Hello. I’m Liz Heckmaier. Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physicist. Fan of neu ‘trons, ‘trinos, and the things used to detect them.

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My research interests run from critical experiments and nuclear data benchmarking to beta and gamma spectroscopy to radiation detection to simulating and modeling experiments to special nuclear materials/weapons non-proliferation technology and policy.

Lately, I’ve been designing and optimizing experiments for thermal scattering law and radiation transport code validation.

My PhD work focused on beta/gamma spectrum analysis and simulations of short-lived fission products to help figure out what’s going on with reactor antineutrinos.*

You can learn a bit more about me, or if you’re more social media/”networking”-inclined, find me here.

On the side, I enjoy tinkering with electronics and dabbling in graphic design.

*you can find a nice summary of the reactor antineutrino anomaly here.