Dr Connor O'Shea

Dr. Connor O’Shea is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Nuclear Astrophysics in the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Surrey. His research focuses on the study of exotic nuclei relevant to explosive stellar environments, with particular emphasis on understanding the nuclear structure and reactions that govern the synthesis of elements in stars. Dr. O’Shea has extensive experimental experience at international facilities across the world, including FRIB and Argonne National Laboratory in the USA, TRIUMF in Canada, and CERN in Switzerland. His work combines gamma-ray spectroscopy with nuclear reaction techniques, including fusion-evaporation and nucleon-transfer reactions, to investigate proton-rich nuclei and constrain astrophysical reaction rates.