Michael graduated from the University of Surrey in 2009 with an MPhys in Physics with Nuclear Astrophysics which incorporated a year of research carried out at the Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory at Yale University. Following this Michael pursued a Ph.D in experimental nuclear physics with a focus on high precision gamma-ray measurements; graduating from the University of Surrey in 2013.
He then joined a large defence contractor and worked on the measurement of neutron induced reaction cross sections utilising a high intensity neutron source.
In 2017 Michael joined NPL’s Nuclear Metrology Group as a senior research scientist and began work in the area of neutron metrology. Initial work included development of a plan to replace the Van de Graaff accelerator and irradiations using monoenergetic neutron fields.
Michael’s current research interests involve: