Jens Dilling

Jens Dilling is an experimental nuclear physicist and currently the director of institutional strategic planning at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Life

Jens Dilling obtained both his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in physics from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. During his graduate studies, he did research at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research and the ISOLDE Radioactive Ion Beam Facility at CERN.

Dilling began his career at TRIUMF in 2001, as an experimental nuclear physicist, eventually becoming associate laboratory director of physical sciences, where he was in charge of experimental and theoretical nuclear and particle physics, molecular and material science, scientific instrumentation, and scientific computing. His research focuses on characterizing the strong force using precise mass measurements, in particular investigating atomic physics techniques applied to nuclear physics using particle accelerators. He proposed, co-designed, and led the construction of the TRIUMF Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear Science (TITAN). In 2021, he became director of institutional strategic planning at ORNL, where he oversees the development of laboratory strategies, strategic investments, and annual planning. He is a member of the German Physical Society, Canadian Association of Physicists, and American Physical Society.

Publications

His most cited publications according to Google Scholar are:

• Herfurth, F; Dilling, J; Kellerbauer, A; Bollen, G; Henry, S; Kluge, H.-J; Lamour, E; Lunney, D; Moore, R.B; Scheidenberger, C; Schwarz, S; Sikler, G; Szerypo, J (2001). "A linear radiofrequency ion trap for accumulation, bunching, and emittance improvement of radioactive ion beams". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 469 (2): 254–275. arXiv:nucl-ex/0011021. Bibcode:2001NIMPA.469..254H. doi:10.1016/s0168-9002(01)00168-1. ISSN 0168-9002. S2CID 14155609.
• Sánchez, R.; Nörtershäuser, W.; Ewald, G.; Albers, D.; Behr, J.; Bricault, P.; Bushaw, B. A.; Dax, A.; Dilling, J.; Dombsky, M.; Drake, G. W. F.; Götte, S.; Kirchner, R.; Kluge, H.-J.; Kühl, Th.; Lassen, J.; Levy, C. D. P.; Pearson, M. R.; Prime, E. J.; Ryjkov, V.; Wojtaszek, A.; Yan, Z.-C.; Zimmermann, C. (25 January 2006). "Nuclear Charge Radii ofLi9,11: The Influence of Halo Neutrons". Physical Review Letters. 96 (3). American Physical Society (APS): 033002. arXiv:physics/0509265. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.96.033002. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 16486695. S2CID 45223132.
• Blaum, Klaus; Dilling, Jens; Nörtershäuser, Wilfried (1 January 2013). "Precision atomic physics techniques for nuclear physics with radioactive beams". Physica Scripta. T152. IOP Publishing: 014017. arXiv:1210.4045. Bibcode:2013PhST..152a4017B. doi:10.1088/0031-8949/2013/t152/014017. ISSN 0031-8949. S2CID 119203410.

In 2012, Dilling was named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Dilling was awarded the Canadian Association of Physicists CAP-Vogt Award in 2013. In 2015, he was awarded the GENCO Scientific Achievement Award (membership award) of the GSI Helmholtz Centre and the European Exotic Nuclei Community. In 2017, Dilling was awarded the Francis M. Pipkin Award "for technical contributions and the use of Penning traps for the precise measurement of short-lived, radioactive nuclei such as halo nuclei and highly charged ions". Dilling received the Rutherford Memorial Medal of the Royal Society of Canada for "breakthrough discoveries in the field of experimental nuclear physics studying the fine details of the interactions of the atomic building blocks, the nucleons," in 2020.