Yuri Nikolaevich Kopatch, PhD

Institution, address: Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.

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Born: April 1, 1970 Vinnitsa region, Ukraine.

Education:

• 1987 – 1993 – Moscow State University, Physics Department;
• 1995 – 1999 – Post graduate student at JINR Training Centre;
• 1999 – PhD (Candidate of Science (Phys. & Math). Ph.D. Thesis: "Investigation of Angular Anisotropy Effects in Fission". Advisors: A.B.Popov (JINR, Dubna) and M.Mutterer (TU Darmstadt)/

Professional career:

• 1993 – 2002 – Junior researcher, FLNP, JINR;
• 1993 – 1994 – Visiting scientist, Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany;
• 1999 – 2002 – Postdoc, Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany;
• 2002 – 2004 – Acting head of Nulcear Physics department, FLNP, JINR ;
• 2004 – 2010 – Head of Nulcear Physics department, FLNP, JINR;
• 2011 – Head of Sector of investigations of neutron-nuclear interactions.

Research interest:

• Nuclear fission – neutron-induced fission; spontaneous fission; ternary fission; quantum-mechanical properties of the fission process.
• Nuclear structure – exotic nuclei; gamma-ray spectroscopy; K-isomers.
• Neutron-induced reactions – neutron resonances; violation of fundamental symmetries.
• Detector development – particle identification (??E-E, risetime disctimination); Ge detectors (pulse-shape analysis; gamma-ray tracking); neutron detectors.

Publications:

Author of more than 50 scientific publications.