CV
Education
- PhD in Accelerator Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2020-2023
- Thesis title: Optimization of the High Brightness Beam Performance of the CERN PSB with H- Injection.
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- Integrated Master in Applied Physics, National Technical University of Athens, 2014-2019
- Thesis title: Transverse Emittance and Brightness Studies in the CERN PSB.
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Employment History
- Mar 2023 - Present: Senior Applied Fellow, CERN
- Assessing the beam performance capabilities and limitations of the accelerator complex within the Physics Beyond Colliders study.
- Studies for optimizing high-intensity beam performance of the PSB, PS, and SPS.
- Optics measurement and correction, loss minimization, resonance compensation, space charge, instabilities.
- Teaching assistant in CAS, JUAS and EUROLABS.
- Mar 2020 - Feb 2023: Doctoral Student, CERN
- Optics measurement and correction at PSB injection.
- Development of a k-modulation GUI application in Python for the PSB operation.
- Optimization of the transverse beam profiles shape and reconstruction.
- Space charge effects near the half-integer resonance.
- Aug 2018 - Jul 2019: Technical Student, CERN
- Emittance & dispersion measurements and emittance deconvolution algorithms in the PSB.
Specialized Training
- Nov 2022, CERN Accelerator School (CAS), Advanced Accelerator Physics, Sevrier, France.
- Jan 2020, US Particle Accelerator School (USPAS), Beam Physics with Intense Space Charge, San Diego, CA, USA.
- Jan 2019, Joint Universities Accelerator School (JUAS), The Science of Particle Accelerators, European Scientific Institute (ESI), Archamps, France.
Skills
- Data Analysis
- Scientific Reporting
- Accelerator Optimization
- Programming (Python, Java)
- Software (Xsuite, PyOrbit, MAD-X)