Nirupama Sensharma

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy

Office
218 Nieuwland Science hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone
+1 574-631-6742
Email
nsenshar@nd.edu

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Research Interests

My research focuses on experimental nuclear structure physics, with an emphasis on understanding how complex collective behavior emerges from the interactions of individual nucleons. Using precision gamma-ray spectroscopy, Coulomb excitation, and complementary experimental probes, I investigate nuclear deformation, triaxiality, shape coexistence, and collective excitations across the nuclear chart. These studies improve our understanding of nuclear forces while providing essential input for problems ranging from neutrinoless double-beta decay to the origin of the elements in the universe.

Publications

1. N. Sensharma, U. Garg, Q. B. Chen, et al. Evolution of chirality from transverse wobbling in 135Pr. Physical Review C 113, 024313 (2026).
2. N. Sensharma, A. D. Ayangeakaa, T. M. Kowalewski, et al. Evidence for triaxial shape coexistence in 74 Ge. Physical Review C 112, 024311 (2025).
3. J. Henderson, J. Heery, M. Rocchini, M. Siciliano, N. Sensharma, A. D. Ayangeakaa, et al. Deformation and collectivity in doubly magic 208 Pb. Physical Review Letters 134, 062502 (2025).
4. T. M. Kowalewski, A. D. Ayangeakaa, N. Sensharma, R. V. F. Janssens, et al. Triaxiality and shape dynamics in 70 Ge. Physical Review C 112, 034332 (2025).