Paul Ellison

  • Program Years: 2007-2011
  • Academic Institution: University of California, Berkeley
  • Practicum(s):
    Los Alamos National Laboratory (2008)
  • Degree(s):
    Ph.D. Nuclear Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2011
    B.S. Chemistry, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, 2006
  • Field of Study: Physical Chemistry
  • Academic Advisor: Heino Nitsche
  • Status: Postdoctoral researcher
  • Research Area: Nuclear and radiochemistry

Publications:

Ellison, P.A., Cavagnero, S., "Role of Unfolded State Heterogeneity and En-Route Ruggedness in Protein Folding Kinetics." Protein Science, 15(3): 564-582, DOI: 10.1110/ps.051758206, (2006).

Kurt, N., Mounce, B.C., Ellison, P.A., and Cavagnero, S. "Residue-Specific Contact Order and Contact Breadth in Single-Domain Proteins: Implications for Folding as a Function of Chain Elongation." Biotechnology Progress, 24(3): 570-575, DOI: 10.1021/bp070475v, (2008).

Mounce, B.C., Kurt, N., Ellison, P.A., and Cavagnero, S. "Nonrandom Distribution of Intramolecular Contacts in Native Single-Domain Proteins." PROTEINS: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 75(2): 404-412, DOI: 10.1002/prot.22258, (2008).

Gates, J.M., Nelson, S.L., Gregorich, K.E., Dragojevic, I., Duellmann, Ch.E., Ellison, P.A., Folden III, C.M., Garcia, M.A., Stavsetra, L., Sudowe, R., Hoffman, D.C., and Nitsche, H. "Comparison of reactions for the production of 258,257Db: 208Pb(51V,xn) and 209Bi(50Ti,xn)." Physical Review C, 78(3), 034604, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.78.034604, (2008).

Dragojevic, I., Gregorich, K.E., Duellmann, Ch.E., Dvorak, J., Ellison, P.A., Gates, J.M., Nelson, S.L., Stavsetra, L., and Nitsche, H. "New Isotope 263Hs." Physical Review C, 79(1), 011602, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.79.011602, (2009).

Gates, J.M., Dragojevic, I., Dvorak, J., Ellison, P.A., Gregorich, K.E., Stavsetra, L., and Nitsche, H. "Excitation function for the 74Se(18O,p3n)88gNb reaction." Radiochimica Acta, 97(2): 79-82, DOI: 10.1524/ract.2009.1582, (2009).

Nelson, S.L., Gregorich, K.E., Dragojevic, I., Dvorak, J., Ellison, P.A., Garcia, M.A., Gates, J.M., Stavsetra, L., Ali, M.N., Nitsche, H. "Comparison of complimentary reactions in the production of Mt." Physical Review C, 79(2), 027605, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.79.027605, (2009).

Jeppesen, H.B., Dragojevic, I., Clark, R.M., Gregorich, K.E., Ali, M.N., Allmond, J.M., Beausang, C.W., Bleuel, D.L., Cromaz, M., Deleplanque, M.A., Ellison, P.A., Fallon, P., Garcia, M.A., Gates, J.M., Greene, J.P., Gros, S., Lee, I.Y., Macchiavelli, A.O., Nelson, S.L., Nitsche, H., Pavan, J.R., Stavsetra, L., Stephens, F.S., Wiedeking, M. "Multi-Quasiparticle States in 256Rf." Physical Review C, 79(3): 031303, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.79.031303, (2009).

Gates, J.M., Sudowe, R., Stavsetra, L., Ali, M.N., Calvert, M.G., Dragojevic, I., Ellison, P.A., Garcia, M.A., Gharibyan, N., Gregorich, K.E., Nelson, S.L., Neumann, S.H., Parsons-Moss, T., and Nitsche, H. "Extraction of niobium and tantalum isotopes using organophosphorus compounds -- Part I -- Extraction of 'carrier-free' metal concentrations from HCl solutions." Radiochimica Acta, 97(3): 167-172, DOI: 10.1524/ract.2009.1583, (2009).

Gates, J.M., Stavsetra, L., Sudowe, R., Ali, M.N., Calvert, M.G., Dragojevic, I., Dvorak, J., Dvorakova, Z., Ellison, P.A., Garcia, M.A., Gregorich, K.E., Nelson, S.L., Parsons-Moss, T., and Nitsche, H. "Extraction of niobium and tantalum isotopes using organophosphorus compounds -- Part II -- Extraction of'carrier-free' concentrations from HCl/LiCl solutions." Radiochimica Acta, 97(3): 173-176, DOI: 10.1524/ract.2009.1584, (2009).

Jeppesen, H.B., Clark, R.M., Gregorich, K.E., Afanasjev, A.V., Ali, M.N., Allmond, J.M., Beausang, C.W., Cromaz, M., Deleplanque, M.A., Dragojevic, I., Dvorak, J., Ellison, P.A., Fallon, P., Garcia, M.A., Gates, J.M., Gros, S., Lee, I.Y., Macchiavelli, A.O., Nelson, S.L., Nitsche, H., Stavsetra, L., Stephens, F.S., and Wiedeking, M. "High-K multi-quasiparticle states and rotational bands in 255Lr." Physical Review C, 80(3): 034324, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.80.034324, (2009).

Stavsetra, L., Gregorich, K.E., Dvorak, J., Ellison, P.A., Dragojevic, I., Garcia, M.A., and Nitsche, H., "Independent verification of element 114 production in the 48Ca + 242Pu reaction." Physical Review Letters, 103(13): 132502, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.132502, (2009).

Clark, R.M., Gregorich, K.E., Berryman, J.S., Ali, M.N., Allmond, J.M., Beausang, C.W., Cromaz, M., Deleplanque, M.A., Dragojevic, I., Dvorak, J., Ellison, P.A., Fallon, P., Garcia, M.A., Gates, J.M., Gros, S., Jeppesen, H.B., Kaji, D., Lee, I.Y., Macchiavelli, A.O., Morimoto, K., Nitsche, H., Paschalis, S., Petri, M., Stavsetra, L., Stephens, F.S., Watanabe, H., and Wiedeking, M. "High-K Multi-Quasiparticle States in 254No." Physics Letters B, 690(1): 19, DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2010.04.079, (2010).

Duellmann, Ch.E., Schaedel, M., Yakushev, A., Tuerler, A., Eberhardt, K., Kratz, J.V., Ackermann, D., Andersson, L.-L., Block, M., Bruechle, W., Dvorak, J., Essel, H., Ellison, P.A., Even, J., Gates, J.M., Gorshkov, A., Graeger, R., Gregorich, K.E., Hartmann, W., Herzberg, R.-D., Hessberger., F.P., Hild, D., Huebner, A., Jaeger, E., Khuyagbaatar, J., Kindler, B., Krier, J., Kurz, N., Lahiri, S., Liebe, D., Lommel, B., Maiti, M., Nitsche, H., Omtvedt, J.P., Parr, E., Rudolph, D., Runke, J., Schausten, B., Schimpf, E., Semchenkov, A., Steiner, J., Thoerle-Pospiech, P., Uusitalo, J., Wegrzecki, M., and Wiehl, N. "Production and Decay of Element 114: High Cross Sections and the New Nucleus 277Hs." Physical Review Letters, 104(25): 252701, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.252701, (2010).

Berryman, J.S., Clark, R.M., Gregorich, K.E., Allmond, J.M., Bleuel, D.L., Cromaz, M., Dragojevic, I., Dvorak, J., Ellison, P.A., Fallon, P., Garcia, M.A., Gros, S., Lee, I.Y., Macchiavelli, H. Nitsche, A.O., Paschalis, S., Petri, M., Qian, J., Stoyer, M.A., and Wiedeking, M. "Electromagnetic decays of excited states in 261Sg (Z = 106) and 257Rf (Z = 104)." Physical Review C, 81(6): 064325, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.81.064325, (2010).

Ellison, P.A., Gregorich, K.E., Berryman, J.S., Bleuel, D.L., Clark, R.M., Dragojevic, I., Dvorak, J., Fallon, P., Fineman-Sotomayor, C., Gates, J.M., Gothe, O.R., Lee, I.Y., Loveland, W.D., McLaughlin, J.P., Paschalis, S., Petri, M., Stavsetra, L., Wiedeking, M., and Nitsche, H. "New Superheavy Element Isotopes: 242Pu(48Ca,5n)285-114." Physical Review Letters, 105(18) 182701, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.182701, (2010).

Gates, J.M., Duellmann, Ch.E., Schaedel, M., Yakushev, A., Tuerler, A, Eberhardt, K., Kratz, J.V., Ackermann, D., Andersson, L.-L., Block, M., Bruechle, W., Dvorak, J., Essel, H.G., Ellison, P. A., Even, J., Forsberg, U., Gellanki, J., Gorshkov, A., Graeger, R., Gregorich, K. E., Hartmann, W., Herzberg, R.-D., Hessberger, F. P., Hild, D., Huebner, A., Jaeger, E., Khuyagbaatar, J., Kindler, B. Krier, J., Kurz, N., Lahiri, S., Liebe, D., Lommel, B. Maiti, M. Nitsche, H., Omtvedt, J. P., Parr, E., Rudolph, D., Runke, J., Schaffner, H., Schausten, B., Schimpf, E., Semchenkov, A., Steiner, J., Thoerle-Pospiech, P., Uusitalo, J., Wegrzecki, M. and Wiehl, N. "First superheavy element experiments at the GSI recoil separator TASCA: The production and decay of element 114 in the 244Pu(48Ca,3-4n) reaction." Physical Review C 83(5), 054618, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.83.054618, (2011).

Awards:

2009-2010 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship (Summer '03, Summer '04)
Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship (Fall '02 - Spring '06)