Simon Connell

  Simon Henry Connell farfesa ne a fannin kimiyyar lissafi a Jami'ar Johannesburg da ke yankin Afirka ta Kudu. Shi masanin kimiyyar injiniya ne, Memba mai kafa na Afirka ta Kudu a cikin Gwajin ATLAS a CERN, da Shugaban Gidauniyar Hasken Hasken Afirka (AfLS).

Sana'a

Simon Henry Connell ya sami digirinsa na farko da PhD a tsakanin shekarar (1985 - 1989) a cikin Physics daga Jami'ar Witwatersrand. Ya ci gaba da aiki a Jami'ar Witwatersrand har zuwa shekarar 2008, lokacin da ya koma Jami'ar Johannesburg. Farfesa ne a fannin kimiyyar lissafi a Jami'ar Johannesburg. Shi masanin kimiyyar injiniya ne wanda a baya ya yi aiki da yawa a Cibiyar Radiation ta Turai (ESRF). Yana da alaƙa da Fakalty na inginiya da Gina Muhalli a Sashen Kimiyyar Injiniya na Makanikai. Connell memba ne wanda ya kafa Afirka ta Kudu a cikin Gwajin ATLAS a CERN. Bugu da ƙari, ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Cibiyar Nazarin Kimiya ta Afirka ta Kudu.

Bincike da ayyuka

A cewar Cibiyar Nazarin Ƙasa ta Afirka ta Kudu, ana girmama shi sosai kuma an amince da shi a duniya don abubuwan da ya samukuma ya cimma. Tun daga watan Yuni na shekarar 2023, yana da h-index na 141 akan Google Scholar. Connell yana da sha'awar bincike a fannoni daban-daban ciki har da Physics Particle, Physics Nuclear, Quantum Physics, High-Performance Computing, da Applied Nuclear Physics.

Bugu da ƙari kuma, ya shiga cikin ayyukan injiniyoyi da fasaha da suka danganci Binciken Ƙididdigar Ƙididdigar Ƙarfafa a CERN, wanda ke mayar da hankali ga High Energy Physics. Tare da ƙungiyarsa, yana da hannu a cikin neman ɓangarorin da ke da alaƙa da abubuwan duhu (dark matter), suna gabatar da ƴan takara biyu masu duhu vector boson. Manufar su ta farko ita ce gano ƙarin ƴan takara waɗanda zasu iya haifar da gan0 abun ban mamaki ko kuma a madadin su bayyana waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru a matsayin tsarin baya. Har ila yau, bincikensa ya mayar da hankali kan haɓaka laser gamma ray ta amfani da wani nau'in lu'u-lu'u a matsayin wani nau'i na crystalline undulator a matsayin wani ɓangare na EU-PEARL.

A matsayinsa na jagoran Cibiyar Binciken Fasaha ta Mining Positron Emission (MinPET), Connell ya sami nasarar nuna ikon gano lu'u-lu'u a cikin kimberlite a matakin ƙididdiga. Bugu da ƙari, ya yi amfani da ƙididdiga masu girma, manyan abubuwan ganowa da aka ƙera don wannan aikin don bincikar kwara rar ruwa a cikin hydro-cyclones. Har ila yau, Connell yana aiki tare da haɗin gwiwar sassan sassan don gina shari'ar ƙasa don Afirka ta Kudu Maɗaukaki Mai Girman Gas Cooled Reactors. Sha'awarsa ta musamman ta ta'allaka ne ga hada Monte Carlo a tsakanin sauran hanyoyin tare da ci-gaba da hanyoyin sarrafa kwamfuta don ƙirar neutron a cikin cibiyar sarrafa makamashin nukiliya.

Tushen Hasken Afirka

Connell yana da hannu sosai a cikin aikin Tushen Hasken Afirka (AfLS) a matsayin Shugaban Gidauniyar AfLS. Connell ya ba da gudummawa ga haɓakawa da haɓaka gidauniyar AfLS, yana ba da shawarar kafa wannan wurin a yankin Afirka. Ya haɗa takardu da kasidu waɗanda ke tattauna mahimmanci da tasirin tasirin Hasken Afirka. Bugu da ƙari, Simon Connell ya ba da gabatarwa da kuma magana game da aikin Hasken Afirka. Tushen Hasken Afirka yunƙuri ne da nufin kafa tushen hasken synchrotron na farko a yankin Afirka, mai haɓaka ɓangarorin da ke haifar da zafin rana da ake amfani da shi don nazarin tsari da halayen kwayoyin halitta. Aikin na da nufin dinke gibin da ke tattare da fasahar hasken wutar lantarki ta synchrotron a nahiyar Afrika, saboda a halin yanzu Afirka ba ta da irin wannan wurin. Ta hanyar kafa tushen Hasken Afirka, masana kimiyya na Afirka za su sami damar yin amfani da kayan aiki mai ƙarfi don gudanar da bincike mai zurfi a fannonin kimiyya daban-daban. Aikin ya samu karbuwa da goyon baya daga al'ummar kimiyya.

Kyaututtuka da karramawa

An zabi Connell a matsayin Fellow na Royal Society of Africa ta Kudu a cikin shekarar ta 2006, Memba na Kwalejin Kimiyya na Afirka ta Kudu, kuma Fellow na Kwalejin Kimiyya na Afirka a shekarar ta 2018. Connel ya karɓi lambar yabo ta Ƙungiyar Burtaniya (Azurfa) daga Ƙungiyar Ci gaban Kimiyya ta Afirka ta Kudu ( $S_{2}A_{3}$ ) a cikin 1994, da kuma National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)'s Awards for Innovation and Research and/ko Development: Corporate Organisation a shekarar 2022 don jagorantar aikin MinPET.