Farheen Naqvi

Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

Farheen Naqvi

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NSSPI Faculty Fellow
Research Assistant Professor

Phone: 314A AI Engineering Building

Short Bio:

Farheen Naqvi is a research assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University and a NSSPI Faculty Fellow. She is currently working in the field of nuclear security and policy and her research interests includes advancing the nuclear detection technologies having applications in nuclear safeguards & non-proliferation, developing techniques for measuring nuclear reactions relevant for astrophysics and in the field of nuclear energy and security. Before coming to TAMU she worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a research scientist in the applied nuclear physics laboratory. Originally from India, she obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in Germany in the year 2011. After graduating, she joined Yale University as a postdoctoral associate. She also held a research associate position at National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University from the year 2013 to 2016. There she performed experiments to extract neutron-capture reaction cross sections on nuclei relevant for nucleosynthesis. She enjoys teaching and working with students. As a mentor of the Atal tinkering labs in India, she worked to promote innovation and motivating young minds to think creatively.

NSSPI Publications:

  1. S. Son, H. Watts, and F. Naqvi, "Verify the feasibility of the mobile NRTA setup with GEANT4 simulation", Poster, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.

  2. D. Frank, M. Dzur, S. Chirayath, F. Naqvi, R. Weinmann-Smith, P. Simon, P. O'Neal, Q. Burke, "Localization and Quantification of Nuclear Material in Hot Laboratories: A Geometric Solution for NMC&A", Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.

  3. K.H. Ragusa, S.S. Chirayath, C.M. Marianno, F. Naqvi, S. Hecker, D. Mulyana, "Roadmap for a Sustainable Professional Pipeline: The Nuclear Security Education Program at the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) at Texas A&M University", INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting, 22-26 May 2023, Vienna, Austria.

  4. F. Naqvi, P. Levine, A. Danagoulian, "Feasibility studies of doing NRTA measurements using an AmBe neutron source", INMM/ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting, 22-26 May 2023, Vienna, Austria.