Jon Petter Omtvedt

Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo,
P.O.Box 1033, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway.
Phone: (+47) 2285 5439, Fax: (+47) 2285 5441.
E-Mail: J.P.Omtvedt@kjemi.uio.no

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My research work

I work with nuclear chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, at the University of Oslo. I completed my Ph.D work, "Studies of short-lived nuclei in the proximity of closed shells", in May, 1995. Most of my research work are within the following areas:

Investigation of the chemistry of some of the transactinide elements utilizing the SISAK technique. The elements investigated are rutherfordium (element no. 104, Rf), hahnium (element no. 105, Ha), and Seaborgium (element no. 106, Sg).
Nuclear spectroscopy on the very neutron-rich nuclei in the 132Sn region. These experiments has been performed at the OSIRIS mass separator connected to the R2-0 nuclear reactor in Studsvik, Sweden. The OSIRIS group is a part of Uppsala University, Sweden.

Teaching

My work at the university not only consist of research, but also of teaching. I'm involved in the following under-graduate courses in chemistry:

KJ 250 - our basic nuclear chemistry course.
KJ 252 - "Instrumentation and measuring techniques for nuclear chemistry".
UiO Strålevernkurs - basic course for those who works with radionuclides in the lab.

In addition, I can supervise students for their Masters or Ph.D degrees. Currently I can offer research programs for these degrees in connection to the SISAK development work and experiments. Click here if you want more information about this.

Talks and publications

Talks:

Talk at PSI (Paul Scherrer Institut) April 1999: "How can SISAK make a contribution to transactinide research?".
"Faglig Pedagogisk dag 2000" (open day for external teachers) 4. January 2000 "Transaktinidenes kjemi".
Advanced Science Researach 2001, 12-15 November, 2001, Tokai, Japan "SISAK and preseparation"
"Videregående kjemi akkurat nå" (high school chemistry just now) 21. November 2001 "Transaktinidene - Hva vet vi om de kjemiske egenskapene til de tyngste grunnstoffene som kan lages?"
"Faglig Pedagogisk Dag 2002" (open day for external teachers) 3. January 2002: "Alkymi i det 21. århundre - Hvordan vi kan fremstille eksotiske og ukjente grunnstoff"

Click here if you want to see my list of published articles, reports, etc.

This page was last updated on 3rd January, 2002.

You can reach me at J.P.Omtvedt@kjemi.uio.no