zhukov, “Lithium isotopes beyond the drip line” Physics Letters B 666, 430 (2008)
D.W. Bardayan, P.D. O’Malley, J.C. Blackmon, K.Y. Chae, K.A. Chipps, J.A. Cizewski, R. Hatarik, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, C. Matei, B.H. Moazen, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, S. Paulauskas, W.A. Peters, S.T. Pittman, K.T. Schmitt, J.F. Shriner, Jr., M.S. Smith, “Spectroscopic study of low-lying 16N levels” Physical Review C 78, 052801 (2008)
S.D. Pain, J.A. Cizewski, R. Hatarik, K.L. Jones, J.S. Thomas, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, C.D. Nesaraja, M.S. Smith, R.L. Kozub and M.S. Johnson, “Development of a high solid-angle silicon detector array for measurement of transfer reaction in inverse kinematics,” NIM-B 261, 1122-1125 (2007). .
Z. Ma, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, R.P. Fitzgerald, M.W. Guidry, W.R. Hix, K.L. Jones, R.L. Kozub, R.J. Livesay, M.S. Smith, J.S. Thomas and D.W. Visser, “Astrophysically important 31S states studied with the 32S(p, d)31S reaction,” Physical Review C 76, 015803 (2007).
J.F. Liang, D. Shapira, J.R. Beene, C.J. Gross, R.L. Varner, A. Galindo-Uribarri, J. Gomez del Campo, P.A. Hausladen, P.E. Mueller, D.W. Stracener, H. Amro, J.J. Kolata, J.D. Bierman, A.L. Caraley, K.L. Jones, Y. Larochelle, W. Loveland and D. Peterson, “Fusion of radioactive 132Sn with 64Ni,” Physical Review C 75, 054607 (2007).
K.L. Jones, A.S. Adekola, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, K.Y. Chae, K. Chipps, J.A. Cizewski, D.J. Dean, L. Erikson, R.P. Fitzgerald , A.L. Gaddis, U. Greife, C. Harlin, R. Hatarik, J.A. Howard, M.S. Johnson , R.L. Kozub, J.F. Liang, R.J. Livesay, Z. Ma, B.H. Moazen, P.D. O’Malley, C.D. Nesaraja, S.D. Pain, N.P. Patterson, S.V. Paulauskas, D. Shapira, J.F. Shriner Jr, D.J. Sissom, M.S. Smith, T.P. Swan, J.S. Thomas, “Single neutron transfer experiments close to the r-process path,” Acta Physica Polonica Volume 38 (4), 1205 (2007).