Jackson Hacias, a student research assistant at FRIB, has earned a Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC). Hacias is majoring in physics at Michigan State University. He will intern at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) this summer, returning to FRIB in the fall. 

His research at FRIB involves studying fluctuation analysis to extract nuclear level densities in the charge exchange group with Remco Zegers, professor of physics at FRIB and in MSU's Department of Physics and Astronomy and associate director of the FRIB Office for Education, Workforce, and Career Development. At BNL, Hacias will work on modeling antineutrino deficiencies from nuclear reactors.

Each year, students from around the country participate in SULI at one of the 17 participating DOE laboratories/facilities. In this internship, students work directly with national laboratory scientists and engineers on research and technology projects that support DOE’s missions. This is an opportunity for students to enhance their professional network, develop their interests in research facilities, and enhance their professional network.

The DOE national laboratories and facilities select SULI participants from a diverse pool of applicants from academic institutions around the country. The Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) in DOE-SC manages the program. For more information, visit the WDTS website.

Michigan State University (MSU) operates the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC), supporting the mission of the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics. User facility operation is supported by the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics as one of 28 DOE-SC user facilities.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of today’s most pressing challenges. For more information, visit energy.gov/science.