Biography
Professional Experience
- Staff Scientist, Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2026-present)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2023-2026)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Johnson Space Center, (2020-2022)
- Graduate Researcher, Nuclear Science Laboratory, University of Notre Dame (2012-2020)
- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green State University (2010-2012)
Research Interests
Tyler Anderson is a nuclear astrophysicist specializing in the use of accelerator mass spectrometry to measure isotopic signatures with applications to study the evolution of the Solar System, stellar burning processes, and planetary science. His research has focused on developing measurement techniques to 1) determine the production of radioisotopes via stellar irradiation and nucleosynthesis, 2) analyze trace amounts of chlorine in astromaterials with a focus on lunar meteorites, and 3) improve management and monitoring of nuclear waste.
Education
- PhD, Physics, University of Notre Dame, 2012-2020
- MS, Physics Bowling Green State University, 2010-2012
- BA, Physics, Kalamazoo College, 2006-2010
Publications
2022 1 publication
- T. S. Anderson, A. J. Hidy, J. W. Boyce, F. M. McCubbin, S. Tumey, J.-M. Dudley, N. C. Haney, G. Bardoux, M. Bonifacie, (2022) Development towards stable chlorine isotope measurements of astromaterials using the modified Middleton source of an accelerator mass spectrometer, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 477, 116849 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2022.116849
2021 1 publication
- M. Skulski, T. Anderson, L. Callahan, A.M. Clark, A.D. Nelson, D. Robertson, E. Stech, P. Collon, (2021) Recent developments in the AMS system at the Nuclear Science Laboratory: Impacts on radionuclide sensitivities and current capabilities, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, 488,30-36 DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2020.12.009
2020 2 publications
- Y.K. Gupta, B.K. Nayak, U. Garg, K. Hagino, K.B. Howard, N. Sensharma, M. Şenyiğit, W.P. Tan, P.D. O'Malley, M. Smith, Ramandeep Gandhi, T. Anderson, R.J. deBoer, B. Frentz, A. Gyurjinyan, O. Hall, M.R. Hall, J. Hu, E. Lamere, Q. Liu, A. Long, W. Lu, S. Lyons, K. Ostdiek, C. Seymour, M. Skulski, B. Vande Kolk, (2020) Determination of hexadecapole (β4) deformation of the light-mass nucleus 24Mg using quasi-elastic scattering measurements, Physics Letters B, 806, 135473 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135473
- T. Anderson, M. Skulski, L. Callahan, A. Clark, A. Nelson, P. Collon, G. Chmiel, T. Woodruff, M. Caffee, (2020) Measurement of 34S(3He,p)36Cl cross sections for nuclide enrichment in the early solar system, Physical Review C 101,025801 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.101.025801
2017 1 publication
- T. Anderson, M. Skulski, A. Clark, A. Nelson, K. Ostdiek, P. Collon, G. Chmiel, T. Woodruff, and M. Caffee (2017) Re-measurement of the 33S(α,p)36Cl cross section for early solar system nuclide enrichment, Physical Review C, 96 015803 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.96.015803
Other 1 publication
Awards
NASA ROSES Emerging Worlds grant for "Enigmatic Lunar Chlorine: Relating Isotopic Fractionation to Chlorine-Bearing Vapor Species Evolved from Silicate Melts" (2024)
LDRD Lab Wide grant for "Constraining Volatile Element Losses in Planetary Formation with Genesis Solar Wind Samples" (2024)
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship (2020)