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Jeff Keister

Research Staff 6 Physics, 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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