Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Advanced schemes for ion- acceleration using lasers
- Particle radiography of ultrafast plasma phenomena
- Generation and propagation of collisionless shocks in tenuous plasmas
- Radiobiology and dosimetry of laser-accelerated ions
Public outreach & key achievements
Research students
| PhD Title | Fast electron transport and heating in high-intensity laser matter interactions |
| Name | Rory Garland |
| Country | UK |
| Year of Study | 2014 - 2018 |
| PhD Title | Plasma dynamics in presence of magnetic fields |
| Name | Brendan Coleman |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Year of Study | 2015 - 2018 |
| PhD Title | Dosimetry of Laser-Accelerated Protons |
| Name | Kathryn Polin |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Year of Study | 2016 - 2020 |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Laser-plasma Investigations Employing Laser-Driven proton Probes |
| Name | Dr Lorenzo Romagnani |
| Year of Study | 2001 - 2005 |
| Country | Italy |
| Current Position | Senior Researcher at Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, CNRS- Ecole Polytechnique (France) |
| PhD Title | Applications of MeV Laser-driven Protons |
| Name | Dr Satyabrata Kar |
| Year of Study | 2002 - 2005 |
| Country | India (Now UK) |
| Current Position | Lecturer in Physics, Queen’s Unversity Belfast (EPSRC Fellow from 2012 to 2017) |
| PhD Title | Laser-Accelerated High-Energy Protons and Their Application to the Detection of Transient Magnetic Fields |
| Name | Dr Carlo Alberto Cecchetti |
| Year of Study | 2005 - 2008 |
| Country | Italy |
| Current Position | System Engineer at Frigel Firenze SPA |