Rate My Professor Stefanos Paschalis

Paschalis's research centers on ionising radiation detection technology, where he leads detector developments for applications in fundamental research and societal needs. His work explores the structure of exotic nuclei through quasifree scattering reactions and spectroscopy, providing insights into the strong nuclear force, nucleon clustering, and the evolution of nuclear structure toward heavier systems. He has contributed significantly to major funding initiatives, serving as co-investigator on the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant from 2017 to 2022 and as principal investigator on an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) project evaluating digital SPAD imaging arrays for scintillator-based radiation detectors in 2017. Currently, he leads the ongoing £3.3 million STFC project for the R3B-TRT target-recoil-tracking array, reinforcing UK leadership within the R3B Collaboration. His scholarly output includes 146 research publications, among them key works such as 'Structure of 13Be studied in proton knockout from 14B' (Physical Review C, 2018), 'Intruder configurations of excited states in the neutron-rich isotopes 33P and 34P' (Physical Review C, 2018), and 'Strong neutron pairing in core+4n nuclei' (Physical Review Letters, 2018). Notably, he contributed to the first unambiguous experimental observation of resonance-like correlations in the tetraneutron system, published in Nature in 2022, advancing understanding of multi-neutron systems relevant to nuclear theory and astrophysics like neutron stars. Through extensive international collaborations, Paschalis's efforts have substantial impact in nuclear instrumentation and exotic nuclei research.