Bio

John Schmerge is currently the interim Associate Laboratory Director for the Accelerator Directorate at SLAC. Dr. Schmerge has worked at SLAC for approximately 30 years conducting research on high brightness electron injectors for free electron lasers (FEL) and ultra fast electron diffraction (UED) applications. He has also played key roles in the construction of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), LCLS-II and UED Department of Energy user facilities at SLAC. Dr. Schmerge received his PhD from Stanford University in 1996 while researching compact and high efficiency FELs.

Current Role at Stanford

SLAC Accelerator Directorate Associate Laboratory Director

Contact

  • Work
    schmerge@SLAC.Stanford.EDU
    University - Staff Department: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Position: Research Technical Manager
    • 2575 Sand Hill Rd
    • Mailstop 0051
    • Menlo Park,  California  94025 

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