Updated as of 06/16/2020

Born: September 18, 1989 - Nashville, TN

Nationality: US

• Postdoctoral Research Associate - Jan. 2019 - Present

  Department of Physics and Astronomy

  University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

• Doctor of Philosophy, Physics - Aug. 2013 - Jan. 2019

  Texas A&M University - College Station, TX

  Advisor: Grigory Rogachev

  Thesis: The Structure of Exotic Nuclei ¹⁰N and ⁹C Using the Active Target Approach

• Master of Science, Physics - Aug. 2013 - May 2017

  Texas A&M University - College Station, TX

• Master of Science, Physics - Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2013

  Texas A&M University Commerce - Commerce, TX

  Advisors - William Newton and Bao-An Li

  Thesis - Using Neutron Star Glitches as a Constraint for Nuclear Symmetry Energy

• Bachelor of Science, Physics - Aug. 2008 - Aug. 2011

  Texas A&M University Commerce - Commerce, TX

• "Beta-delayed charged-particle spectroscopy using TexAT"

  J. Bishop, G.V. Rogachev, S. Ahn, E. Aboud, M. Barbui, P. Baron, A. Bosh, E. Delagnes, J. Hooker, C. Hunt, H. Jayatissa, E. Koshchiy, R. Malecek, S.T. Marley, R. O’Dwyer, E.C. Pollacco, C. Pruitt, B. T. Roeder, A. Saastamoinen, L.G. Sobotka, S. Upadhyayula

  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A, 964, 163773 (2020)

• "Search for the high spin members of the α:2n:α band in ¹⁰Be"

  S. Upadhyayula, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, J. Hooker, C. Hunt, H. Jayatissa, Y. Koshchiy, E. Uberseder

  Physical Review C, 101, 3 (2020)

• "Constraining the ²²Ne(α, γ) ²⁶Mg and ²²Ne(α,n) ²⁵Mg reaction rates using sub-Coulomb α-transfer reactions"

  H. Jayatissa, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, E. Koshchiy, G. Christian, J. Hooker, S. Ota, B.T. Roeder, A. Saastamoinen, O. Trippella, S. Upadhyayula, E. Uberseder

  Physical Letters B, 802, 135267 (2020)

• "Decay properties of ²²Ne + α resonances and their impact on s-process nucleosynthesis"

  S. Ota, G. Christian, G. Lotay, W.N. Catford, E.A. Bennett, S. Dede, D.T. Doherty, S. Hallam, J. Hooker, C. Hunt, H. Jayatissa, A. Matta, M. Moukaddam, G.V. Rogachev, A. Saastamoinen, J.A. Tostevin, S. Upadhyayula, R. Wilkinson

  Physical Letters B, 802, 135256 (2020)

• "Texas Active Target (TexAT) detector for experiments with rare isotope beams"

  E. Koshchiy, G.V. Rogachev, E. Pollacco, S. Ahn, E. Uberseder, J. Hooker, J. Bishop, E. Aboud, M. Barbui, V.Z. Goldberg, C. Hunt, H. Jayatissa, C. Magana, R. O’Dwyer, B.T. Roeder, A. Saastamoinen, S. Upadhyayula

  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A, 957, 163398 (2020)

• "Structure of ⁹C through proton resonance scattering with Texas Active Target detector"

  J. Hooker, G.V. Rogachev, E. Koshchiy, S. Ahn, M. Barbui, V.Z. Goldberg, C. Hunt, H. Jayatissa, E.C. Pollacco, B.T. Roeder, A. Saastamoinen, S. Upadhyayula

  Physical Review C, 100, 5 (2019)

• "Structure of ¹⁰N in ⁹C+p resonance scattering"

  J. Hooker, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, E. Koshchiy, B.T. Roeder, H. Jayatissa, C. Hunt, C. Magana, S. Upadhyayula, E. Uberseder, A. Saastamoinen

  Physics Letters B 769, 62 (2017)

• "Nuclear structure beyond the neutron drip line: The lowest energy states in ⁹He via their T=5/2 isobaric analogs in ⁹Li"

  E. Uberseder, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, E. Koshchiy, B.T. Roeder, M. Alcorta, G. Chubarian, B. Davids, C. Fu, J. Hooker, H. Jayatissa, D. Melconian, R.E. Tribble

  Physics Letters B 754, 323 (2016)

• "Efficacy of crustal superfluid neutrons in pulsar glitch models"

  J. Hooker, W.G. Newton, B.A. Li

  Monthly Notice of Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) 449, 3559 (2015)

• "Constraints on the symmetry energy from observational probes of the neutron star crust"

  W.G. Newton, J. Hooker, M. Gearheart, K. Murphy, D.H. Wen, F.J. Fattoyev, B.A. Li

  European Physics Journal A 50, 45 (2014)

• "The cooling of the Cassiopeia A neutron star as a probe of the nuclear symmetry energy and nuclear pasta"

  W.G. Newton, K. Murphy, J. Hooker, B.A. Li

  The Astrophysical Journal Letter 779, L4 (2013)

• "Upper limits on the observational effects of nuclear pasta in neutron stars"

  M. Gearheart, W.G. Newton, J. Hooker, B.A. Li

  Monthly Notice of Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) 418, 2343 (2011)

• "Alpha-Capture Reaction Rate for ²²Ne(α,n) via Sub-Coulomb α-Transfer and Its Effect on Final Abundances of s-Process Isotopes"

  H. Jayatissa, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, E. Koshchiy, B. T. Roeder, O. Trippella, J. Hooker, S. Upadhyayula, E. Uberseder, A. Saastamoinen, C. Hunt

  Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 377 (2019)

• "State of the art measurements with TexAT"

  J. Bishop, G.V. Rogachev, E. Aboud, S. Ahn, M. Assuncao, M. Barbui, A. Bosh, V. Guimaraes, J. Hooker, C. Hunt, H. Jayatissa, E. Koshchiy, S. Lukyanov, R. O’Dwyer, Y. Penionzhkevich, E. Pollacco, C. Pruitt, B. T. Roeder, A. Saastamoinen, L. Sobotka, E. Uberseder, S. Upadhyayula, J. Zamora

  Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1308, 1 (2019)

• "Search for the high spin members of the α:2n:α band in ¹⁰Be"

  S. Upadhyayula, G.V. Rogachev, V.Z. Goldberg, J. Hooker, C. Hunt, H. Jayatissa, Y. Koshchiy, E. Uberseder, A. Volya

  AIP Conference Proceedings, 2038, 1 (2018)

• "Applying the ’snowplow’ model for pulsar glitches to constrain nuclear symmetry energy"

  J. Hooker, W.G. Newton, B.A. Li

  Journal of Physics: Conference Series 420, 2153 (2013)

• "Imprints of Nuclear Symmetry Energy on Properties of Neutron Stars"

  B.A. Li, L.W. Chen, M. Gearheart, J. Hooker, C.M. Ko, P.G. Krastev, W.K. Lin, W.G. Newton, D.H. Wen, C. Xu, J. Xu

  Journal of Physics: Conference Series 312, 2006 (2011)

• "The Structure of Exotic Nuclei ¹⁰N and ⁹C Using the Active Target Approach”

  LLNL-SSAA Workshop

  Livermore, CA. Aug. 2019

• "The Structure of Exotic Nuclei ¹⁰N and ⁹C Using the Active Target Approach”

  University of Tennessee Nuclear Physics Seminar

  Knoxville, TN. Apr. 2019

• "The Structure of Exotic Nuclei ¹⁰N and ⁹C Using the Active Target Approach”

  Oak Ridge, TN. Oct. 2018

• "Structure of ⁹C via proton elastic scattering”

  10th International Conference on Direct Reactions with Exotic Beams

  Matsue, Japan. June 2018

• "Structure of ¹⁰N via ⁹C+p Resonance Scattering”

  APS Division Nuclear Physics Pittsburgh Meeting 2017

  Pittsburgh, PA. Oct. 2017

• "Commissioning of the new Texas Active Target Detector (TexAT)"

  9th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics

  Acireale, Italy. Sep. 2017

• "Structure of ¹⁰N via ⁹C+p Resonance Scattering"

  APS Division Nuclear Physics Sante Fe Meeting 2015

  Sante Fe, NM. Oct. 2015

• "Effects of symmetry energy on cooling and glitch of neutron stars"

  CUSTIPEN Mini-Workshop: Critical Issues about Nuclear Symmetry Energy

  Commerce, TX. Aug. 2013

• "Statistical Tests on Neutron Star Glitches"

  American Physical Society, Joint Fall 2011 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT and Zone 13 of the SPS.

  Commerce, TX. Oct. 2011

• "Ionization Chamber Development for (d, n) Measurements"

  LLNL-SSAA Workshop

  Livermore, CA. Aug. 2019

• "Structure of ⁹C via Proton Elastic Scattering"

  CENTAUR Meeting 2018

  College Station, TX. Aug. 2018

• "Structure of ⁹C via Proton Elastic Scattering"

  Nuclear Structure 2018

  East Lansing, MI. Aug. 2018

• "Measuring the Neutron Background for MINER"

  NDRA 2018 - Summer School on Neutron Detectors

  Trento, Italy. July 2018

• "Structure of ¹⁰N Through Proton Elastic Scattering"

  Cyclotron 50 Years Symposium

  College Station, TX. Nov. 2017

• "Structure of ¹⁰N Through Proton Elastic Scattering"

  Exotic Beam Summer School 2015

  Tallahassee, FL. Aug. 2015

• "Nuclear matter constraints from pulsar glitches"

  11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions

  San Antonio, TX. May 2012

• "The nuclear symmetry energy, the inner crust, and global neutron star modeling"

  W.G. Newton, M. Gearheart, J. Hooker, B.A. Li

  Chapter 12 in 'Neutron Star Crust'

  Eds. C.A. Bertulani and J. Piekarewicz

  ISBN: 978-1-62081-902-9, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2012

• LLNL-SSAA Workshop - Livermore, CA - Aug. 2019

• NDRA Summer School on Neutron Detectors - Trento, Italy. July 2018

• CENTAUR Neutron Detector Workshop - College Station, TX. - May 2018

• Machine Learning Techniques in Science - College Station, TX. - November 2017

• GEANT4 Workshop at Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX. - May 2015

• Kyleah Murphy - Umpqua Community College - Summer 2013

  Helped the REU student begin a project on the study of how different models of nuclear physics change observables in the cooling of neutron stars. Introduced the student to tools such as Python to help analyze and display our results.

• Emily Hudson - Swarthmore College - Summer 2016

  Analyzed the position sensitivity and resolution of Cesium Iodide detectors.

• Kaitlin Salyer - University of Notre Dame - Summer 2016

  Helped build the starting blocks for a new neutron detector including the readout and simple analysis.

• Adriana Moya - Arizona State University - Summer 2017

  Continued an existing project to improve a neutron detector with multiple readouts and accompaning algorithms including wavelet analysis. Student started with no programming experience.

• Sophia Andaloro - University of Dallas - Summer 2018

  Worked on using supervised and unsupervised machine learning to improve neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination for fast and thermal neutrons.

• Languages: C++, Fortran, Javascript, Julia, Python, R

• Operating Systems: Linux/UNIX, MacOS, Microsoft Windows

• C++ Libraries: CUDA, FFTW, Geant4, GSL, Qt, ROOT

• Javascript Libraries: React

• Python Libraries: Keras, Matplotlib, Numpy, Pandas, PySpark, Pytorch, Scikit-learn, Selenium, Tensorflow

• Other Frameworks: Apache Spark, Docker, Git, Hadoop, Kubernetes, OpenCV, Qt

• Miscellaneous Software: LabVIEW, MatLab, Mathematica, Microsoft Office