Meet the NRC's Kibble balance experts

Carlos Sanchez,
Research Officer in Electrical measurements at the NRC

Institution	National Research Council of Canada
Current research and projects	Kibble Balance, Quantum Hall resistance, Calculable Capacitor and impedance.
Education	PhD in Physics, U of Maryland
Awards	NRC Research breakthrough of the year award, 2012
Key publications	'A summary of the Planck constant determinations using the NRC Kibble balance' 'A determination of Planck's constant using the NRC watt balance' 'Elimination of mass exchange errors in the NRC watt balance'
Expertise	Electrical measurements, superconductivity and cryogenics.

Richard Green,
Team Leader in Mass Metrology at the NRC

Institution	National Research Council of Canada
Current research and projects	Mass Metrology, Fundamental Constants, Bridging the Air-Vacuum Gap
Research and project statements	Redefinition of the SI, Measurement of Fundamental Constants
Education	PhD in Physical Chemistry University of Ottawa, BSc Physics and Mathematical Statistics, Concordia
Key publications	'A summary of the Planck constant determinations using the NRC Kibble balance' 'A determination of Planck's constant using the NRC watt balance' 'Air–vacuum transfer; establishing traceability to the new kilogram' 'Determination of Surface Potential and Electrical Double-Layer Structure at the Aqueous Electrolyte-Nanoparticle Interface'
Expertise	Mass Metrology, Vacuum Science, Surface Science

Barry Wood,
Research Officer in Electrical measurements at the NRC

Institution	National Research Council of Canada
Current research and projects	Kibble Balance, Calculable Capacitior, Josephson Voltage Standard
Education	PhD in Physics, U of Toronto
Awards	NRC Fellow, IEEE Fellow, Astin Award 2006 & 2007
Key publications	'A summary of the Planck constant determinations using the NRC Kibble balance' 'A determination of Planck's constant using the NRC watt balance' 'Elimination of mass exchange errors in the NRC watt balance'
Expertise	Electrical measurements, cryogenics, fundamental constants

Date modified:

2018-04-17