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Lindsay donaldson
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About me
Research Scientist at iThemba LABS
Education
University of cape town in partnership with getsmarter
2016 - 2016Foundations of business managementSt mary's school waverley
2003 - 2007Matriculation with exemption
University of the witwatersrand
2011 - 2012Bsc(hons) physicsUniversity of the witwatersrand
2013 - 2016Doctor of philosophy (phd) nuclear physicsThesis title: "Effect of deformation on the broad and fine structure of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in 142-150Nd and 152Sm"The shape transition from spherical to deformed nuclei in the even-even 142-150Nd isotope chain was established using (p,p') scattering at zero degrees. Comparisons were made to previous photo-absorption results and some discrepancies were found, which have implications for astrophysical applications. In addition, 152Sm was measured to allow for comparisons… Show more Thesis title: "Effect of deformation on the broad and fine structure of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in 142-150Nd and 152Sm"The shape transition from spherical to deformed nuclei in the even-even 142-150Nd isotope chain was established using (p,p') scattering at zero degrees. Comparisons were made to previous photo-absorption results and some discrepancies were found, which have implications for astrophysical applications. In addition, 152Sm was measured to allow for comparisons to its isotone, 150Nd, to be made. Using MATLAB, a fine structure analysis was performed on all measured isotopes through the use of techniques associated with the continuous wavelet transform. Characteristic energy scales for the high energy-resolution data were extracted using the complex Morlet mother-wavelet and compared to those obtained for the theoretically predicted B(E1) strength functions. Show less
University of the witwatersrand
2012 - 2013Master of science (msc) nuclear physics degree converted to a phd registration in 2013University of the witwatersrand
2008 - 2010Bachelor of science (bsc) physics, mathematics techniques
Experience
St. mary's school, waverley
Jan 2008 - Dec 2009Private tutor - high school mathematics
University of the witwatersrand
Jan 2011 - Feb 2016A study into the fine structure of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in the neodymium and samarium isotope chains.The project involved the use of the K600 magnetic spectrometer of iThemba LABS as well as extensive analysis of a large number of datasets using ROOT, MATLAB, SigmaPlot and SciDAVis. The thesis was write-up was done using LaTeX. My duties as teaching assistant to Head of School were as follows: - Supervision of third year and honours projects in Nuclear Physics- Assistance with Physics I Major consultation hours- Assistance with the presentation of course material during tutorial sessions in Head of School's absence
PhD student
Jan 2013 - Feb 2016Teaching Assistant to Head of School, School of Physics
Jun 2012 - Dec 2015Laboratory Demonstrator - 2nd Year Physics Major
Jan 2012 - Sept 2015Laboratory Demonstrator - 1st Year Physics Major
Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
Research center for nuclear physics
Apr 2012 - May 2012CollaboratorI was invited to participate in and take shifts during a collaborative study between the Research Center for Nuclear Physics in Osaka, Japan and TU Darmstadt, Germany.
Ithemba labs
Feb 2013 - Feb 2016Phd studentA study into the fine structure of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in the neodymium and samarium isotope chains.The project involved the use of the K600 magnetic spectrometer of iThemba LABS as well as extensive analysis of a large number of datasets using ROOT, MATLAB, SigmaPlot and SciDAVis. The thesis was write-up was done using LaTeX.
Gsi helmholtz centre for heavy ion research
Jul 2014 - Sept 2014Summer internI worked on a project entitled, "Optimization of Diamond Detectors for High Intensity CBM/HADES Experiments at FAIR". A low purity CVD diamond detector had been developed for use in the future CBM/HADES setup at FAIR and the aim of the project was to compare this optical grade detector with an electronic grade detector through a series of tests.
University of the witwatersrand
Apr 2016 - Dec 2018A position that ensures an active affiliation with the Nuclear Structure Research Group in the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Honorary Researcher
Aug 2016 - Dec 2018Short-term Postdoctoral Intern
Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
Research center for nuclear physics
Sept 2016 - Oct 2016External collaboratorI was actively involved in the preparation and set up of the equipment required for the CAGRA+GR campaign as well as any changes to the equipment that were necessary during the running of the experiment.
Ithemba labs
Jan 2017 - nowAn NRF PDP position. I am actively involved in the set up and development of experiments related to the K600 magnetic spectrometer as well as the data analysis related to these experiments. Furthermore, I am responsible for the joint-supervision of MSc and PhD students from outside universities who make use of the iThemba LABS equipment.
Research Scientist
Jan 2020 - nowPostdoctoral Researcher
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
Cactus communications
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020Freelance scientific editor
Licenses & Certifications
- View certificate
Introduction to git
DatacampJun 2022
- View certificate
Introduction to python
DatacampJun 2022
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Lindsay DonaldsonBest PhD presentation (Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics track) South African Institute of Physics 2015
- Awarded to Lindsay DonaldsoniThemba LABS Top-Up Bursary iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences 2015
- Awarded to Lindsay DonaldsonPost Graduate Merit Award University of the Witwatersrand 2014
- Awarded to Lindsay DonaldsonLoewenstein Trust Teaching Scholarship Investec Jan 2011
- Awarded to Lindsay DonaldsonLoewenstein Trust Teaching Scholarship Investec Jan 2010
- Awarded to Lindsay DonaldsonLoewenstein Trust Teaching Scholarship Investec Jan 2009
Languages
- enEnglish
- afAfrikaans
- frFrench
- geGerman
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