Two NSD scientists elected as APS Fellows
Gabriel Orebi Gann (left), from the Neutrinos Program, and Mathis Wiedeking from the Nuclear Data Program
NSD scientists Gabriel Orebi Gann and Mathis Wiedeking were elected as 2025 American Physical Society (APS) Fellows under the Division of Nuclear Physics, an honor that recognizes their innovative contributions to physics. Dr. Orebi Gann, a faculty scientist in the Neutrinos Program was recognized for “innovative neutrino detectors for fundamental physics, leadership in the development of the next-generation neutrino experiments, and contributions to the precision studies of solar neutrinos.” Dr. Wiedeking, staff scientist and deputy head of the Nuclear Data Program, was recognized for “key contributions to the study of quasicontinuum structure in atomic nuclei including establishing the existence of the Low Energy Enhancement, developing the Ratio, Shape and Inverse-Oslo methods, and for advancing the study of nuclear physics in South Africa.”
Gabriel Orebi Gann, Jeroen van Tilborg, and Mathis Wiedeking elected 2025 APS Fellows
GRETA Team Receives LBNL Director’s Award
The GRETA team was recognized by the 2025 Director’s Awards for their exceptional achievement of “delivering the project scope for the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA), a next generation microscope into the quantum world of atomic nuclei at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, on time and on budget with fully demonstrated performance”.
NSD Cookie Contest
Left: A spread of homemade treats, ready to be sampled. Right: James Symons and his prize-winning cookies.
Members of NSD gathered for a festive cookie contest, a chance to share homemade treats and good company. Participants baked a variety of cookies, and attendees voted for their favorites. James Symons, our former Associate Lab Director for Physical Sciences, took home the prize for “Most Nuclear” cookie.
NSD Autumn Potluck:
On October 31, the Community Stewardship Committee hosted a fall potluck for the Nuclear Science Division, complete with homemade dishes and creative costumes.
Alan Poon started a three-year term as a member of the APS Committee on Careers and Professional Development. He was also selected in the 2025-26 cohort of APS Career Mentoring Fellows.
NSD welcomes Dallar Babaian, a new postdoc in the Applied Nuclear Physics program.
