Alan Wuosmaa

Alan H. Wuosmaa is a Professor of Physics at the University of Connecticut, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His career includes roles as Professor at Western Michigan University (2002-2014) and Physicist at Argonne National Laboratory (1992-2002). He holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from the University of Pennsylvania (1988) and a B.A. in Physics (1983).

• Professional Societies: American Physical Society, Sigma Xi
• Awards: Enrico Fermi Fellowship (1991), Argonne Performance Award (1999), APS Fellow (2016)

Research focuses on nuclear structure studies using exotic beams, clustering in light nuclei, astrophysical nucleosynthesis, and relativistic heavy-ion collisions. He has pioneered instrumentation advancements, including silicon detectors for RHIC experiments like PHOBOS.

Key publications explore resonance behavior in nuclear reactions, particle production in heavy-ion collisions, and gamma-ray spectroscopy. His work bridges nuclear structure, astrophysics, and experimental techniques.

• Advising: No listed students, but extensive collaboration in experimental nuclear physics teams
• Grants: Not explicitly listed, but leadership in DOE-funded projects and facility user groups

Labs/Teams: Core member of PHOBOS at RHIC, National Superconducting Cyclotron Facility user programs, and FRIB collaborations.