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Dr. David O'Donnell is a Senior Lecturer in the Nuclear Physics Group at the University of Strathclyde, affiliated with the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences. His research focuses on probing the structure of exotic nuclei using gamma-ray and charged particle spectroscopy, with a particular emphasis on octupole correlations in actinide nuclei and pear-shaped nuclei studies. He contributed to the design of the STFC-funded Light Ion Spectrometer Array and is actively involved in the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA), providing nuclear physics expertise in interdisciplinary projects.
Research interests include developing scintillation-based radiation detectors for medical tumor margin detection and space gamma-ray burst monitoring. He also conducts Monte Carlo simulations for radiation interaction modeling. Recent work involves collaborations on the West of Scotland PET Centre for fluorine-18 radioactivity studies and the HIE-ISOLDE superconducting recoil separator.
Key projects include CP violation searches via Mössbauer spectroscopy of Ac-227 and Coulomb excitation studies of radium isotopes. His work spans experimental nuclear physics, detector technology, and applications in medicine and space science.