Poopalasingam Sankar
Staff Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, Electron-Ion Collider
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Electron-Ion Collider
Bldg. 911, Room A110
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(312) 451-1350
psankar@bnl.gov
Preferred Gender Pronouns (PGPs): Male
Research Activities
Ultra-bright keV X-rays generation from Laser induced Xe and Kr plasma.
Engineering design and construction of ultra-fast femtoseconds laser system and complete package of laser matter interaction experimental setup including vacuum chamber, spectrometers, imagers, and energy meters.
Mechanical design and construction of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) scanner for noninvasive cardiac imaging
Mechanical design and construction of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) scanner for peripheral vascular imaging
Mechanical design and assembly of positron emission tomography (PET) medical imaging scanners
Simulation study of thin film growth at finite temperature
Education
Ph.D. - Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, University of Illinois - Chicago, 2013
M.S. - Physics, University of Illinois - Chicago, 2006
MSc. - Physics of Materials, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2003
BSc. - Physics, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. 1999
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Electron-Ion Collider
Bldg. 911, Room A110
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(312) 451-1350
psankar@bnl.gov
