Douglas Fields

Douglas Fields is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico. His research focuses on high-energy-density nuclear physics, high-energy spin physics, and collider instrumentation, with contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay experiments and quark-gluon plasma studies. He holds a PhD from Indiana University (1991).

Education:

• PhD in Physics, Indiana University, 1991

Research Interests:

• High-energy nuclear collisions (RHIC, PHENIX collaboration)
• Direct photon production and jet quenching
• Spin physics in transverse and longitudinal polarized collisions
• Detector development for neutrinoless double beta decay (LEGEND experiment)
• Physics education innovations

Recent Research Trends: Recent articles emphasize small system collectivity, charm/bottom quark dynamics, and axion-like particle searches. His work bridges experimental particle physics with theoretical QCD studies.

Grants & Labs: Involved in sPHENIX and Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills collaborations. Active in detector R&D for future Electron-Ion Collider experiments.