Overview

  • Gail Elizabeth Dodge is Dean of the College of Sciences and Professor of Physics at Old Dominion University, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1995. She is an experimental nuclear physicist, studying the protons and neutrons which make up the atomic nucleus. In order to do that she uses the high energy electron beam at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Virginia, which functions like an enormous electron microscope. The goal of these experiments is to probe the underlying quarks and gluons that make up the protons and neutrons. Dr. Dodge served a two-year term as a program manager at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia. There she was responsible for the $17 million experimental nuclear physics program and for coordination with the Office of Nuclear Physics at the Department of Energy (DOE). Prior to working at NSF, she served as a member of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, which advises DOE and NSF on priorities for nuclear science funding in the United States. She was chair of the ODU Department of Physics for six years. In 2015, she was selected by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for an Outstanding Faculty Award. She received her B.A. from Princeton University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

    • Selected Publications

    Articles In Academic Journals

    Year Title
    2015 Search for baryon-number and lepton-number violatingdecays of ? hyperons using the CLAS detector at JeffersonLaboratory.  Phys. Rev.. 072002.
    2015 Towards a Resolution of the Proton Form Factor Problem: New Electron and Positron Scattering Data.  PHys Rev Lett.
    2014 Measurement of the nearly free neutron structure function using spectator tagging in inelastic ²H(e,e'pp)X scattering with CLAS.  Phys Rev C.
    2014 Measurement of the structure function of the nearly free neutron using spectator tagging in inelastic 2H(e, e?ps)X scattering with CLAS.  PHys Rev C..
    2014 Measurement of the structure function of the nearly free neutron using spectator tagging in inelastic ²H(e, e’ps)X scatteringtering.  Physical Review C.
    2014 Measurement of the structure function of the nearly free neutron using spectator tagging in inelastic ²H(e,e pps)X scattering with CLAS.  Phys Rev C.
    2014 Precision measurements of g1 of the proton and of the deuteron with 6 GeV electrons.  Phys Rev C.
    2014 Precision measurements of g¹ of the proton and the deuteron with 6 GeV electrons.  Phys Rev C.
    2013 Hard Two-Body Photodisintegration of ³He.  PHys Rev Lett.
    2013 Measurement of transparency ratios for protons from short-range correlated pairs.  Phys Lett B. 63-68.
    2012 Comparison of foward and backward pp pair knockout in ³He(e,e pp)n.  Phys Rev C.
    2012 Deep exclusive ?? Electroproduction off the proton at CLAS.  CLAS Collaboration.
    2012 Evidence for the Onset of Color Transparency in ?? Electroproduction off Nuclei.  Phys. Lett. B. 326-330.
    2012 Measurement of the nucleon F?Structure Function via Spectator Tagging with CLAS.  PHys Rev Lett. 1-6 pages.
    2012 Observation of a narrow structure in 1H(? ,K0S)X via interference with ?-meson production.  Physical Rev C.
    2012 Virtual Compton Scattering and the Generalized Polarizabilities of the Proton at Q² = 0.92 and 1.76 GeV².  Phys Rev C. 015210.
    2012 Virtual Compton scattering and the generalized polarizabilities of the proton at Q2=0.92 and 1.76 GeV2.  Physical Review C. 015210.
    2011 Measurement of the nuclear multiplicity ratio for K? hadronization at CLAS.  PHys. Lett B.
    2011 Measurement of the nuclear multiplicity ratio for Ks0 hadronization at CLAS.  Physics Letters B. 26-31.
    2011 Measurement of the nuclear multiplicity ratio for$K0_s$ hadronization at CLAS!!!.  Phys. Lett.. 26-31.
    2011 Precise Measurements of Beam Spin Asymmetries in Semi-Inclusive ?^0 production, in preparation.  Phys Lett B. 397-402.
    2010 Evidence for a backward peak in the ?d ? ??d cross section near the ? threshold.  The European Physical Journal A - Hadrons and Nuclei. 261-267.
    2010 Measurement of Single- and Double-Spin Asymmetries in Deep Inelastic Pion Electroproduction with a Longitudinally Polarized Target.  Physical Review Letters.
    2010 Tensor Correlations Measured in 3He(e,e'pp)n.  Physical Review Letter.
    2009 Beam Spin Asymmetries in deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) with CLAS at 4.8-GeV.  Phys. Rev. C. 035206.
    2009 Beam-recouil polarization transfer in the nucleon resonance region in the exclusive ep ? é K + ? and ep ? é K +?? reactions at the CLAlS spectrometer.  Physical Review C.
    2009 Differential cross sections and spin density matrix elements for the reaction ?p ? ??.  Physical Review C.
    2009 Differential cross sections for the reactions ?? ? ?? and ?????.  Physical Review C.
    2009 Electroproduction of p???­­­­¯ off protons at 0.2.  Phys. Rev. C. 015204.
    2009 Exclusive ?? electroproduction on the proton at CLAS.  Eur. Phys. J. A. 5-31.
    2009 First measurement of Direct f?(980) Photoproduction on the Proton.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 102001 [6 pages].
    2009 Measurement of Direct ƒ?(980) Photoproduction on the Proton.  Physical Review Letters.
    2009 Measurement of semi-inclusive ??electroproduction off the proton.  Physical review D.
    2009 Measurement of the Differential Cross Section for the Reaction ? n ? ? ? p from Deuterium.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 012301.
    2009 Measurement of the Differential Cross Section for the Reaction gamman-->pi-p from Deuterium.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 012301 [6 pages].
    2009 Measurement of unpolarized semi-inclusive pi+ electroproduction off the proton.  Phys. Rev. D. 032004.
    2009 Moments of the spin structure functions gp? and g ? for 0.05 < Q² <3 .0 GeV².  Phys. Lett. B. 12-16.
    2009 Partial wave analysis of the reaction ?p ? ?? and the search for nucleon resonances.  Phys Rev C. 065209.
    2009 Photodisintegration of ?He into p+t.  Phys. Rev. C. 044603.
    2009 Photoproduction of pi+ pi- meson pairs on the proton..  Phys. Rev. D. 072005.
    2009 Precise Measurement of the Neutron Magnetic Form Factor G n M in the Few- GeV 2 Region.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 192001.
    2009 Precise Measurement of the Neutron Magnetic Form Factor GMn in the Few-GeV2 Region.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 192001 [6 pages].
    2009 The Extraction of phi - N total cross section from d(gamma, pK? K¯n CLAS Collaboration.  Phys. Rev. B. 417-422.
    2009 The extraction of ?–N total cross section from d(?,pK+K?)n.  Physics Letters B. 417-422.
    2009 Virtual Compton Scattering and Neutral Pion Electroproduction in the Resonance Region up to the Deep Inelastic Region at Backward Angles.  Physical Review C. 015201.
    2009 pi+ photoproduction on the proton for photon energies from 0.725 to 2.875-GeV.  Phys. Rev. C. 065206.
    2008 Bayesian analysis of pentaquark signals from CLAS data.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 052001.
    2008 BoNus: Development and use of a radial TPC using culindrical GEMs.  Physics Research A. 273-286.
    2008 Cross sections and beam asymmetries for ep ? en?+ in the nuclear resonance region for 1.7 ? Q² ? 4.5 GeV².  Phys. Rev. C. 015208.
    2008 Electroexcitation of the Roper resonance at 1.7.  Physical Review C.
    2008 Electroexcitation of the Roper resonance for 1.7 < Q 2 < 4.5 GeV 2 in ? e p ? en ? +.  Phys. Rev. C. 045209.
    2008 Electroproduction of ? ( 1020 ) mesons at 1 . 4 ? Q 2 ? 3 . 8 GeV 2 measured with the CLAS spectrometer.  Phys. Rev. C. 025210.
    2008 Electroproduction of ? (1020) mesons at 1.4< Q²<3.8 GeV² measured with the CLaS spectrometer.  Physical Review C.
    2008 Experimental study of isovector spin sum rules.  Physical review D.
    2008 First measurement of target and double spin asymmetries for ? e ? p ? ep ? 0 in the nucleon resonance region above the ? ( 1232 ).  Phys. Rev. C. 045204.
    2008 First measurement of target and double spin asymmetries for e(vec) p (vec) ? ep?? in the nucleon resonance region above the ? (1232).  Physical Review C.
    2008 Light vector mesons in the nuclear medium.  Phys. Rev. C. 015201.
    2008 Measurement of ep ? ep ? 0 beam spin asymmetries above the resonance region.  Phys. Rev. C. 042201.
    2008 Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering Beam-Spin Asymmetries.  Phys. Rev. Lett..
    2008 Measurement of ep ? ep?? beam spin asymmetries above the resonance region.  Phys. Rev. C. 042201.
    2008 Polarized structure function ?LT' for 1H(e?,e'K+)? in the nucleon resonance region.  Phys. Rev. C. 065208.
    2008 Ratios of ¹?N/¹²C and ?He/¹²C inclusive electroproduction cross sections in the nucleon resonance region.  Physical Review C.
    2007 ? 0 photoproduction on the proton for photon energies from 0.675 to 2.875 GeV.  Phys. Rev. C. 025211.
    2007 ?? photoproduction on the proton for photon energies from 0.675 to 2.875 GeV.  Phys Rev C. 025211.
    2007 Cascade production in the reactions ?p ? K? K? (X) and ?p ? K? K? ?? (X).  Phys Rev C. 025208.
    2007 Cross sections for the ? p ? K * 0 ? + reaction at E ? = 1.7 – 3.0 GeV.  Phys. Rev. C. 042201.
    2007 Cross sections for the ?p ? K*??? Reaction at E(?) = 1.7 - 3.0 GeV.  Phys Rev C. 042201.
    2007 Experimental Study of exclusive ²H(e, ép)n Reaction Mechanism at High Q².  PHys Rev Lett. 262502.
    2007 Measurement of coherent ?-meson photoproduction from the deuteron at low energies.  Phys. Rev. C. 052202.
    2007 Measurement of coherent phi-meson photoproduction from the deuteron at low energies.  Phys. Rev. C. 052202.
    2007 Q 2 dependence of the S 11 ( 1535 ) photocoupling and evidence for a P -wave resonance in ? electroproduction.  Phys. Rev. C. 015204.
    2007 Quark-Hadron Duality in Spin Structure Functions g p1 and g d 1.  Phys. Rev. C.
    2007 Q² dependence of the S??(1535) photocoupling and evidence for a P-wave resonance in ? electroproduction.  Physical Review C.
    2007 Search for Medium Modifications of the ? Meson.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 262302.
    2007 Search for Medium Modifications of the rho meson.  Phys. Rev. Lett. 262302.
    2007 Separated Structure Functions for the Exclusive Electroproduction of K^+ ? and K+ ?^0 Final States.  Phys Rev C. 045203.
    2006 ?? photoproduction on the photon for photon energies from 1.527 to 2.227 GeV.  PHys Rev Lett. 062001.
    2006 Differential Cross Sections for ? + p ? K + Y for ? and ?? Hyperons.  Phys Rev C. 035202.
    2006 Differential cross sections for ? + p ? K + + Y for ? and ? 0 hyperons.  Phys. Rev. C. 035202.
    2006 Electron Scattering From High-Momentum Neutrons in Deuterium.  Phys Rev C. 035212.
    2006 Measurement of 2- and 3-Nucleon Short Range Correlation Probabilities in Nuclei.  PHys Rev Lett. 082501.
    2006 Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering with a Polarized Proton Target.  PHys Rev Lett.
    2006 Measurement of the N ? ? + ( 1232 ) Transition at High-Momentum Transfer by ? 0 Electroproduction.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 112003.
    2006 Measurement of the N to ?(1232) Transition at High Momentum Transfer by ?^0 Electroproduction.  PHys Rev Lett. 112003.
    2006 Measurement of the deuteron structure function F? in the resonance region and evaluation of its moments.  Phys. Rev. C.
    2006 Measurement of the x- and Q²- dependence of the spin asymmetry A? of the nucleon.  Phys Lett B.
    2006 Search for ? + ( 1540 ) Pentaquark in High-Statistics Measurement of ? p ? ¯¯¯¯ K 0 K + n at CLAS.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 042001.
    2006 Search for ??? pentaquarks in the exclusive reaction ?p ? K? K? p.  PHys Rev Lett. 102001.
    2006 Search for the ? + Pentaquark in the ? d ? ? n K + Reaction Measured with the CLAS Spectrometer.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 032001.
    2006 Search for the ? + pentaquark in the reactions ? p ? ¯¯¯¯ K 0 K + n and ? p ? ¯¯¯¯ K 0 K 0 p.  Phys. Rev. D. 032001.
    2006 Search for the ? ? pentaquark in the ?d ? ?nK? Rection measured with CLAS.  PHys Rev Lett. 032001.
    2006 Search for the ?? pentaquark in the reaction ?d ? pK? K? n.  PHys Rev Lett. 212001.
    2006 Search for the ?? pentaquark in the reactions ?p?K? ?K?n and ?p?K? ?K?p.  Phys Rev D. 032001.
    2006 Search for the Theta+ pentaquark in the gamma d —>Lambda n K+ reaction measured with the CLAS spectrometer.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 032001.
    2006 Single ? + electroproduction on the proton in the first and second resonance regions at 0.25 GeV 2 < Q 2 < 0.65 GeV.  Phys. Rev. C. 025204.
    2006 Single ?? electroproduction on the proton in the first and second resonance regions at 0.25 GeV² < Q² < 0.65 GeV².  Phys Rev C. 025204.
    2005 Deeply virtual and exclusive electroproduction of ? mesons.  Eur. Phyis. J. 445.
    2005 Exclusive ?0 meson electroproduction from hydrogen at CLAS.  Phys Lett B. 256-264.
    2005 Exclusive Photoproduction of the Cascade (?) Hyperons.  Phys Rev C. 058201.
    2005 Measurement of the polarized structure function ?_{LT'} for pion electroproduction in the Roper-resonance region.  Physical Review C.
    2005 Onset of Asymptotic Scaling in Deuteron Photodisintegration.  Physical Review Letters. 012301.
    2005 Onset of asymptotic training in deuteron photodisintegration.  PHys Rev Lett. 012301.
    2005 Quasifree ?? and ?^{-} Electroproduction on ?He in the ?-Resonance Region.  Physical Review Letters. 172501.
    2005 Radiative decays of the ? 0 (1385) and ? (1520) hyperons.  Phys. Rev. C. 054609.
    2005 Radiative decays of the ??(1385) and ?(1520) hyperons.  Phys Rev C. 054609.
    2005 Survey of A' LT asymmetries in semi-exclusive electron scattering on 4He and 12C.  Nucl Phys A. 357-373.
    2005 Survey of A_{LT'} asymmetries in semi-exclusive electron scattering on ?He and ¹²C.  Nuclear Physics A. 357-373.
    2004 Two-Nucleon Momentum Distributions Measured in 3He(e,épp)n.  PHys Rev Lett. 052303.
    2003 Inclusive and exclusive spin structure measurements inthe resonance region.  AIP Conf. Proc.. 596-600.
    2003 Measurement of spin structure functions at moderate Q**2using CLAS.  Nucl. Phys.. 340-343.
    2002 Spin structure measurements in the resonance region withCLAS.  Sci. Cult. Ser.-Phys.. 567-572.
    1998 High missing-momentum components in the He-4(e,e’ p)H-3reaction.  Phys. Rev. Lett.. 2543-2546.
    1998 Prototype studies and design considerations for the CLASregion 2 drift chambers.  Nucl. Instrum. Meth.. 265-274.
    1988 Gamma decays of isobaric analog states relevant toneutrino detection.  Phys. Rev.. 900-904.

    Conference Papers

    Year Title
    2004 The first moment of G1 measured with the CLAS detector.  62-71.
    1998 The He-4 (e, e-prime p) cross-section at large missing energy.  593C-596C.

    Education And Training

  • Ph.D. in Physics, Stanford University 1993
  • M.S. in Physics, Stanford University 1988
  • B.A. in Physics, Princeton University 1986

    • Full Name

  • Gail Dodge