2007-present	Chair, Physics Department
2006-2007	Associate Dean for Research, College of Science, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
2004-2005	Faculty Sabbatical Appointment, Sandia National Laboratories
2003-present	Professor of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno
1999-2004	Vice-Chair, Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno
1996-2003	Associate Professor of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno
1994	Appointed to the Graduate Faculty, University of Nevada, Reno
1993-1996	Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno
1992	Appointed to the Graduate Studies Faculty, University of Florida
1991-1993	Research Scientist, University of Florida
1985-1990	Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Florida
1983-1984	Profesor Adjunto, University of Buenos Aires
1994/95/96/97/98	Visiting Scientist, Laboratory LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, France
2001	Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Germany

H.K. Shin Award for Excellence in Research, College of Science, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, 2005

LeMay Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, 2006.

Atomic and radiation physics of high-energy-density plasmas; Stark-broadened line shapes; radiation transport; x-ray spectroscopy of plasmas; multi-objective spectroscopic data analysis.

“Spectroscopic determination of dynamic plasma gradients in implosion cores” I. Golovkin, R. Mancini, S. Louis, Y. Ochi, K. Fujita, H. Nishimura, H. Shirga, N. Miyanaga, H. Azechi, R. Butzbach, I. Uschmann, E. Foerster, J. Delettrez, J. Koch, R.W. Lee and L. Klein, Physical Review Letters 88, 045002-1 (2002).

“X-ray line polarization of He-like Si satellite spectra in plasmas driven by high-intensity ultra-short pulsed lasers” P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J.C Gauthier, E. Minguez, J. Dubau, M. Cornille, Phys. Rev. E 49 085002 (2004).

“Hot dense capsule implosion cores produced by z-pinch dynamic hohlraum radiation” J. Bailey, G. Chandler, S. Slutz, I. Golovkin, P. Lake, J. MacFarlane, R. Mancini, T. Burris-Mog, G. Cooper, R. Leeper, T. Mehlhorn, T. Moore, T. Nash, D. Nielsen, C. Ruiz, D. Schroen, W. Varnum, Phys. Rev. Letters 92 085002 (2004).

“Dopant Radiative cooling effects in indirect-drive Ar-doped capsule implosion experiments” J.J. MacFarlane, I.E. Golovkin, R.C. Mancini, L.A. Welser, J.E. Bailey, J.A. Koch, T.A. Mehlhorn, G.A. Rochau, P. Wang, P. Woodruff, Phys. Rev. E 72, 066403 (2005).

“Multispectral x-ray imaging with a pinhole array and a flat Bragg mirror” J.A. Koch, T.W. Barbee, Jr., N. Izumi, R. Tommasini, R.C. Mancini, L.A. Welser, F.J. Marshall, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 073708 (2005).

“Line broadening analysis of implosion core conditions at Z using argon K-shell spectroscopy” T.J. Burris-Mog, R.C. Mancini, J.E. Bailey, G.A. Chandler, G. Rochau, G. Dunham, P.W. Lake, K. Peterson, S.A. Slutz, T.A. Mehlhorn, I.E. Golovkin, J.J. MacFarlane, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transfer 99, 120 (2006).

“Multi-objective spectroscopic analysis of core gradients: extension from two to three objectives” L. Welser, R. Mancini, J. Koch, N. Izumi, S. Louis, I. Golovkin, T. Barbee, S. Haan, J. Delettrez, F. Marshall, S. Regan, D. Haynes. R. Lee, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transfer 99, 649 (2006).

“Dynamic hohlraum radiation hydrodynamics” J.E. Bailey, G. Chandler, R.C. Mancini, S. Slutz, G. Rochau, M. Bump, T.J. Burris-Mog, G. Cooper, G. Dunham, I. Golovkin, J. Kilkenny, P. Lake, R. Leeper, R. Lemke, J.J. MacFarlane, T. Mehlhorn, T. Moore, T. Nash, A. Nikkro, D. Nielsem, K. Peterson, C. Ruiz, D. Schroen, D. Steiman, W. Varnum, Phys. Plasmas 13 056301 (2006).

“A multi-objective method for fitting pinhole image intensity profiles of implosion cores driven by a Pareto genetic algorithm” T. Nagayama, R. Mancini, L. Welser, S. Louis, R. Tommasini, J. Koch, N. Izumi, J. Delettrez, F.J. Marshall, S. Regan, V. Smalyuk, I. Golovkin, D. Haynes, G. Kyrala, Rev. Sci. Instrum. (in press).

“Spectroscopic determination of temperature and density spatial profiles and mix in indirect drive inertial confinement fusion implosion cores” L. Welser, R. Mancini, T. Nagayama, J. Koch, N. Izumi, R. Tommasini, S. Haan, I. Golovkin, J. Delettrez, F. Marshall, S. Regan, V. Smalyuk, D. Haynes, G. Kyrala, Phys. Rev. E (submitted for publication).

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