1992-	Professor, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno
1992-2001	Chair, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno
1983-1992	Research Program Manager, Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1975-1983	Research Staff member, Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1988-1989	Visiting Scientist, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder
1973-1975	Postdoctoral Fellow, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder

Outstanding Service Award, Faculty Senate, University of Nevada, Reno, 2011

Foundation Professor, University of Nevada, Reno, 2004

Senior Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2003

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

Publication Award, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, 1989

Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1986

Role of atomic processes in high-temperature laboratory and astrophysical plasma environments. Charge-changing interactions of multiply charged ions with electrons, atoms, molecules and photons. Experiments involving crossed-beams, merged-beams and synchrotron radiation.

"Photoionization measurements for the iron isonuclear sequence: Fe³⁺,Fe⁵⁺ and Fe⁷⁺," M.F. Gharaibeh, A. Aguilar, A.M. Covington, E.D. Emmons, S.W.J. Scully, R.A. Phaneuf, A. Müller, J.D. Bozek, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, A.S. Schlachter, I. Alvarez, C. Cisneros and G. Hinojosa, Phys. Rev. A 83, 043412 (2011).

"Absolute high-resolution Se⁺ photoionization cross-section measurements with Rydberg-series analysis," D.A. Esteves, R.C. Bilodeau, N.C. Sterling, R.A. Phaneuf, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, E.C. Red and A. Aguilar, Phys. Rev. A 84, 013406 (2011).

"Confinement resonances in photoionization of Xe@C₆₀⁺," A.L.D. Kilcoyne, A. Aguilar, A. Müller, S. Schippers, C. Cisneros, G. Alna'Washi, N.B. Aryal, K.K. Baral, D.A. Esteves, C.M. Thomas and R.A. Phaneuf, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 213001 (2010).

"State resolved valence shell photoionization of Be-like ions: experiment and theory," A. Müller, S. Schippers, R.A. Phaneuf, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, H. Braüning, A.S. Schlachter, M. Lu and B.M. McLaughlin, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43, 225201 (2010).

"Plasmons in fullerene molecules," R. A. Phaneuf, Chapter 35 in Handbook of Nanophysics: Clusters and Fullerenes, K.D. Sattler, editor, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press (2010).

"Valence-shell photoionization of the chlorinelike Ca³⁺ ion," G. Alna'Washi, M. Lu, M. Habibi, R.A. Phaneuf, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, A.S. Schlachter, C. Cisneros and B.M. McLaughlin, Phys. Rev. A 81, 053416 (2010).

"State resolved valence shell photoionization of Be-like ions: experiment and theory," A. Müller, S. Schippers, R.A. Phaneuf, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, H. Braüning, A.S. Schlachter, M. Lu and B.M. McLaughlin, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43, 225201 (2010).

"K-shell photoionization of ground-state Li-like carbon ions [C³⁺]: experiment, theory and comparison with time-reversed photorecombination," A. Müller, S. Schippers, R.A. Phaneuf, S.W.J. Scully, A. Aguilar, A.M. Covington, I. Álvarez, C. Cisneros, E.D. Emmons, M.F. Gharaibeh, G. Hinojosa, A.S. Schlachter and B.M. McLaughlin, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42, 235602 (2009).

"Significant redistribution of Ce 4d oscillator strength observed in photoionization of endohedral Ce@C₈₂⁺ ions," A. Müller, S. Schippers, M. Habibi, D. Esteves, J.C. Wang, R.A. Phaneuf, A.L.D. Kilcoyne, A. Aguilar and L. Dunsch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 133001 (2008).

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