Thomas Ullrich joined Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2001 and also conducts research and teaches at Yale University. He has participated in several experiments, first at CERN near Geneva and later at Brookhaven, to search for and study the quark-gluon plasma. His recent efforts focus on the realization of an electron-ion collider.
The Mysteries of the World's Tiniest Bits of Matter
Physicists have known for decades that particles called gluons keep protons and neutrons intact—and thereby hold the universe together. Yet the details of how gluons function remain surprisingly mysterious