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    Declan Keane

    Declan Keane

    Physics
    Professor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    212 Smith
    Office Hours:
    8:30 AM - 10:50 AM MWF
    Contact Information
    Email:
    keane@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-0089 (216 Smith)
    Fax:
    330-672-2959

    Biography

    Research 

    My research involves the experimental study of high-energy nuclear collisions using accelerators. For a very brief time, we produce conditions resembling the first microseconds of the Big Bang. Since about 2000, my focus has been the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York. I have also served as spokesperson for experiment E895, also at Brookhaven. Work on E895 wound down around 2004.  

     

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    Awards

    Fellow of American Physical Society
    Named one of top 25 STEM professors in Ohio
    KSU President's Faculty Excellence Award
    Distinguished Scholar Award, KSU

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