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Introduction

The Experimental Nuclear Physics in the Department of Physics at Â鶹AV provides technical training, financial support, and research experience for Physics majors to carry out nuclear physics research projects including the CLAS12 experiment at CEBAF, the EPIC experiment at the EIC, and machine learning and artificial intelligence. 

The group is currently funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE). We conduct world class research that leads to journal publications, conference presentation, external grants, and prestigious awards. 

 We welcome students who are interested in getting research experience. 

People

Group Leader (NSF and DOE CoPI): Prof. Zhaozhong Shi - Assistant Professor of Physics

Senior Professor (NSF and DOE PI): Prof. Philip Cole - Professor of Physics 

Undergraduate Student Researchers: Alysa Patteson, Kenneth Bibb, Asher Tariq, and Jashaun Richard

Group News

• 04/07/2026: Alysa was accepted into the 2026 DOE-INFN Summer Students Exchange Program, one of the most prestigious international research program between United States and Italy. Alysa will spend two months conducting research on the EPIC experiment at the EIC in this summer at INFN in Genoa, Italy. Big congratulations to Alysa!
  
  
• 04/12/2026: NuSTEAM research students in our group Alysa, Asher, and Jashaun presented their EPIC pair‑spectrometer detector studies at the Spring Meeting of TSAAPT, TAOAPS, and SPS Zone 13 at Abilene Christian University (April 9-11). All three received travel awards for their work. A big cheers to them for shows the latest results for their students and connecting with physicists in Abilene.