Peter Mueller   Office: (630) 252-7267 FAX: (630) 252-6210 pmueller@anl.gov CV in pdf format

Degrees Attained

Dr. rer. nat.        2003, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany;
Dipl. Phys.         1996, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

Employment History

since 2012           Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle;
since 2011           Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory;
2007 – 2011        Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory;
2005 – 2007        Named Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory;
2003 – 2005        Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory;
2001 – 2003        Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory;
1997 – 2001        Research Assistant, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany;
1995 – 2001        Teaching Assistant, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

Awards

2011  Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers;
2011  DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Award;
2010  IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Nuclear Physics
2005  Willard Frank Libby Postdoctoral Fellowship of Argonne National Laboratory.

Research Interests

Laser spectroscopy for nuclear structure studies;
Low-energy tests of fundamental symmetries;
Ultra-sensitive trace-isotope analysis.

Selected Publications

Efficient, tightly-confined trapping of ²²⁶Ra Abstract (PDF)
    R.H. Parker, M.R. Dietrich, K. Bailey, J.P. Greene, R.J. Holt, M.R. Kalita, W. Korsch, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller,
     T.P. O'Connor, J. Singh, I.A. Sulai, W.L. Trimble
         Physical Review C 86, 065503 (2012)

An Atom Counter for Measuring ⁸¹Kr and ⁸⁵Kr in Environmental Samples http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.019
    W. Jiang, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T.P. O'Connor, C.-F. Cheng, S.-M. Hu, R. Purtschert, N.C. Sturchio,
     Y.R. Sun, W.D. Williams, and G.-M. Yang
         Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 91,1-6 (2012)

Optical Excitation and Decay Dynamics of Ytterbium Atoms Embedded in a Solid Neon Matrix Abstract ( PDF / arXiv:1106.3447)
    C.-Y. Xu, S.-M. Hu, J. Singh, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O'Connor and U. Welp
         Physical Review Letters 107, 093001 (2011)

,³⁹Ar Detection at the 10^-16 Isotopic Abundance Level with Atom Trap Trace Analysis Abstract ( PDF / arXiv:1101.2933 )
     W. Jiang, W. D. Williams, K. Bailey, A.M. Davis, S.-M. Hu, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, R. Purtschert, N.C. Sturchio,
     Y.R. Sun, P. Mueller
         Physical Review Letters 106, 103001 (2011) ( See accompanying Physics Synopsis )

Spectroscopic study of the cycling transition 4s[3/2]2–4p[5/2]3 at 811.8 nm in 39Ar: Hyperfine structure and isotope shift Abstract / PDF
     W. Williams, Z.-T. Lu, K. Rudinger, C.-Y. Xu, R. Yokochi, and P. Mueller
         Physical Review A 83, 012512 (2011)

The role of carrier gases in the production of metastable argon atoms in a rf discharge Abstract
     Kenneth Rudinger, Zheng-Tian Lu, and Peter Mueller
         Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 036105 (2009)

Lifetime of the 7s6d 1D2 atomic state of radium Abstract / PDF
     W. L. Trimble, I. A. Sulai, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, B. Graner, J. P. Greene, R. J. Holt, W. Korsch, Z.-T. Lu,
     P. Mueller, and T. P. O’Connor
         Physical Review A 80, 054501 (2009)

Hyperfine Suppression of 2 3S1 - 3 3PJ Transitions in 3He Abstract / PDF
     I.A. Sulai, Quixue Wu, M. Bishof, G.W.F. Drake, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, and R.Santra
         Physical Review Letters 101, 173001 (2008)

Nuclear charge radius of ⁸He Abstract / PDF / Preprint arXiv:0801.0601v1 (nucl-ex)
     P. Mueller, I.A. Sulai, A.C.C. Villari, J.A. Alcantara-Nunez, R. Alves-Conde, K. Bailey, G.W.F. Drake, M. Dubois, C. Eleon,
     G. Gaubert, R.J. Holt, R.V.F. Janssens, N. Lecesne, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, M.-G. Saint-Laurent, J.-C. Thomas,
     L.-B. Wang
         Physical Review Letters 99, 252501 (2007)

Charge radius and dipole response of Li-11
     H. Esbensen, K. Hagino, P. Mueller, and H. Sagawa
         Physical Review C 76, 024302 (2007)

Fine Structure of the 1s3p 3PJ Level in Atomic He-4: Theory and Experiment
     P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, G. W. F. Drake, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor
         Physical Review Letters 94, 133001 (2005)

Laser Spectroscopic Determination of the He-6 Nuclear Charge Radius
     L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, G. W. F. Drake, J. P. Greene, D. Henderson, R. J. Holt, R. V. F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu,
     T.P. O’Connor, R. C. Pardo, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Schiffer, X. D. Tang
         Physical Review Letters 93, 142501 (2004)

An Atom Trap System for Practical Kr-81-Dating
     X. Du, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O'Connor, L. Young
         Review of Scientific Instruments 75, 3224 (2004)

One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81 and chlorine-36
     N. C. Sturchio, X. Du, R. Purtschert, B. E. Lehmann, M. Sultan, L. J. Patterson, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, K. Bailey,
     T. P. O’Connor, L. Young, R. Lorenzo, B. M. Kennedy, M. van Soest, Z. El Alfy, B. El Kaliouby, Y. Dawood, and A. M. A. Abdallah
         Geophysical Research Letters 31, L05503 (2004)

Counting individual Ca-41 atoms with a Magneto-Optical Trap
     I. D. Moore, K. Bailey, J. Greene, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor, Ch. Geppert, K. D. A. Wendt, L. Young
         Physical Review Letters 92, 153002 (2004)

Search for anomalously heavy isotopes of helium in the Earth’s atmosphere
     P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, R. J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor, and J. P. Schiffer
         Physical Review Letters 92, 022501 (2004)

A new method of measuring Kr-81 and Kr-85 abundances in environmental samples
     X. Du, R. Purtschert, K. Bailey, B. E. Lehmann, R. Lorenzo, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor,
     N.C. Sturchio, and L. Young
         Geophysical Research Letters 30, 2068 (2003).

Laser spectroscopic measurement of helium isotope ratios
     L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, R. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O’Connor, Y. Sano, N.C. Sturchio
         Geophysical Research Letters 30, 1592 (2003)

Ca-41 ultratrace determination with isotopic selectivity > 10^12 by diode-laser-based RIMS
     P. Mueller, B.A. Bushaw, K. Blaum, S. Diel, Ch. Geppert, A. Nahler, N. Trautmann, W. Noertershaeuser, K. Wendt
         Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry 370, 508 (2001)

Trace Detection of Ca-41 in Nuclear Reactor Concrete by Diode-laser-based Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
     P. Mueller, K. Blaum, B. A. Bushaw, S. Diel, Ch. Geppert, A. Naehler, W. Noertershaeuser, N. Trautmann an K. Wendt
         Radiochimica Acta 88, 487 (2000)

Isotope shifts and hyperfine structure in calcium 4snp 1P1 and 4snf F Rydberg States
     P. Mueller, B. A.  Bushaw, W. Noertershaeuser, K. Wendt
         European Physical Journal D12, 33 (2000)

Lineshapes in triple resonance ionization spectroscopy
     W. Noertershaeuser, P. Mueller, K. Wendt, B. A. Bushaw
         Applied Optics 39, 5590 (2000)