2007 - Present	Director of Graduate Studies, UNR Physics Department
2004 - Present	Assistant Research Professor, Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno
2001-2004	Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy Department, Lake Tahoe Community College

David A. Shirley Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement at the Advanced Light Source, 2002

Photon-interactions with atoms, molecules, ions and solids. Measurements of fundamental properties of atomic and molecular collisions relevant to astrophysical and terrestrial plasmas. Structural properties of atomic and molecular ions. Raman and FTIR absorption spectroscopy of solids including metals and polymers at high-pressures and temperatures.

Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Polycarbonate at High Pressure, R.G. Kraus, E.D. Emmons, J.S. Thompson and A.M. Covington, Submitted to Journal of Polymer Science, Part B, Polymer Physics (Oct 2007).

High-Pressure Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Poly (Methyl Methacrylate), E.D. Emmons, R.G. Kraus, S.S. Duvvuri, J.S. Thompson, and A.M. Covington, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B, Polymer Physics, Vol. 45, 358-367, (2007).

Measurements of partial cross sections and photoelectron angular distributions for the photodetachment of Fe? and Cu¯ at visible photon wavelengths visible photon energies, A.M. Covington, S.S. Duvvuri, D. Calabrese, W.W. Williams, J.S. Thompson, D.L. Carpenter, R.D. Collier, T.J. Kvale and V.T. Davis, Phys. Rev. A 75, 022711, (2007).

Inner-Shell Photodetachment of K?, A.M. Covington, V.T. Davis, S. Duvvuri, C. Cisneros, E.D. Emmons, M.S. Gulley, D. Hanstorp, R.G. Kraus, J.S. Thompson and D.J. Pegg, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. & Opt. Phys. 40, 935-942, (2007).

Production of rare-earth atomic negative ion beams in a cesium-sputter-type negative ion source, V.T. Davis, A.M. Covington, S.S. Duvvuri, E.D. Emmons, R.G. Kraus and J.S. Thompson, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B 261 157-160 (2007).

Triple detachment from Cl? ion, V. Davis, A. Aguilar, J.S. Thompson, D. Calabrese, A.M. Covington, C. Cisneros, M.S. Gulley, M. Halka, D. Hanstorp, J. Sandström, B.M. McLaughlin and D.J. Pegg, Phys. Rev. A 72, Brief Reports 034702 (September 2005).

Photofragmentation of ionic carbon monoxide, G. Hinojosa, A.M. Covington, I.R. Covington, R.A. Phaneuf, I. Álvarez, C. Cisneros, R. Hernandez, M.M. Sant’Anna, and A.S. Schlachter, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, 2701-2709, (August 2005).

Photo-double detachment from F? ion, V. Davis, A. Aguilar, A.M. Covington, J.S. Thompson, D. Calabrese, C. Cisneros, M.S. Gulley, M. Halka, D. Hanstorp, J. Sandström, B.M. McLaughlin, G.F. Gribakin and D.J. Pegg, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, 2570-2589 (July 2005).

K-shell photoionization of Be-like carbon ions: experiment and theory for C2+, S.W. Scully, A. Aguilar, E.D. Emmons, R.A. Phaneuf, M. Halka, D. Leitner, J.C. Levin, M.S. Lubell, R. Puettner, A.S. Schlachter, A.M. Covington, S. Schippers, A. Muller and B.M. McLaughlin, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, 1967-1975, (June 2005).

Photoelectron angular distribution measurements of s- and d-electrons from the photodetachment of V? at visible wavelengths, D. Calabrese, A.M. Covington, W.W. Williams, D.L. Carpenter, J.S. Thompson and T.J. Kvale, Phys. Rev. A 71, 042708, (April 2005).

Photoionization of ions of the nitrogen isoelectronic sequence: experiment and theory for F2+ and Ne3+, A. Aguilar, E.D. Emmons, M.F. Gharaibeh, A.M. Covington, J.D. Bozek, G. Ackerman, S. Canton, B. Rude, A.S. Schlachter, G. Hinojosa, I. Alvarez, C. Cisneros, B.M. McLaughlin and R.A. Phaneuf, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, No 4 (Feb 2005).


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