Liping Gan

Education

•   University of Manitoba, Canada , Experimental nuclear & particle physics,  Ph.D., May     1998                                                                                             

• Beijing University, China ,     Theoretical nuclear & particle physics,  M.Sc.,   July 1988                                                                                 

• Beijing University, China ,      Physics,  B.Sc., July 1985           

Professional Experience

08/2007-present          Associate Professor of Physics, University of North Carolina Wilmington

08/2001-07/2007          Assistant Professor of Physics, University of North Carolina Wilmington

01/2001-07/2001       Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Kentucky, resident at Jefferson Lab

1998-2000                     Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Hampton University, resident at Jefferson Lab

1992-1997                 Research Assistant, TRIUMF Particle Research Laboratory, Vancouver, Canada

1991-1993                    Teaching Assistant, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

1988-1991                     Instructor of Physics, Beijing University, Beijing, China

1985-1988                     Research Assistant, Beijing University, Beijing, China

Research Experience

1998-present        Jefferson Lab

·         Active member of Hall B PrimEx collaboration (the experiment to measure the p⁰ lifetime via the Primakoff effect). Extensively involved in the design and development of a high-resolution multi-channel hybrid calorimeter. Played a major role in the development and construction of the pair spectrometer.

·         Played a leading role in the development of the proposal, Precision Measurements of Electromagnetic Properties of Pseudoscalar Mesons at 12 GeV via the Primakoff Effect.  Presented this experimental program at PAC18 in July 2000.  PAC recommended addressing this subject in the executive summary of the CEBAF 12 GeV upgrade white paper as one of the major physics programs for Jlab future plans.

·         Worked on development of a fission fragment detector for hypernuclei experiment.

·         Undertook substantial responsibility for the hypernuclear spectroscopy experiment (E89-009) in Hall C.  Responsible for beam energy control. Conducted Monte Carlo simulations on the missing mass, coincidence timing, target temperature and spectrometer optics to optimize experimental setup.

·         Participated in other Hall C experiments on the pion form factor, inclusive and exclusive measurements in the nucleon resonance region and G_Eⁿ form factor measurements at Jlab.

1991-1997               TRIUMF Particle Research Laboratory and BNL

·         Involved in design, development and testing of new Microstrip Gas Chambers.  Developed and implemented software to reconstruct the trajectory of particles in scintillating fiber arrays viewed by Image Intensifier Tubes to study the formation of double L hypernuclei.

·         Participated in H particle research experiments and double L hypernuclei experiment at BNL. Responsible for maintenance and calibration of TOF detector system.  Analyzed H particle research data (E813) as Ph.D. thesis  project.

·         Participated in the n-p elastic charge symmetry breaking experiment at TRIUMF. Calculated the neutron beam energy and polarization profile at the target position.

·         Developed a Monte Carlo program to simulate and study the properties of the TRIUMF neutron beam.

1985-1988  Beijing University, Beijing, China

·         Studied the EMC effect in the deep inelastic neutrino-nuclei scattering using both the on-shell and off-shell models.

·         Studied the quark effect in the nuclear weak interaction by using Joint Possessing Quark model and MIT bag model; calculated the width of L non-mesonic decay in different hypernuclei; Published a paper on this topic that won an award from Beijing University. 

Teaching  Experience

08/2007-present          Associate professor, North Carolina University at Wilmington

·         Teach undergraduate physics courses.  Supervise the introduction physics labs.

08/2001-07/2007          Assistant professor, North Carolina University at Wilmington

·         Teach undergraduate physics courses.  Supervise the introduction physics labs.

1991-1993                    Teaching assistant, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

·         Assisted in instruction of graduate and undergraduate courses.

1988-1991                    Physics instructor, Beijing University, Beijing, China

·         Taught Mechanics, General Physics, Topics of Modern Physics, Atomic Physics, Elementary and Intermediate Physics Laboratory to undergraduate students.

·         Designing and selecting undergraduate experimental programs. Created opportunities for students to explore the problems with creative and hands-on approaches.