Jeremy Lantis

Jeremy Lantis is a postdoctoral appointee in the Trace Radioisotope Analysis CEnteR (TRACER) group at Argonne National Laboratory. As a member of TRACER, Jeremy uses the Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA) technique to laser cool and trap rare krypton isotopes from environmental samples and providing a method to determine their age on time scales longer than radiocarbon dating. Currently, Jeremy works on the development of a method to optically excite krypton atoms with a lamp-based technique, which has the potential to improve the sensitivity and efficiency of the ATTA technique.

Jeremy received his PhD in Nuclear Chemistry from Michigan State University where he worked with the BEam COoling and LAser spectroscopy group at the local National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. His research was focused on the use of collinear laser spectroscopy of radioactive nuclei produced at the cyclotron for nuclear structure studies. In 2021, Jeremy started a postdoctoral position at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Mainz, Germany. In Mainz, Jeremy was part of the Superheavy Elements group and worked on the development of a new laser spectroscopy technique that can provide an order of magnitude improvement in the resolution of laser spectroscopy measurements of the heaviest elements.