Minfang Yeh

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2870
yeh@bnl.gov

Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards

Research Activities

Neutrino and Nuclear Chemistry

Research Interests

Neutrino Physics, Nuclear Physics/Chemistry, Nuclear Reactions and Application
Industrial-scale Water Impurity and Natural Radioisotopes Ensuring/Cleanup Program at Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.
Radium/Radon Assay in the Air/H₂O/D₂O Systems.
Ultra-low Level Natural Radioactivity Measurement using Compton Suppression Well Counter.
The Partitioning of Actinides and Fission Products to Sediments: Developing Decontamination Strategies for Contaminated Soils and Sediments using Sequential Extraction.
The Application of Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) in Nuclear Waste Reprocessing.

Education

Ph.D in Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
M.S. in Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
B.S. in Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan

Professional Appointments

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Chemistry Division, Upton, NY
Staff Scientist, November 2001-present
Research Associate, February 2000-October 2001

Instructor & Research Associate, August 1997-February 2000
Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Staff Scientist, August 1997-February 2000
Nuclear Radiation Center, Washington State University

Research Associate, February-July 1997
Van de Graaff Accelerator Laboratory, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

Selected Publications

• Ahmed SN, Anthony AE, Beier EW, Bellerive A, Biller SD, et al. (2004) Measurement of the Total ActiveB8Solar Neutrino Flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with Enhanced Neutral Current Sensitivity. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.181301
• Ahmed SN, Anthony AE, Beier EW, Bellerive A, Biller SD, et al. (2004) Constraints on Nucleon Decay via Invisible Modes from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.102004
• Blevis I, Boger J, Bonvin E, Cleveland B., Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Doucas G, Farine J, Fergani H, Grant D, Hahn R., Hamer A., Hargrove C., Heron H, Jagam P, Jelley N., Jillings C, Knox A., Lee H., Levine I, Liu M, Majerus S, McDonald A, McFarlane K, Mifflin C, Noble A., Noël S, Novikov V., Rowley J., Shatkay M, Simpson J., Sinclair D, Sur B, Wang J-X, Yeh M, Zhu X (2004) Measurement of dissolved in water at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 517:139–153. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.103
• Diwan MV, Beavis D, Chen M-C, Gallardo J, Hahn RL, Kahn S, Kirk H, Marciano W, Morse W, Parsa Z, Samios N, Semertzidis Y, Viren B, Weng W, Yamin P, Yeh M, Frati W, Lande K, Mann AK, Van Berg R, Wildenhain P, Klein JR, Mocioiu I, Shrock R, McDonald KT (2003) Very long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments for precise measurements of mixing parameters andCPviolating effects. Physical Review D. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.68.012002
• Andersen T., Black R., Blevis I, Boger J, Bonvin E, Chen M, Cleveland B., Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Doucas G, Farine J, Fergani H, Fowler M., Hahn R., Hallman E., Hargrove C., Heron H, Hooper E, Howard K., Jagam P, Jelley N., Knox A., Lee H., Levine I, Locke W, Majerus S, McFarlane K, McGregor G, Miller G., Moorhead M, Noble A., Omori M, Rowley J., Shatkay M, Shewchuk C, Simpson J., Sinclair D, Tanner N., Taplin R., Trent P., Wang J-X, Wilhelmy J., Yeh M (2003) A radium assay technique using hydrous titanium oxide adsorbent for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 501:386–398. doi: 10.1016/s0168-9002(02)01925-3

Awards & Recognition

President of the Chinese Student Association at the University of Kentucky, 1994.
Eastern Michigan University Graduate Dean's Award for Research Excellence, 1993.
American Chemistry Society Huron Valley Section Teaching/Research Award, 1993.
Eastern Michigan University Chemistry Division Research Award, 1992.