John R. D. Copley

John Copley is a physicist in the NIST Center for Neutron Research which is part of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He is responsible for the new cold neutron disk chopper time-of-flight spectrometer which is under construction at the NIST Center for Neutron Research.

  • Education:
    BA (1966), MA (1976): Oxford University (UK).
    PhD in Physics (1970): McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (1970).
    Thesis adviser: Professor Bertram N. Brockhouse

  • Research Interests:
    Experimental and theoretical studies of the structure and dynamics of molecular materials, particularly fullerenes.
    Low energy dynamics of globular proteins.
    Methods of simulating/calculating the performance of neutron instrument components.
    Instrumentation for inelastic and quasielastic neutron scattering.

  • Address :
    John R. D. Copley
    National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Building 235, Room E151
    100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8562
    Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8562

  • Phone : (301) 975-5133/6220

  • FAX : (301) 921-9847

  • e-mail : john.copley@nist.gov
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    Last modified April 13, 1999.