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Jeff Keister

Group Leader, DSSI Engineering and Equipment, National Synchrotron Light Source II

Jeff Keister

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 741, Room 120
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2274
jkeister@bnl.gov

Pronouns: he/him/his

Dr. Keister leads the Engineering and Equipment group within NSLS-II's Data Science and System Integration division, which provides hardware standards for beamline instrumentation and infrastructure. 

Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Certifications

Research Activities

  • Standard silicon photodiodes for flux measurement in hard and soft x-rays
  • Transmissive diamond flux and beam position monitor systems
  • Characterization and deployment of spectroscopic and imaging detector systems

Education

  • Ph.D. 1997: Physical Chemistry, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)
  • B.S. 1993: Chemistry, James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)

Professional Appointments

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University

Selected Publications

  • Keister JW, Cibik L, Schreiber S, Krumrey M (2018) Characterization of a quadrant diamond transmission X-ray detector including a precise determination of the mean electron–hole pair creation energy. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 25:407–412. doi: 10.1107/s1600577517017659
  • Keister JW (2007) Silicon photodiodes for absolute soft x-ray radiometry. Solar Physics and Space Weather Instrumentation II. doi: 10.1117/12.741601
  • Idzorek GC, Tierney TE, Lockard TE, Moy KJ, Keister JW (2008) Reproducible, rugged, and inexpensive photocathode x-ray diode. Review of Scientific Instruments 79:10E922. doi: 10.1063/1.2969279
  • Carini GA, Chen W, De Geronimo G, Gaskin JA, Keister JW, Li Z, Ramsey BD, Rehak P, Siddons DP (2009) Performance of a Thin-Window Silicon Drift Detector X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 56:2843–2849. doi: 10.1109/tns.2009.2028574
  • Keister JW, Siddons DP, Kuczewski A, Coburn DS, Beuttenmuller R, Rumaiz A, Cai YQ (2014) Compact pseudo-2D strip detector system for sub-meV IXS. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 493:012015. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/493/1/012015
  • Keister JW, Suvorov A, Coburn DS, Cunsolo A, Kodituwakku CN, Stetsko Y, Cai YQ (2013) Realizing an Analyzer Instrument for Medium-energy Sub-meV IXS. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 425:052032. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/425/5/052032
  • Suvorov A, Coburn DS, Cunsolo A, Keister JW, Upton MH, Cai YQ (2014) Performance of a collimating L-shaped laterally graded multilayer mirror for the IXS analyzer system at NSLS-II. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 21:473–478. doi: 10.1107/s1600577514002999
  • Stetsko YP, Keister JW, Coburn DS, Kodituwakku CN, Cunsolo A, Cai YQ (2011) Multiple-Wave Diffraction in High Energy Resolution Back-Reflecting X-Ray Optics. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.155503

Certifications

  • Project Management Professional (PMI)
Jeff Keister

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 741, Room 120
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2274
jkeister@bnl.gov

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