User:Stephenacooke/Stephen A Cooke

Education:
Stephen Cooke graduated with a Ph.D. in microwave spectroscopy under the supervision of Prof. A. C. Legon, FRS at Exeter University in England. He then post doc'd at the Technical university of Denmark (Prof. Svava Osk Jonsdottir) and the University of British Columbia (Prof. M. C. L . Gerry). He then took up a faculty position at the University of North Texas in 2005.

Research:
The first pure rotational spectrum of an actinide-containing compound was recorded in 2007 at the University of North Texas. Accordingly research interests include the rotational spectroscopy of heavy element-containing species. Stephen Cooke won the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in 2007.