John N. Galayda, 1948-
Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics and of Photon Science
Professional and Biographical Information
- BS in Physics, Lehigh University
- PhD in Physics, Rutgers University, 1977
- Assistant Physicist, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1977- 1990
- Argonne National Laboratory 1990-1999
- Director, Accelerator Systems Division
- Deputy Associate Lab Director for the Advanced Photon Source (APS)
- SLAC 2001 -
- Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Project Director 2001-
- Linac Coherent Light Source II (LCLS-II) Project Director
- Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics and of Photon Science
(Joint Appointment) 2005-
- Project Director, National Spherical Torus Experiment – Upgrade Recovery Project (NSTXU),
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 2019- - John Galayda: from turtles to electrons. SLAC Today, October 11, 2006
- "Adventures of a light-source bum" symmetry, May 2011
- Princeton Plasma Physics lab profile
Honors and Awards
- U.S. Secretary of Energy’s R&D 100 Award, 1989
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 1996
- The Free-Electron Laser Prize, 2012
- Robert R. Wilson Prize 2013 "For his leadership and outstanding and pioneering
contributions to the development, construction and commissioning of the LCLS,
the first X-ray FEL to lase at 0.15nm, and his contribution of the Advanced Photon Source
and the National Synchrotron Light Source." - Arthur H. Compton Award, 2013
Publications
- InSPIRE
- ResearchGate Brookhaven and Argonne
- ScholarGPS
- Optica
- LCLS: The first experiments. 10 February 2003
- Recollections of Marty Knott, 2020
Archival Materials
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