Cody Parker
Research Assistant Professor
Edwards Accelerator Lab 211, Athens Campus
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2016
- M.S., Physics, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2012
- B.S., Physics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 2009
Academic Positions
- Research Assistant Professor, Ohio University, 2024 – present
- Accelerator Physicist, Texas A&M University, 2022 – 2024
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University, 2018 – 2022
- Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016 – 2018
Research
Cody is a low-energy nuclear physics experimentalist. Her current research interests include:
- Neutron-induced reactions and spectroscopy
- Experimental nuclear structure physics
- Radiation damage studies
- Detector development and characterization
Select Publications
- J. Bishop, G.V. Rogachev, S. Ahn, M. Barbui, S.M. Cha, E. Harris, C. Hunt, C.H. Kim, D. Kim, S.H. Kim, E. Koshchiy, Z. Luo, C. Park, C.E. Parker, et al., “First observation of the β3αp decay of 13O via β-delayed charged-particle spectroscopy”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 222501 (2023).
- J. Bishop, C.E. Parker, G.V. Rogachev, S. Ahn, E. Koshchiy, et al., “Neutron-upscattering enhancement of the triple-alpha process”, Nat Commun 13, 2151 (2022).
- D.P. Scriven, G. Christian, G.V. Rogachev, C.E. Parker, L.G. Sobotka, et al., “A Position and Pulse Shape Discriminant p-Terphenyl Detector Module”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 1010, 165492 (2021).
- A.M. McEvoy, H.W. Herrmann, Y. Kim, T.S. Sedillo, H. Geppert-Kleinrath, C.R. Brune, T.N. Massey, A.V. Voinov, C.E. Parker, and W. Steoffl, “13C(n,2nγ)12C Gamma Ray Production in the 14 - 16 MeV Incident Neutron Energy Range”, Phys. Rev. C 103, 064607 (2021).
- C.E. Parker, J.A. Frenje, O.H.W. Siegmund, C.J. Forrest, V.Yu. Glebov, J.D. Kendrick, C.W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, et al., “Response of a lead-free borosilicate glass microchannel plate to 14-MeV neutrons and γ-rays”, Review of Scientific Instruments 90, 103306 (2019).