SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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Ian Padilla Gay
Research Assoc-Theoretical, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
BioHi! I'm a postdoctoral research associate at SLAC and Stanford. My current research focuses on the role of neutrino oscillations in core-collapse supernovae and binary neutron star merger remnants.
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Marcio Paduan Donadio
Software Developer, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Current Role at StanfordSenior Control Systems Engineer
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Amedeo Perazzo
Distinguished Staff Engineer, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
BioMy main area of expertise is in the architecture of data acquisition and data analysis systems for high energy physics, astrophysics and photon science experiments. I'm currently the Director of the Controls & Data Systems Division within the Technology and Innovation Directorate at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and PI of the ExaFEL project.
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Laura Pereira Sanchez
Postdoctoral Scholar, Particle Physics and Astrophysics, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
BioThe composition of the Universe and the interplay of its various forces and matter have always fascinated me. My journey into particle physics began when I joined the ATLAS Collaboration during master's. Since then, I have analyzed data from proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where I've been looking for novel particles and deviations from theoretical predictions. At Stanford, I study the shape of the Higgs potential. I apply state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to measure the production of Higgs boson pairs using data from the ongoing LHC run and study if the shape of the Higgs potential differs considerably from that predicted by the Standard Model (SM). Furthermore, I work on the upgrade of the ATLAS inner-tracking detector for the future High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), which will be crucial to study the Higgs potential if its shape aligns with the SM predictions.
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Michael Peskin
Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
BioI am a theoretical physicist interested in elementary particles and the fundamental interactions. My main research interests are:
* consequences of the "Standard Model of particle physics"
* precision study of the heaviest known elementary particles - the W and Z bosons, the top quark, and the Higgs boson - to search for clues to new fundamental interactions beyond the Standard Model
* models of such new interactions, especially models with composite or strongly interacting Higgs bosons
* models for the particle that composes the dark matter of the universe
I am the author of a leading theoretical textbook in this area, "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory", with Daniel Schroeder. Recently, I have written another textbook that emphasizes our experimental knowledge, "Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics".
For further information about my research activities, interests, Stanford courses, and related subjects, please see my web page: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~mpeskin/ -
Piero Pianetta
Professor (Research) of Photon Science and of Electrical Engineering
BioPianetta's research is directed towards understanding how the atomic and electronic structure of semiconductor interfaces impacts device technology pertaining to advanced semiconductors and photocathodes. His research includes the development of new analytical tools for these studies based on the use of synchrotron radiation. These include the development of ultrasensitive methods to analyze trace impurities on the surface of silicon wafers at levels as low as 1e-6 monolayer (~1e8 atoms/cm2) and the use of various photoelectron spectroscopies (X-ray photoemission, NEXAFS, X-ray standing waves and photoelectron diffraction) to determine the bonding and atomic structure at the interface between silicon and different passivating layers. Recent projects include the development of high resolution (~30nm) x-ray spectromicroscopy with applications to energy materials such as Li batteries.
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- Rainer Pitthan
Affiliate, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
BioPoly-math offspring and sibling of a poly-math family.
ret Stanford 1979-2005, many positions incl. Department Head
CERN Fellow 1989-1990, 1999-2001
Faculty Naval Postgraduate School 1973-1979
NATO Fellow 1979-1974, NSF Fellow 1974-1979
Asst. Prof. TechU Darmstadt 1971-1973
Co-President Academic Senate, 1970-1972, TU Darmstadt
Central Planner TU Darmstadt 1969-1971
Predoctoral Research Ass. TU Darmstadt 1967-1969
MS in Technical Nuclear Physics and Reactor Tech, 1965-1967
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Rajan Plumley
Visiting Physicist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
BioI am a PhD Candidate at Carnegie Mellon University and Visiting Physicist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences. My research focuses on using state-of-the-art X-ray facilities such as the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC to study ultra-fast dynamics in materials. I am especially interested in how X-ray speckle phenomena can be used to understand the role quantum fluctations play in the emergence of novel quantum phases in low-dimensional materials.
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Molleigh Preefer
Associate Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
BioDr. Molleigh Preefer is an Associate Staff Scientist at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL). She initially worked at SSRL as a postdoctoral researcher using X-rays to study batteries through a combination of microscopy, diffraction, and spectroscopy. Her current research focus as associate staff scientist is studying electrochemical systems and synthesis, with a particular interest in enabling operando X-ray experiments when materials are pushed far from equilibrium. In addition to her research interests, she supports the transmission X-ray microscopy beamline (BL6-2) and the battery user program on the diffraction beamlines within the Materials Sciences Division.
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Charles Prescott
Professor at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsExperimental particle physics; parity violation in electron scattering experiments in End Station A; nucleon spin structure experiments with polarized electron beams and polarized solid targets; e+e- -> Zo studies with the SLD detector using the polarized electron beams of the SLC; Next Linear Collider detector studies; neutrinoless double beta decay in Xenon.
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Katherine Michelle Puglisi-Chan
Unit/Program Comms Mgr, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Current Role at StanfordDeputy Director, Strategic Communications & External Affairs, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory