Dr. Priyarshini Ghosh
Research Associate · Non-Tenure Track
Center for Space Science and Technology
About
I have a bachelors in Chemical enigneering, a PhD in nuclear engineering. Currently I am a postdoc in the astrophysics division of NASA Goddard, but have projects spanning astrophysics, planetary physics, nuclear physics. I have a patent for a quantum dot neutron detector. my expertise is in gamma ray and neutron detector development, and in nuclear isotopic cross section measurements. I have secured over $1m in funding as PI, and am co-chair of two NASA advisory goups
Research interests
1. neutron and gamma-ray detector development
2. nuclear isotopic cross section measurements
3. cosmic ray propagation: nuclear interactions
4. planetary composition analysis: detector development and nuclear interactions
Teaching interests
1. radiation detection
2. nuclear physics
3. nuclear structure and collisions and interactions
3. applications of nuclear in astrophysics and planetary bodies
Education
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Ph D, Nuclear Egnineering
— Kansas State University (2021) The micro-layered fast neutron detector