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Dr Serge Franchoo

Private address: 20, Rue du Cdt R Mouchotte, F-75014 Paris, France 
Office: Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
Tel.: +33-1-6915 7198, fax: +33-1-6915 6470
E-mail: serge.franchoo#cern.ch

Education and Academic Positions

• 1978-1990, primary and secundary education at St-Leocollege, Brugge, Belgium
• 7.7.1994, Lic. Phys. at the University of Leuven, Belgium
  Diploma thesis within the Nuclear Spectroscopy Group of the Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics: ‘Studie van de 19Ne(p,gamma)20Na reaktie met behulp van vaste-stof spoordetektoren’ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Huyse)
• 5.7.1994 till 30.9.1994, Summer Student at Cern, Genève, Switzerland
• 18.5.1999, Ph.D. at the University of Leuven, Belgium
  Doctoral thesis within the Nuclear Spectroscopy Group of the Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics: ‘Evolution of Nuclear Structure towards Ni-78 Investigated by the Beta Decay of Laser-Ionized Ni-68 to Ni-74’ (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. M. Huyse and Prof. Dr. P. Van Duppen)
• 19.5.1999 till 27.8.2000, Scientific Associate at the University of Leuven, Belgium, permanently sent to Cern, Genève, Switzerland
• 28.8.2000 till 29.2.2004, Scientific Associate at the University of Mainz, Germany, permanently sent to Cern, Genève, Switzerland 
• 1.3.2004 till 30.9.2004, Associate Researcher at the Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, Orsay, France
• from 1.10.2004 onwards, Chargé de Recherche at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, France

Assignments

• 15.6.2000, Spokesperson of Collaboration IS387 at Isolde, Cern, Switzerland: ‘Beta-decay study of neutron-rich Tl, Pb, and Bi by means of the pulsed-release technique and resonant laser ionisation’
• June 2001 till October 2003, Editor of the Isolde Newsletter, Cern, Genève
• July 2001 till August 2003, Summer Student Supervisor, Cern, Genève
• December 2001 till December 2003, Scientific Secretary of the Isolde Physics Workshop and Users' Meeting, Cern, Genève
• 1.9.2002, Spokesperson of Collaboration IS407 at Isolde, Cern, Switzerland: 'Study of the neutron deficient Pb and Bi isotopes by simultaneous atomic and nuclear spectroscopy'
• February 2003 till February 2004, non-voting Member of the Isolde Collaboration Committee, Cern, Genève
• Since October 2005, member of the Scientific Council of the Ecole Internationale Joliot Curie, Orsay, France
• Since December 2006, member of the Editorial Board of Images de la Physique, Paris, France
• 18.6.2007, Spokesperson of Collaboration E552 at Ganil, Caen, France: 'Weakening of the Z=28 gap by the tensor force in neutron-rich copper isotopes'
• November 2007 till July 2011, voting Member for France of the Isolde Collaboration Committee, Cern, Genève
• 28.9-1.10.2008, Co-Organiser of the Joint Laser-Trapspec Workshop at La Londe les Maures, France
  
• 1.12.2008, Spokesperson of Collaboration E589 at Ganil, Caen: 'Exploring the use of deep-inelastic reactions at zero degree for in-flight production of neutron-rich secondary beams with Linag+S3'
• 16.12.2009, Member of the Ph.D. Jury of Phanviet Cuong, University Paris-XI, Orsay, France
  
• Since January 2010, Lecturer of Nuclear Structure (Experimental Part) at University Paris-XI, Orsay, France
  
• 17.12.2011, Member of the Ph.D. Jury of Baptiste Mouginot, University Paris-XI, Orsay, France
  

Prizes and Merits

• 24.5.1989, Finalist of the Flemish Olympiad of Mathematics
• 17.3.2000, Recipient of the Second Prize of the Dutch Physical Society

Selected Publications

• "Beta decay of ^68-74Ni and level structure of neutron-rich Cu isotopes", by S. Franchoo, M. Huyse, K. Kruglov, Y. Kudryavtsev, W.F. Mueller, R. Raabe, I. Reusen, P. Van Duppen, J. Van Roosbroeck, L. Vermeeren, A. Woehr, K.-L. Kratz, B. Pfeiffer, and W.B. Walters
  Physical Review Letters 81, 3100-3103 (1998) download pdf version
• "Magisch nikkel in stellaire smidsen", by S. Franchoo
  Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde 66-3, 76 (2000)
• "Engaging natural scientists in disarmament", by S. Franchoo
  United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Disarmament Forum 3, 39 (2001) download pdf version
• "Monopole migration in ^69,71,73Cu observed from beta decay of laser-ionized ^68-74Ni", by S. Franchoo, M. Huyse, K. Kruglov, Y. Kudryavtsev, W.F. Mueller, R. Raabe, I. Reusen, P. Van Duppen, J. Van Roosbroeck, L. Vermeeren, A. Woehr, H. Grawe, K.-L. Kratz, B. Pfeiffer, and W.B. Walters
  Physical Review C 64, 054308 (2001) download pdf version
• Author or coauthor of more than 140 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, a list of which can be found here 

Participation in Research Projects

• 28.8.2000 till 29.2.2004, Coordinator for the Improving the Human Research Potential and Socio-Economic Knowledge Base Programme of the European Community (HPRI-CT-1999-00018, Project Manager G. Huber, Mainz, Germany) at Isolde, Cern, Switzerland
  
• Winter 2002-2003, participation in Resonance Ionization Mass Spectroscopy measurements for the trace detection of plutonium in environmental samples at the University of Mainz, Germany
• Since 2011, Low Energy Branch Scientific Coordinator for the Super Separator Spectrometer Equipex project of the ANR (ANR-10-EQUIPEX-01, Project Manager H. Savajols, Ganil, France)

Participation in Experiments

At CRC, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

• Decay Study of Ni-54 (PH105), spokesperson: M. Huyse, Leuven
• Nuclear Structure of Neutron-Rich Nickel Isotopes Produced by a Chemically Selective Laser Ion Source (PH106), spokesperson: A. Woehr, Leuven
• Measurement of the Magnetic Moment of Ni-55 with Laser Polarisation (PH146), spokesperson: L. Weissman, Leuven
• Investigation of Exotic Nuclei Using Fusion Evaporation Reactions around 40<Z<=N<50: Beta Decay Studies of Very Neutron Deficient Refractory Elements with the Element Selective Laser Ion Source at LISOL (PH153), spokesperson: V. Prasad, Leuven
• Development of a Universal, Selective and Efficient On-Line Laser Ion Source (DT-Laser), spokesperson: L. Vermeeren, Leuven
  
• (DT-Ion Guide), spokesperson: Y. Kudryavtsev, Leuven
  

At Ganil, Caen (France)

• In-beam spectroscopy of 42Si with the Chateau de Cristal (E287s), spokesperson: S. Grévy, Caen
• Competition between Octupole and Multi-Particle Excitations in Po-212 and At-213 (E408s), spokesperson: P. Walker, Surrey
• (E421s), spokesperson: F. Azaiez, Orsay
• (E445s), spokesperson: R. Lemmon, Daresbury
  
• Neutron capture rates in 44,46Ar nuclei from (d,p) reactions (E447s), spokesperson: O. Sorlin, Orsay
• 34,36Ca, the reminiscence of the Z=20 mirror isle of inversion (E450), spokesperson: F. Azaiez, Orsay
• (E452), spokesperson: M. Chartier, Liverpool
• (E478), spokesperson: D. Beaumel, Orsay
  
• (E505), spokesperson: G. De Angelis, Legnaro
• (E507), spokesperson: G. Duchene, Strasbourg
  
• (E521s), spokesperson: F. De Oliveira, Ganil
• (E522s), spokesperson: B. Fernandez-Dominguez, Liverpool
  
• (E530), spokesperson: F. Hammache, Orsay
  
• (E537), spokesperson: H. Iwasaki, Orsay
• (E546), spokesperson: O. Sorlin, Ganil
• (E548), spokesperson: L. Gaudefroy, Bruyères-le-Châtel
  
• (E551), spokesperson: O. Moeller, Darmstadt
• (E589), spokesperson: S. Franchoo, Orsay
  

At GSI, Darmstadt (Germany)

• (U181), spokesperson: A. Andreyev, Triumf
• Towards the new region of prolate deformation just above the shell closure at Z=82 (U206), spokesperson: A. Andreyev, Triumf

At ILL, Grenoble (France)

• (3-01-498), spokesperson: U. Koester, Grenoble
  

At Isolde, Geneva (Switzerland)

• High-resolution spectroscopy of Sr and Y nuclei near N=Z line (IS377), spokesperson: M. Oinonen, Cern
• Precision Study of the Beta Decay of Rb-74 (IS384), spokesperson: J. Aysto, Jyvaskyla
• Beta Decay Study of Neutron-Rich Thallium, Lead, and Bismuth by Means of the Pulsed-Release Technique and Resonant Laser Ionisation (IS387), spokesperson: S. Franchoo, Cern
• Investigation of Astrophysically Relevant Neutron-Rich Argon Nuclei (IS400), spokesperson: L Weissman, Cern
• Study of the Beta Decay of B-12 (IS404), spokesperson: H. Fynbo, Aarhus
• Precision Study of the Beta Decay of Ga-62 (IS406), spokespersons: J. Cederkall, Cern, and P. Dessagne, Strasbourg
• Study of the Neutron Deficient Lead and Bismuth Isotopes by Simultaneous Atomic and Nuclear Spectroscopy (IS407), spokesperson: S. Franchoo, Cern
• An Energy Upgrade of Rex-Isolde to 3.1 MeV/u and Acceleration of Heavier Masses up to A = 150 (IS408), spokesperson: O. Kester, Munich
• Evolution of Single Particle and Collective Properties in the Neutron-Rich Magnesium Isotopes (IS410), spokesperson: H. Scheit, Heidelberg
• Coulomb Excitation of Neutron-Rich A~140 Nuclei (IS411), spokesperson: D. Habs, Munich
• Coulomb Excitation of Neutron-Rich Nuclei between the N=40 and N=50 Shell Gaps Using Rex-Isolde and the Germanium Miniball Array (IS412), spokesperson: P. Mayet, Leuven
• Coulomb Excitation of a Neutron-Rich Kr-88 Beam: Search for Mixed Symmetry States (IS423), spokesperson: J. Iwanicki, Liverpool
• Coulomb Excitation of Odd-Mass and Odd-Odd Copper Isotopes Using Rex-Isolde and Miniball (IS435), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Cern
  
• Study of Polonium Ground-State Properties by Simultaneous Atomic and Nuclear Spectroscopy (IS456), spokesperson: Y. Kudryavtsev, Leuven
• Identification and Systematical Studies of the Electron-Capture Delayed Fission (ECDF) in the Lead Region: ECDF of 178,180T1 and 200,202Fr isotopes (IS466), spokesperson: A. Andreyev, Leuven
  
• New Spectroscopy by Two-Neutron Pickup of Neutron-Rich Nuclei (P161), spokesperson: D. Habs, Munich

At iThemba Labs, Cape Town (South Africa)

• (PR-121), spokesperson: E. Khan, Orsay
  

At Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania (Italy)

• (Magnex), spokesperson: F. Cappuzzello, Catania
  

At Laboratori Nazionale di Legnaro, Padova (Italy)

• (05.27), spokesperson: G. Benzoni, Milan
  
• (06.30), spokesperson: G. De Angelis, Legnaro
  
• (08.11), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Orsay
• (09.05/II), spokesperson: A. Maj, Cracow
  

At the Orsay Tandem, Paris (France)

• Determination of the g-factor of the 9/2+ isomeric state in Ni-65 (N4-2004), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Ganil
• Détermination de la parité de l'état fondamental du noyau impair-impair 78Ga (N2-2004), spokesperson: D. Verney, Orsay
• (Nx-2004), spokesperson: F. Hammache, Orsay
• (I-SI-1), spokesperson: D. Beaumel, Orsay
  
• (N-SI-1), spokesperson: M.-G. Pellegriti, Ganil
  
• (N-SI-2), spokesperson: D. Verney, Orsay
  
• (N-SI-4), spokesperson: D. Balabanski, Sofia
  
• (N-SI-5), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Orsay
  
• (N-SI-x), spokesperson: C. Petrache, Orsay
• (N-SI-10), spokesperson: N. De Séréville, Orsay
  
• (N-SI-14), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Orsay
• (N-RI-5), spokesperson: D. Verney, Orsay

Selected Conference Participation

• 16th Nuclear Physics Divisional Conference of the European Physical Society 'Structure of Nuclei under Extreme Conditions', Padova, Italy, March 1998
• 2nd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, Bellaire, USA, June 1998
• 5th International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, Divonne, France, April 2000
• 3rd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, Hameenlinna, Finland, July 2001
• 21st International Nuclear Physics Conference, Berkeley, USA, July 2001
• 8th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, Moscow, Russia, June 2003
• 7th International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, July 2006
• International Symposium on Frontiers of Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Perspectives for Nuclear Structure, Tokyo, Japan, April 2008
• 1st European Conference on Radioactive Ion Beams, Giens, France, June 2008
• 43rd Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, Zakopane, Poland, September 2008
• 2nd European Conference on Radioactive Ion Beams, Lamoura, France, June 2010

Language skills

• Dutch as mother tongue
• Fluent in English and French 
• Working knowledge of German
• Basic knowledge of Russian

Other Merits and Qualifications

• 5.6.1987, Certificate of Typewriting, Province of West Flanders, Belgium
• 13.6.1990, Certificate of the Entrance Examination for the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Ghent, Belgium
• From 1993 till 1995, Coeditor of the students' newspaper Veto at the University of Leuven, Belgium
• From 1.6.2000 till 1.9.2002, President of Swiss Student Pugwash
• Organizer of the 2nd Swiss Student Pugwash National Conference, Geneva, 30.3.2001 - 1.4.2001
• Organizer of the 3rd Swiss Student Pugwash National Conference, Geneva, 10.5.2002 - 11.5.2002
• Participant 13th Winter Course of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts, Andalo, Italy, January 2000
• Participant 51st Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Agra, India, March 2002
• Participant 10th International Castiglioncello Conference 'Unilateral Actions and Military Interventions: the Future of Non-Proliferation', Castiglioncello, Italy, September 2003
• From 1.2.2001 till 31.1.2004, Accredited Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva for the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
• Since 2010, Secretary of the French Pugwash group
• September 2011, Certificate of successful completion of the introductory course of the the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation, Vienna, Austria

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Serge Franchoo
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
tel ++33-1-6915 7198
fax ++33-1-6915 6470
email serge.franchoo@cern.ch

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