Daniel Symes

Dan has worked at the CLF since 2007, most of that time as the Experimental Operations Manager for Gemini. He has a particular interest in the development of laser plasma accelerators for industrial applications. He has collaborated on pioneering experiments using Gemini to demonstrate the imaging capabilities of laser-driven X-rays in a range of sectors. Dan is now leading the design and construction of the laser wakefield acceleration beamline in EPAC Experimental Area 1. Before joining the CLF, Dan completed his PhD at Imperial College in 2003 and worked at the University of Texas at Austin from 2004 to 2006. His research explored the physics of intense laser pulse interactions with microdroplets and clustered gases.

Research Interests: Laser-matter interactions, laser-plasma acceleration, secondary source generation, industrial applications, high energy X-ray tomography.

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3443-9209