Prof. Schmidt's personal page

I am an experimental nuclear physicist, interested in how nuclei are built from protons and neutrons and how protons and neutrons are themselves built from quarks and gluons. My favorite technique is high-energy electron scattering, and I conduct experiments at accelerators such as the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) and others in order to answer questions like “What forces do protons and neutrons feel when they are very close to each other?” “Why do protons and neutrons seem to change their structure when bound inside a nucleus?” and “How are charge, mass, and angular momentum distributed within a proton?” I work as part of the GW JLab Group along side a team of professors, postdocs, and students, both grad and undergrad. Any students who are interested in this kind of research should feel welcome to get in touch to learn more.