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Gwen Grinyer

Regina, Saskatchewan

Position: Associate Professor, University of Regina, Department of Physics

Organization: University of Regina

Dr. Grinyer obtained her B.Sc. in physics from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. She then completed M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in experimental nuclear physics at the University of Guelph in Guelph, ON, and a post-doctoral research fellowship at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, USA. From 2010-2017, Dr. Grinyer worked as a research scientist with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and was stationed at France’s heavy-ion accelerator facility, the Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL) in Caen, Normandie. In 2017, Dr. Grinyer joined the faculty at the University of Regina in Regina, SK, where she currently holds the title of Associate Professor. In 2024, Dr. Grinyer was named a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Physicists.

Areas of Expertise:

+ Radioactivity
+ Nuclear Physics
+ Gamma-ray Spectroscopy

Language(s):

+ English
+ French


My Work

What I do:

Dr. Grinyer’s research uses beams of rare isotopes to study the properties of short-lived radioactive nuclei that are located furthest from stability. The structure of these exotic nuclei are essential for understanding how the nuclear force evolves towards the extremes of matter and for describing the observed abundances of stable nuclei throughout the universe that are produced in explosive astrophysical scenarios.

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About Me

Sector: Academia (Post Secondary)

English proficiency: Read, Write, Speak

French proficiency: Read, Write, Speak

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Gender: Female

Demographic: European / White

Disability: Neurodivergence


Recent Publications

Title Year
Reevaluation of structures in Se70 from combined conversion-electron and γ -ray spectroscopy2024
Elucidating the nature of the proton radioactivity and branching ratio on the first proton emitter discovered 53mCo2023
Energy loss profile measurements using the ACTAR TPC demonstrator active target2023
First Evidence of Axial Shape Asymmetry and Configuration Coexistence in Zn74 : Suggestion for a Northern Extension of the N=402023
Proton 3D tracking and emission time from a short-lived isomer with ACTAR TPC2022
Mirror symmetry at mass A = 54: E4 effective charges near doubly magic 56Ni2022
High-precision half-life determination of $$^{14}$$O via direct $$\beta $$ counting2022
Mirror nucleon removal reactions in p -shell nuclei2022
4D-imaging of drip-line radioactivity by detecting proton emission from 54mNi pictured with ACTAR TPC2021
Multiple Shape Coexistence in 110,112Cd and Beyond Mean Field Calculations2020
High-precision branching ratio measurement and spin assignment implications for Ga62 superallowed β decay2020
Performance tests of a LaBr3:Ce detector coupled to a SiPM array and the GET electronics for γ-ray spectroscopy in a strong magnetic field2020
Signature of a possible $$\alpha $$-cluster state in $$N=Z$$ doubly-magic $$^{56}$$Ni2020
Branching ratio of the super-allowed $$\beta $$ decay of $$^{10}$$C2020
Shape coexistence and multiparticle-multihole structures in Cd110,1122020
Multiple Shape Coexistence in Cd110,1122019
Commissioning of the ACtive TARget and Time Projection Chamber (ACTAR TPC)2019
Validation of the energy-loss response of α particles in iC4H10 with ACTARSim2019
Demonstrator Detection System for the Active Target and Time Projection Chamber (ACTAR TPC) project2018
Metal-core pad-plane development for ACTAR TPC2018
GET: A generic electronics system for TPCs and nuclear physics instrumentation2018
MICROMEGAS calibration for ACTAR TPC2018
High precision measurement of the Ne19β -decay half-life using real-time digital acquisition2017
First inverse-kinematics fission measurements in a gaseous active target2016
β -particle energy-summing correction for β -delayed proton emission measurements2016