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Personal profile
SUMMARY of research interests (100 words)
My research interests are in particle physics, and some of the current topics I investigate are:
- Resonance excitations and pion production in neutrino-nucleus interactions.
- Hyperon production in neutrino interactions.
- Nuclear effects in neutrino scattering.
- Neutrino magnetic moment search.
- Search for Dark Matter.
My research-related activities are
- Development of simulation software for neutrino interaction (leading author on NuWro generator and contributor of the resonance production model for the GENIE and NUANCE generators)
- Development, construction and installation of particle physics detectors (current: DUNE, SBND and DarkSide-20k. Past: NOvA, SMRD, HPTPC)
I am a member of DUNE, SBND, MicroBooNE and DarkSide-20k experiments.
Current Teaching
Phys272 (Mechanics and Variations) - coordinating and teaching
Phys311 (Particle Physics) - coordinating and teaching
Year 4 Exam Board Chair
Chair of the Nuclear & Particle Physics Theme Group
Phys450 (MPhys projects) - moderator of the reports' assessment
Past Teaching
Academic Advisor - Part II
Phys105 (Quantum Physics) - coordinating and teaching
Phys133 ( IT Skills - LaTeX) - coordinating and teaching
Phys355 (Industrial project) - final reports assessment
Phys281 (Scientific Programming and Modelling) - teaching and final reports and code assessment
Phys367 (Flavour Physics)- coordinating and teaching
PhD Supervisions Completed
- Dr Christophe Thorpe - Λ Baryon Production in νμ Interactions in the MicroBooNE Detector
- Dr Alesha Devitt - A Measurement of Single Charged Pion Production in MicroBooNE
- Dr Adam Lister - Constraint of Systematic Uncertainties in an Electron Neutrino Search Using Muon Neutrinos at MicroBooNE
- Dr Iain Lamont - Neutrino Interaction Cross-section Ratios Measured with the T2K Near Detector
Keywords
- Particle physics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Lancaster EPP Consolidated Grant 2025-2029
Fox, H. (Co-Investigator), Kartvelishvili, V. (Co-Investigator), Jones, R. W. L. (Principal Investigator), Blake, A. (Co-Investigator), O'Keeffe, H. (Co-Investigator), Borissov, G. (Co-Investigator), Kormos, L. (Co-Investigator), Nowak, J. (Co-Investigator), Ferrando, J. (Co-Investigator), Massri, K. (Co-Investigator) & Dainton, J. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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MSCA-RISE 2020 (PROBES)
Blake, A. (Co-Investigator) & Nowak, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/24 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
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DUNE Reconstruction Software and Distributed Computing Project: Stage 2
Blake, A. (Principal Investigator) & Nowak, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/24 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
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Lancaster Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2022-25
Dainton, J. (Co-Investigator), Jones, R. W. L. (Principal Investigator), Fox, H. (Co-Investigator), Bailey, I. (Co-Investigator), Blake, A. (Co-Investigator), Bertram, I. (Co-Investigator), Nowak, J. (Co-Investigator), Kormos, L. (Co-Investigator), Kartvelishvili, V. (Co-Investigator), O'Keeffe, H. (Co-Investigator) & Borissov, G. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k
The DarkSide-20k Collaboration, Franchini, P. & Nowak, J., 18/02/2025, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 20, 2, P02016.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Data-driven model validation for neutrino-nucleus cross section measurements
MicroBooNE Collaboration, Blake, A., Gu, L., Mahmud, T., Mawby, I., Nowak, J., Patel, N. & Pophale, I., 30/04/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Physical Review D.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Demonstration of new MeV-scale capabilities in large neutrino LArTPCs using ambient radiogenic and cosmogenic activity in MicroBooNE
MicroBooNE Collaboration, 1/02/2025, In: Physical Review D. 111, 3, 032005.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development
DUNE Collaboration, Blake, A., Brailsford, D., Mawby, I., Mouster, G., Nowak, A., Nowak, J. A., Ratoff, P. & Gu, L., 31/03/2025, Arxiv.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Enhanced Search for Neutral Current $Δ$ Radiative Single-Photon Production in MicroBooNE
MicroBooNE Collaboration, Blake, A., Gu, L., Mahmud, T., Mawby, I., Nowak, J., Patel, N. & Pophale, I., 1/11/2025, In: Physical Review D. 112, 9, L091101.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Activities
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DUNE/LBNF UK Project meeting
Nowak, J. (Organiser)
1/07/2025 → 3/07/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Other
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Open Symposium European Strategy for Particle Physics
Nowak, J. (Participant)
25/06/2025 → 27/06/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
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IoP Joint APP and HEPP Conference
Nowak, J. (Participant)
8/04/2025 → 9/04/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Academic
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Science Community Day
Gratus, J. (Contributor), Nowak, A. (Organiser), Zmeev, D. (Speaker) & Nowak, J. (Contributor)
16/03/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
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SBND Physics Planning meting
Nowak, J. (Participant)
24/02/2025 → 28/02/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Business/Professional
Press/Media
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Double success for Lancaster Physics at prestigious Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Greyling, E., Nowak, J. & Thompson, M.
6/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
Impacts
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Capturing Nature's ghots - Royal Socitey Summer Exhibition
Nowak, J. (Participant), Mawby, I. (Participant) & Gu, L. (Participant)
Impact: Societal Impacts