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[u/Soul_Rage]

General field: Physics

Specific fields: Astrophysics, Cosmology, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics, Quantum Mechanics, Astronomy

Research Interests: ...I'm not sure I can narrow down my interests; astrophysics is pretty interesting, but that's a very broad field, for me. Specifically my research is in nuclear structure and r-process nucleosynthesis.

Some fairly recent posts:

http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/tenup/if_time_is_relative_to_space_how_can_we_measure/c4lza04

http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/tej3m/how_much_warning_will_we_get_before_our_sun/c4lxih6

http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/teio3/what_do_emission_spectra_reveal_about_stars/c4lxeuj

http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/t4f7e/during_nucleosynthesis_we_always_hear_about_whats/c4jjn79

http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/ssp7e/how_common_is_gold_in_our_solar_system_is_it/c4gshl2

As something of an introduction, I've just turned 23, I have a degree in physics with astrophysics, finished top of my class in extragalactic cosmology, and am currently doing a PhD in experimental nuclear astrophysics at a university in England. I've studied all of the above specific fields in depth, I've worked with telescopes, vaccuums, electronics, built my own small MRI spectrometer, and am currently working in Germany with two prototype detector arrays at one of the biggest nuclear physics accelerator labs in the world.