Rate My Professor Lucas Platter

Platter's research centers on low-energy nuclear theory, with a focus on effective field theory methods applied to few-body physics and ultracold atomic gases. His contributions include studies on uncertainty quantification in nuclear physics, the breakdown scales of pionless effective field theory, radiative corrections in nuclear reactions, and nuclear structure effects on hyperfine splittings. He received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his project on uncertainty estimates in low-energy nuclear physics. Notable publications include "Efimov States in Nuclear and Particle Physics" (Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 2010), "Three-Body Halo States in Effective Field Theory" (Few-Body Systems, 2017), "Quantifying the breakdown scale of pionless effective field theory in the three-nucleon sector" (Physical Review C, 2025), "Radiative corrections to proton-proton fusion in pionless effective field theory" (Physical Review C, 2024), and "Nuclear Structure Effects on Hyperfine Splittings in Muonic Hydrogen" (Physical Review Letters, 2024). With over 3,700 citations, his work has advanced understanding of few-body systems and effective field theories in nuclear physics. Platter also serves as Co-Chair of the Faculty Senate Appeals Committee for 2025-2026 and organizes the department's Nuclear Seminar series.