Dr Liam Gaffney
Lecturer Physics
- +44 (0)151 795 1382
- Work email Liam.Gaffney@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal WebsiteCERN academic webpage
- ORCID0000-0002-2938-3696
Professional Activities
Selected Professional Activities
Conference Role
- Octupole-deformed nuclei relevant to EDM searches at Topical Program on Electric Dipole Moments, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Michigan, USA, 2019) (Conference Role)
- Nuclear pear shapes studied with radioactive ion beams at International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC 2019), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Glasgow, UK, 2019) (Conference Role)
- Nuclear structure physics with radioactive ion beams at HIE-ISOLDE at IV International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Venice, Italy, 2019) (Conference Role)
- In-source laser spectroscopy of mercury isotopes at ISOLDE at NUSTAR Annual Meeting 2016, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Darmstadt, Germany, 2016) (Conference Role)
- Shape coexistence in the light lead region at Frontier of gamma-ray spectroscopy (Gamma15), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Osaka, Japan, 2015) (Conference Role)
- Pear-shaped nuclei measured via Coulomb excitation at European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC2015), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Groningen, Netherlands, 2015) (Conference Role)
- Nuclear structure goes pear-shaped at Nuclear Structure Conference 2014 (NS2014), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Vancouver, Canada, 2014) (Conference Role)
Conference Roles
- ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer Workshop 2020 (Zoom, 2020)
- Octupole collectivity across the nuclear chart at Vth Topical Workshop on Modern Aspects in Nuclear Structure, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Bormio, Italy, 2020)
- Physics at HIE-ISOLDE with a 2 GeV upgrade at ISOLDE - EPIC Workshop, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Geneva, Switzerland, 2019)
- Octupole-deformed nuclei relevant to EDM searches at Topical Program on Electric Dipole Moments, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Michigan, USA, 2019)
- Nuclear pear shapes studied with radioactive ion beams at International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC 2019), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Glasgow, UK, 2019)
- Nuclear structure physics with radioactive ion beams at HIE-ISOLDE at IV International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Venice, Italy, 2019)
- Miniball at HIE-ISOLDE at NUSTAR Meeting 2019, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Darmstadt, Germany, 2019)
- Investigation of the octupole degree of freedom with Coulomb excitation at Shapes and Symmetries in Nuclei: Experiment to Theory (SSNET’18), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Gif-sur-Yvette, 2018)
- Correlated error analysis in Gosia at 3rd GOSIA Workshop, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Warsaw, Poland, 2018)
- Nuclear structure physics at HIE-ISOLDE at Institute of Physics Nuclear Physics Group Conference 2018, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Paisley, UK, 2018)
- Latest physics results from HIE-ISOLDE at Colloque GANIL 2017, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Amboise, France, 2017)
- Exotic shapes: Coulomb excitation of radioactive-ion beams at XXXV Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Ruciane Nida, Piaski, poland, 2017)
- Exploiting re-accelerated radioactive ion beams at HIE-ISOLDE at NUSPIN 2017, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Darmstadt, Germany, 2017 - 2019)
- In-source laser spectroscopy of mercury isotopes at ISOLDE at NUSTAR Annual Meeting 2016, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Darmstadt, Germany, 2016)
- Shape coexistence in the light lead region at Frontier of gamma-ray spectroscopy (Gamma15), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Osaka, Japan, 2015)
- Pear-shaped nuclei measured via Coulomb excitation at European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC2015), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Groningen, Netherlands, 2015)
- Studying shape coexistence above Z = 82 at Isospin, STructure, Reactions and energy Of Symmetry (ISTROS 2015), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Častá-Papiernička, Slovakia, 2015)
- Nuclear structure goes pear-shaped at Nuclear Structure Conference 2014 (NS2014), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Vancouver, Canada, 2014)
- A postcard from Miniball: Recent results from REX-ISOLDE at European Gamma and Ancillary Detectors Network (EGAN 2014), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Darmstadt, Germany, 2014)
- RDDS lifetime measurements in 184,186Hg at Shape coexistence across the chart of nuclides (York, UK, 2013)
- Octupole collectivity studied using radioactive-ion beams at Institute of Physics Nuclear Physics Group Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (York, UK, 2013)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- STFC Nuclear Physics Grants Panel (Science and Technology Facilities Council, 2022 - 2025)
- Resource coordinator for the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer Collaboration (University of Manchester, 2022 - 2025)
- UK Representative on the ISOLDE Collaboration Committee (CERN) (European Organization for Nuclear Research, 2020 - 2023)
- UK representative on the Miniball Steering Committee (European Organization for Nuclear Research, 2018 - present)
Grant Application Assessments
- External Post-submission (United States Department of Energy, 2020)
- External Post-submission (United States Department of Energy, 2019)
Media Appearances
- Celebrating 50 years of physics at ISOLDE, Facebook Live (October 2017)
- Scientists Want to Do Some Crazy Physics Using Scrapped Medical Equipment, Gizmodo (April 2017)
- I Asked 12 Scientists: What Is The One Fact Humanity Needs To Know?, Buzzfeed (August 2015)
- Going pear-shaped: Google hangout at CERN, Google Hangout (May 2013)
Professional Body Memberships
- European Physical Society (Individual Member, 2015 - present)
- Institute of Physics (Associate Member, 2008 - present)
Publication Reviews
- Peer review (European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei, Pre-publication, 2020 - present)
- Peer review (Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics, Pre-publication, 2020 - present)
- Peer review (Nuclear Physics A, Pre-publication, 2019 - present)
- Peer review (Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, Pre-publication, 2020)
- Peer review (EPJ Web of Conferences, Pre-publication, 2019)
- Peer review (Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics, Pre-publication, 2018 - present)
- Peer review (Acta Physica Polonica, Series B: Elementary Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Statistical Physics, Theory of Relativity, Field Theory, Pre-publication, 2015 - present)