Collaboration Structure

The GRIFFIN Collaboration consists of a consortium of institutional members and a team of physicists and engineers from across Canada and abroad. GRIFFIN is administered by its Steering Committee, and codified by its Collaboration Bylaws. The individual experiments performed with GRIFFIN are selected by the TRIUMF Experimental Evaluation Committee (EEC) which reviews all proposals for experiments at ISAC and awards beamtime based on the scientific merit and technical feasibility of the competing proposals.

  • The GRIFFIN facility for precision decay studies at TRIUMF-ISAC
  • Students and post-doctoral reseachers maintaining and preparing GRIFFIN for experiments
  • With strong Canadian leadership, the GRIFFIN collaboration involves over 200 scientists from more than 13 countires.

GRIFFIN Steering Committee

Present Collaboration Institutional Members:

  • University of Guelph, University of Regina, Simon Fraser University and TRIUMF

Steering Committee Members:

  • CFI Project Leader (Carl Svensson, non-voting)
  • Guelph Representative (Paul Garrett)
  • Regina Representative (Gwen Grinyer)
  • SFU Representative (Kris Starosta)
  • TRIUMF Representative (Adam Garnsworthy, Chair and Collaboration Spokesperson)
  • User Representative (Fred Sarazin, Colorado School of Mines, from April 2014)

Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy at ISAC EDI Committee

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Members:

  • Corina Andreoiu, member from SFU (Chair)
  • Adam Garnsworthy, member from TRIUMF
  • Gwen Grinyer, member from Regina; 2-year member
  • Carl Svensson, member from Guelph; 2-year member
  • Victoria Vedia (TRIUMF), Post-Doctoral Researcher representative
  • Eric Gyabeng Fuakye (Regina), Graduate Student representative

Collaboration Bylaws

A memorandum of understanding has been agreed between the initial instiutional member institutions.

Phase 1 Construction Organization (2011-2015)

HPGe, DAQ and Facility Infrastructure

Name Institution Responsibility
Adam Garnsworthy TRIUMF Co-Principal Investigator
Director of GRIFFIN Activities, Infrastructure, DAQ Steering Committee, LV Power, Cables
Carl Svensson University of Guelph Co-Principal Investigator
Financial Management, Reporting, Detectors, HPGe Procurement, Simulations
Chris Pearson TRIUMF Data Acquisition, DAQ Steering Committee, DAQ Implementation, Computing
Paul Garrett University of Guelph Instrumentation, DAQ Steering Committee, Auxiliary Detector Integration, Electronics Shack
Kris Starosta Simon Fraser University HPGe Testing/MRO, DAQ Steering Committee, Online Analysis
Daryl Bishop TRIUMF DAQ Steering Committee
Jean-Pierre Martin Univerite de Montreal DAQ Development
Greg Hackman TRIUMF Mechanical Structure, LN2 System
Barry Davids TRIUMF Electrical Services
Gordon Ball TRIUMF Experimental Hall and Beamline Integration
Corina Andreoiu Simon Fraser University HPGe HV Power

Phase 2 Construction Organization (2015-2019)

Compton and Background Suppression Shields

Name Institution Responsibility
Corina Andreoiu Simon Fraser University Co-Principal Investigator
Financial Management, Reporting, BGO Testing/MRO, preamplifiers
Carl Svensson University of Guelph Co-Principal Investigator
Financial Management, Reporting, Detectors, BGO Procurement
Adam Garnsworthy TRIUMF Director of GRIFFIN Activities, Infrastructure, Digitizers, VME64x crates, Cables
Chris Pearson TRIUMF Data Acquisition, DAQ Implementation, Computing
Paul Garrett University of Guelph High-Voltage supply procurement
Greg Hackman TRIUMF Low-Voltage power supply procurement