Matthew Posik

Matthew Posik

  • Department of Physics

    Research Associate Professor in Physics

Experimental Nuclear Physics — Quarks and Gluons — Nucleon Structure

Research Summary
Dr. Posik is an experimental researcher investigating the structure of the nucleon and the dynamical interaction between its partons, which is governed by the theory of QCD. His main areas of interest are: Studying higher twist effects; Measuring the helicity dependent and independent sea quark structure; Measuring Nucleon spin dependent structure functions; Developing Micro-Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) technologies with a particular interest in micro-RWELL detectors; Developing an aerogel based Particle identification Cherenkov detector; Designing and testing of tracking and particle identification detectors for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC).

Education
PhD in Physics, Temple University (2014)
Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Physics, Rutgers University (2007)

Selected Publications

  • P. Achenbach et al., QCD Town Meeting White Paper. The Present and Future of QCD, arXiv:2303.02579 (2023).
  • M. Posik et al., Snowmass 2021 Instrumentation Frontier (IF5 - MPGDs) – White Paper 2: Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors for Nuclear Physics, (2022), https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.06309.
  • M. Posik et al., ATHENA Detector Proposal, JINST 17, 10, P10019 (2022).
  • F. Barbosa et al. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 942, 162356 (2019).
  • J. Adam et al (STAR), Phys. Rev. D. 103, 012001 (2021).

Awards

  • RHIC and AGS Merit Award (2023)
  • Thesis Completion Grant, Temple University (2013)
  • Stanislav Kotsev Memorial Award (2012)