[News-releases] Jens Dilling Named Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences at TRIUMF

[Nic Zdunich]

Jens Dilling Named Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences at
TRIUMF



August 23, 2016, Vancouver, Canada ‹ TRIUMF is pleased to announce that Dr.
Jens Dilling will become Associate Laboratory Director for its Physical
Sciences Division (ALD-Physical Sciences), effective September 1, 2016.
As ALD-Physical Sciences, Dilling will provide leadership, direction, and
oversight for TRIUMF¹s scientific program in particle and nuclear physics
and molecular and materials sciences, bolstering linkages across TRIUMF and
to its member universities and international partners. He will work closely
with TRIUMF¹s Accelerator Division to strengthen isotope delivery, enabling
leading edge science and discovery and preparing the lab for its new
flagship facility ­ the Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory (ARIEL).
A talented nuclear physicist and an expert in trapping radioactive isotopes,
Dilling is no stranger to TRIUMF having first been recruited to the lab¹s
Science Division (now Physical Sciences Division) in 1995. Prior to his new
role, he served as deputy and department head for nuclear physics, deputy
division head of the Science Division, and most recently as the interim
Associate Laboratory Director for the Physical Sciences Division.
 ³TRIUMF has been my scientific home for many years, and I am as excited as
I was when I first set foot in the laboratory,² said Dilling. ³The
remarkable people at TRIUMF continue to inspire me. I am looking forward to
working with them and our university partners in this new capacity to help
shape the future of the laboratory. We are entering an exceptional era for
TRIUMF and there are fantastic opportunities ahead of us.²
³Jens Dilling is an extraordinary physicist with a broad experience across
the entire TRIUMF program. I am delighted to see him take on the role of
ALD-Physical Sciences,² said the laboratory¹s Director Dr. Jonathan Bagger.
³We look forward to working with Jens to take TRIUMF to a new level of
excellence in particle and nuclear physics, and the molecular and materials
sciences, particularly as we prepare for the ARIEL era.²
Dilling received both his undergraduate degree (Diplom) and doctorate (PhD)
in physics from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. His research
interests include understanding what holds atoms together at the most
fundamental level (i.e. the strong force), and precision experiments in
nuclear physics, in particular atomic physics techniques applied to nuclear
physics at accelerators.
As an expert on ion traps, Dilling has been involved in experiments around
the world, including at facilities at ISOLDE, CERN, and SHIP at GSI. Dilling
designed, built, and operated the TITAN (TRIUMF¹s Ion Trap for Atomic and
Nuclear science) system at TRIUMF¹s ISAC accelerator complex. TITAN has
become the fastest and one of the most precise ion trap mass spectrometers
in the world, enabling first-time measurements of the quintessential
neutron-halo nucleus lithium-11 in a trap, a breakthrough for nuclear
physics. Dilling serves on many national and international committees, and
received the CAP-Vogt Award for outstanding contributions to subatomic
physics research in 2013.
 
For More Information, Contact:
Lisa Lambert
Head, Strategic Communications
TRIUMF
lisa at triumf.ca <mailto:lisa at triumf.ca>
+1.604.222.7356
 

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