Philip Adsley
Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University
Somerset West, South Africa
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Top SchoolPhilip Adsley is an Assistant Professor and nuclear physicist with 11 years of research experience exploring how nuclear reactions and clustering shape energy generation and element synthesis in stars. He combines theoretical insight with hands-on expertise in processing large experimental datasets from magnetic spectrometers and semiconductor detectors, and has practical experience developing detectors for health-physics monitoring. His career spans postdoctoral roles at leading labs in South Africa and France and a PhD from the University of York, giving him a strong international experimental pedigree now anchored at Texas A&M. Philip’s work bridges fundamental nuclear astrophysics and applied nuclear science, including pragmatic approaches to nuclear data for real-world monitoring challenges. An inclination toward pragmatic detector solutions—often favoring robust gross-count techniques—underscores his focus on deployable instrumentation as well as foundational research.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
MSci, Physics, MSci, Physics at University of CambridgeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Nuclear Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Nuclear Physics at University of York
Github Skills (17)
analyser10
clover10
silicon9
to-do6
geant45
angle5
nuclear-physics5
dxf4
3d-models4
python4
cad3
physics3
angular3
astronomy3
cnc2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
padsley/PhotoAbs
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023
Repository on photoabsorption and polarisability calculations with new IAEA results
Contributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 7 months
pythonastronomycalculations
padsley/AngCorPackage
Jul 2019 - Oct 2021
Contributions:28 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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