nyaladzi.palalani

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Dr N. Palalani
Title
Dr.
Firstname
Nyaladzi
Lastname
Palalani
Position
Lecturer
Department
Office
(+267) 3552880
Phone
(+267) 76085631
Professional Qualifications

BSc, Physics (University of Botswana, UB)

PGDE, (University of Botswana, UB)

Masters of Nuclear Science, (The Australian National University, ANU)

PhD (Nuclear Physics),  (The Australian National University, ANU)

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Physics courses: Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Radiation and Health Physics.

PostGraduate Physics courses: Nuclear Structure theory

Research Areas

Experimental & theoretical/Computational  nuclear physics, Nuclear structure mainly gamma-spectroscopy, Environmental radiation monitoring, radiation detection & protection. Radiation & Health Physics. My current research involves characterisation of individual quantum states in nuclei, using gamma-rays and time-correlated techniques, and data from heavy-ion nuclear reactions (eg fusion,  multi-nucleon transfer reactions, etc).

Postgraduate Supervision Areas

My research interests are mainly on the study of the properties of individual quantum states in nuclei,(characterisation) using gamma-ray and time-correlated techniques. The research involves analysis of accelerator-generated data from heavy-ion nuclear reactions. At present, the main focus is on the structures of deformed nuclei (A~180), in a region where excited multi-quasiparticle intrinsic states compete with collective (rotational and vibrational ) quantum states.

In pursuit of academic excellence