Part1. Modeling Compound-Nuclear Reactions -- Chapter1. Towards more predictive nuclear reaction modelling -- Chapter2. Modelling compound nuclear reactions with EMPIRE -- Chapter3. CoH3: The Coupled-Channels and Hauser-Feshbach Code -- Part2. Beyond Statistical Descriptions -- Chapter4. Recent advances in R-matrix data analysis -- Chapter5. The transition from isolated resonances to the continuum -- Chapter6. Cross section correlation functions and deviations from the Porter-Thomas distribution -- Chapter7. Moldauer's sum rule implies superradiance in compound nuclear reactions 48 -- Chapter8. Multi-step direct reaction models including collectivity in nucleon induced reactions -- Chapter9. New symmetry-adapted ab initio approach to nuclear reactions for intermediate-mass nuclei -- Part3. Optical Models -- Chapter10. Linking nuclear reactions and nuclear structure to study exotic nuclei using the dispersive optical model -- Chapter11. Microscopic optical potential from chiral effective field theory -- Part4. Level Densities -- Chapter12. Nuclear level densities: from empirical models to microscopic methods -- Chapter13. Problem of level densities in compound nuclear reactions -- Chapter14. Nuclear shell model and level density -- Chapter15. Constraining level densities using spectral data -- Chapter16. Rotational enhancement factor for nuclear level density -- Chapter17. Role of fluctuations on the pairing properties of nuclei in the random spacing model -- Part5. Gamma-ray Strength Functions -- Chapter18. Gamma strength functions and the Brink-Axel hypothesis -- Chapter19. Gamma-ray strength functions and GDR cross sections in the IAEA photonuclear data project -- Chapter20. Neutron capture on actinides studied with DANCE -- Chapter21. Deconvolution of the photon strength function -- Part6. Oslo Method -- Chapter22. Attempting to close the loop on the Oslo technique at 198Au: constraining the nuclear spin distribution -- Chapter23. Impact of restricted spin-ranges in the Oslo method: The example of (d,p)240Pu -- Chapter24. Systematics of gamma-ray strength functions within the shell model -- Part7. Surrogate Nuclear Reactions -- Chapter25. Future perspectives for surrogate-reaction studies at storage rings -- Chapter26. Prospects for surrogate neutron capture measurements with radioactive ion beams and GODDESS -- Chapter27. Surrogate reaction method for neutron capture and other reactions on unstable nuclei -- Chapter28. Neutron capture cross sections from surrogate reaction data and theory: connecting the pieces with a Markov-Chain Monte Carlo approach -- Chapter29. Neutron transfer reactions for deformed nuclei using a Sturmian basis -- Part8. Fusion, Isotope Production, and Superheavy Nuclei -- Chapter30. PCN calculations for Z=111 to Z=118 -- Chapter31. On the role of the curvature corrections in the surface tension coefficient upon the orientation effects in the fusion reactions -- Chapter32. Excitation function measurements of alpha-induced reaction on natural copper and titanium up to 46 MeV -- Chapter33. Measurement of the excitation function of 96Zr(alpha,x)99Mo reaction up to 32 MeV -- Part9. Fission -- Chapter34. A grand tour of nuclear fission physics -- Chapter35. Microscopic calculation of fission mass distributions at increasing excitation energies -- Chapter36. Microscopic description of fission for the r-process in neutron star mergers 242 -- Chapter37. Event-by-event modeling with FREYA -- Chapter38. Capabilities of the NIFFTE FissionTPC -- Part10. Experimental Techniques and Facilities -- Chapter39. Resonance measurements at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- Chapter40. Experimental facilities at iThemba LABS and measurements to constrain astrophysical processes -- Chapter41. Late gamma rays from neutron-induced fission and capture from 235U.