Professor Andrew Boston PhD, BSc(hons)
Professor Physics
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- Work email Andrew.Boston@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal WebsiteNuclear Physics Group
Research
Research Overview
I am a member of the Nuclear Physics research group where I lead the development of high-resolution germanium semiconductor detectors for nuclear structure physics and applications of societal benefit. My research strategy is to develop the key instrumentation and analysis techniques needed to realise the core blue sky nuclear science programme. This development work (driven by the AGATA project) has established a world leading capability to design, build and characterise gamma-ray sensors.
Research Interest 1
Nuclear Structure Physics
Nuclear Medical Imaging/Nuclear Imaging
Research Group Membership
Research Grants
Accelerating the development of novel technologies for nuclear physics
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
January 2022 - March 2022
ENSAR2 - European Nuclear Science and Application Research 2
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
March 2016 - August 2021
A three-dimensional integrated gamma-ray and vision system
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
July 2016 - January 2020
Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
October 2017 - March 2022
Capital Equipment 2018
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
October 2018 - March 2019
Sub pixel resolution in Cadmium Zinc Telluride detectors for Low Dose Molecular Breast Imaging
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
July 2019 - December 2022
Imaging of prompt gamma emissions during proton cancer therapy for geometric and dosimetric verification
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
September 2015 - August 2017
Lifetimes of the TSD candidate bands in 157,158Er at ultra high spin
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
January 2009 - February 2009
AGATA the ultimate gamma-ray spectrometer.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
April 2004 - March 2008
Study of two-photon emission in 72Ge.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2004 - February 2005
DTI TP: Portable gamma-ray spectrometer (DTI ref 10218).
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2005 - February 2009
Gamma-KEV: Imaging the invisible
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
November 2008 - October 2011
Trapped antihydrogen - towards spectroscopy.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2006 - February 2010
AGATA - The Ultimate Gamma-ray spectrometer
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
March 2009 - October 2012
Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics Using (d,p) with n-rich Na Isotopes using the TIGRESS and SHARC arrays at TRIUMF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
July 2009 - September 2009
Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
August 2014 - December 2018
A centre for Advanced Digital Radiometric Instrumentation for Applied Nuclear Activities (ADRIANA)
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2014 - July 2014
PROSPECTUS
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
August 2009 - January 2012
Nuclear structure at the proton drip line and at ultra high spin
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
October 2007 - September 2009
KEL09/08 - Improved sensor systems for medical imaging
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
December 2009 - February 2011
In vivo imaging technologies to assess the efficacy and safety of RMTs
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2013 - March 2015
European nuclear structure integrated infrastructure initiative (EURONS).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2005 - December 2008
KEL09/10 - A gamma camera imaging system for radioactive materials
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2010 - June 2011
Nuclear Physics Rolling Grant
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
August 2008 - August 2011
Advanced Compton-geometry gamma radiation imaging for radionuclide measurement in soils and geomaterials
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2014 - June 2015
Imaging and Detection of Radioactive Material - Portable Gamma Ray Imaging Spectrometer (PGRIS)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
August 2013 - July 2015
Consolidated nuclear physics grant 2011
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
August 2011 - July 2015
Improvement of the performance of germanium detectors using pulse shape analysis
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
May 2014 - August 2017
Liverpool STFC IPS Fellowship
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
October 2012 - April 2017
Improvement of the sensitivity of germanium detectors for radioactive waste assay
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
October 2012 - December 2013
Exploring the limits of nuclear existence for heavy proton-rich nuclei
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
December 2009 - May 2013
Detection of explosive substances by tomographic inspection using neutron and gamma-ray spectroscopy (DISTINGUISH).
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2006 - July 2009
Nuclear structure and astrophysics using (d,p) with Na isotopes using the TIGRESS and SHARC arrays at TRIUMF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
June 2010 - September 2010
Nuclear Physics Rolling Grants 2013 (equipment bid)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
January 2014 - March 2014
DSAM Lifetimes of the SD and TSD bands in 154Er at ultra high spin
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
September 2009 - November 2009
Studies of neutron-deficient nuclei utilising the EXOGAM gamma-ray spectrometer.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
October 2004 - September 2007