Thomas Elias Cocolios is an associate professor at the KU Leuven Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Belgium, where he obtained his PhD in 2010. In his research, he explores the shape of atomic nuclei using advanced laser-spectroscopy techniques and muonic x-ray spectroscopy of stable and radioactive samples. He performs his research mostly at the radioactive-ion-beam facility ISOLDE at CERN, Switzerland, and using muon beams from the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. He also translates his findings into the production of novel medical radionuclides at the MEDICIS facility at CERN and into the development of the ISOL@MYRRHA facility at the Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN).
