Professor David Joss BSc (Hons), PhD, CPhys, FInstP, FHEA. Professor Physics +44 (0)151 794 3375 Work email David.Joss@liverpool.ac.uk Personal WebsiteNuclear Physics Group About Research Publications Teaching Professional Activities Teaching Nuclear Physics (PHYS375) High-Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy (PHYS804) Practical Physics III (PHYS306) Modules for 2022-23 ADVANCED NUCLEAR PHYSICS Module code: PHYS490 Role: Teaching Foundations of Quantum Physics Module code: PHYS104 Role: Module Co-ordinator HIGH RESOLUTION GAMMA SPECTROMETRY Module code: PHYS804 Role: Teaching INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE Module code: PHYS135 Role: Teaching NUCLEAR PHYSICS Module code: PHYS375 Role: Module Co-ordinator PRACTICAL PHYSICS III Module code: PHYS306 Role: Teaching PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION DETECTION Module code: PHYS802 Role: Teaching STATISTICS Module code: PHYS809 Role: Teaching Supervised ThesesAnomalous B(E2)4+/2+ ratios in the neutron-deficient nuclide 168Os and 166WCHARACTERISATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF A SMALL ANODE GERMANIUM WELL DETECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTSDecays of new nuclides 169Au, 170Hg, 165Pt and the ground state of 165Ir discovered using MARAExcited States in W-161 and W-162 and the Onset of Collectivity in the Neutron-Deficient Tungsten Isotopes.Interrogation of Active Drum WasteInvestigating the Density Dependence of the Nuclear Symmetry Energy using Heavy Ion CollisionsLifetime Measurements of Excited States in 163W and the Properties of Multiparticle Configurations in 156LuLifetime measurements probing shape coexistence in 175Au, 174Pt and 175PtMultiparticle configurations in 155Lu (N = 84) and 158Ta (N = 85)Quantifying Disequilibrium in U-Series Decay using High-Purity Germanium Spectrometry.Shape Coexistence in the Highly Neutron-Deficient Nuclei 175-Au and 179-Au.Single-particle configurations in the neutron-deficient nuclides 158W and 152YbSpectroscopy of the highly neutron-deficient N=84 isotones 160Os and 159ReThe discovery of the alpha emitter 160Os, the beta emitter 156W and an electromagnetic decay branch from the 25/2 − spin gap isomer in 155Lu