Dr. Trevor J. Stocki

Biography

Dr. Trevor J. Stocki received a B.Sc. in honours physics from the University of Alberta in 1991 with research experience in weak interaction physics.  The project was the construction of an ultra low noise ionization chamber, used in a TRIUMF experiment on parity non-conservation between two protons at 222 MeV.   Trevor continued to study weak interactions while working towards his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia. His thesis topic involved the measurement muon capture rates and muonic hyperfine transition rates.  During his Ph.D., Trevor was also involved in the investigation of unusual anthropogenic radionuclides measured at a Comprehensive nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) monitoring station. Dr. Stocki became a research associate at Simon Fraser University, where he was involved in laser trapping of radioactive atoms, to study weak interaction effects in the nucleus.  Presently, Dr. Stocki is a research scientist with Health Canada at the Radiation Protection Bureau, doing research on Environmental Radioactivity.  Recently he has become the leader of an IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) working group concerning controlled nuclear releases.

Research Interest

Trevor Stocki’s current line of research is working towards keeping the world safe through the use of subatomic physics techniques.  Dr. Stocki is a multidisciplinary physics researcher who is involved in the study of radioactivity in the environment through the use of: machine learning techniques, muonic physics, monte carlo techniques, and transfer pathways including atmospheric transport. Dr. Stocki has also performed research on the use of Machine Learning (Artificial Intelligence) to determine whether radioxenon, measured at a CTBT monitoring station, was the result of an explosion or from another anthropogenic process.  The radioxenon is measured by the use of gamma ray spectroscopy and the discrimination is done by using Machine Learning algorithms.