Faculty & Research Interests
Core Nuclear Engineering Faculty
Prelas, Mark A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1979
Professor, Nuclear Engineering
PrelasM@missouri.edu
Webpage: prelas.nuclear.missouri.edu
(573) 882-9691
Research Interests: Alternative Fuels; Arms Control; Chemical Vapor Deposition; Direct Energy Conversion; Electric Power Systems; Electronic Materials; Detection and Sensors; Fuel Cells; Hydrogen and Synthetic Fuels; Lasers and Masers; Nuclear Engineering; Nuclear Warfare; Photovoltaics; Plasma Physics; Radiation Effects on Materials; Sensing Devices / Transducers; Spectroscopy; Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI); University - Industrial Partnerships; Weapons of Mass Destruction
Loyalka, Sudarshan K., Ph.D., Stanford University, 1967
Curators' Professor, Nuclear Engineering
LoyalkaS@missouri.edu
(573) 882-3568
Research Interests: Advanced Nuclear Reactors; Gas Dynamics; Interfacial Phenomena; Nuclear Reactor Safety; Nuclear Reactor Theory; Transport Theory; Aerosol Mechanics.
Miller, William H., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1976
Professor, Nuclear Engineering; Professional Engineer; Certified Health Physicist
MillerW@missouri.edu
(573) 882-9692
Research Interests: Radiation Detection Systems; Non-Destructive Analysis; MIRD Methodology for Dose Assessment
Ghosh, Tushar K., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1989
Professor, Nuclear Engineering
GhoshT@missouri.edu
(573) 882-9736
Research Interests: Mass and Heat Transfer; Hight temperature adsorption; Treatment of Radioactive and Mixed Wastes (organic and inorganic hazardous waste mixtures).
Tompson, Jr., Robert V., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988
Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering
TompsonR@missouri.edu
(573) 882-2881
Research Interests: Rarefied Gas Dynamics; Aerosol Mechanics; Materials Science and Engineering; Laser Applications; Biomedical Engineering; Health Physics
Professor of Emeritus
Volkert, Wynn A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1968
Emeritus Curators' Professor of Radiological Sciences; Professor, Biochemistry ( joint appointment ); Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute ( joint appointment )
VolkertW@health.missouri.edu
(573) 882-6759
Research Interests: Radiopharmaceutical Development; Nuclear Medicine; Technetium-99m Imaging Agents; Technetium
Chelate Chemistry; Radiotherapeutic Agents from Radionuclides Produced in Nuclear Reactors; Radiolabeled Tumor seeking Peptide Receptor Agents for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications
Viswanath, Dabir S., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor ViswanathD@missouri.edu
(573) 884-0707
Research Interests: High Temperature Adsorption; Heat and Mass Transfer; Detection and Sensor Technology.
Nuclear Science Faculty
Gahl, John, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1986
MURR Senior Research Scientist; Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute (joint appointed)
GahlJ@missouri.edu
(573) 884-7414
Research Interests: Plasma Science, Material Science, RF Technology
Glascock, Michael D., Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1975
MURR Senior Research Scientist; Research Assistant Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute
GlascockM@missouri.edu
(573) 882-5270
Research Interests: Geochemistry; Mass Spectrometry; Nuclear Engineering; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Reactors; Physics; Semiconductors; Spectroscopy; Analytical Chemistry; Archaeological Provenance; Archaeology; Basalt and Chert Sourcing; Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy; Geochemical Fingerprinting; Laser Ablation ICP-MS; Neutron Activation Analysis; Obsidian Sourcing; Pottery Analysis; Semiconductor Analysis; Trace Element Analysis
Jurisson, Silvia S., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1971
Professor, Chemistry; Professor, Radiology ( joint appointment); Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute (joint appointment)
JurissonS@missouri.edu
(573) 882-2107
Research Interests: Chemical Sciences; Radiotherapy; Radiopharmaceuticals; Radiotherapy; Technetium-99
Miceli, Paul F., Ph.D., University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, 1987
Associate Professor, Physics; Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute (joint appointment)
MiceliP@missouri.edu
(573) 882-8328
Research Interests: Condensed Matter Physics; Materials Sciences; Natural and Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Technology; Condensed Matter Physics; Materials Science; Materials Research; National Facilities and Instruments
Robertson, J. David Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1986
MURR Director of Education and Development; Professor, Chemistry; Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute (joint appointment)
RobertsonJo@missouri.edu
(573) 882-2240
Research Interests: Analytical Chemistry; Chemical Sciences; Environmental Chemistry; Materials Sciences; Mining Engineering; Nuclear Chemistry; Pharmacology); Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry; Ion Beam Analysis; Neutron Activation Analysis; Nuclear Chemistry; Nuclear Decay; Nuclear Reaction Analysis; Proton Induced Gamma X-ray Emission Analysis; Proton Induced X-ray Emission Analysis; Trace Element Analysis; X-ray Fluorescence