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Eric Esarey

Physicist Senior Sci/Engr

BELLA Center

  • Physicist Senior Sci/Engr
    BELLA Center

BIO

Eric Esarey is a senior scientific advisor of the BELLA Center. He has published over 270 papers in referred journals (> 25,000 citations, h-index =73) on laser-plasma interactions, advanced accelerators, and novel radiations sources. He received several awards including the John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research, APS, 2010, the Advanced Accelerator Concepts Prize, 2018, the Directors Award for Exceptional Achievement, LBNL, 2019, and the Alumni Mert Award, U Michigan, 2023. He was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1996.

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB APPOINTMENTS

  • Physicist Senior Sci/Engr
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physical Sciences, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, CA, USA1 Sep 1998 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Scientific Advisor
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, United States2025 - present
  • Director
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, CA, United States2019 - 2025
  • Senior Science Advisor and Deputy Leader of the BELLA Center
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, United States2014 - 2019
  • Deputy Leader
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LOASIS Program, Accelerator and Fusion Research Division, Berkeley, United States2000 - 2014
  • Adjunct Professor
    University of Nevada Reno, Dept. Physics, Reno, United States2005 - 2010
  • Senior Staff Scientist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, United States2003 - present
  • Staff Physicist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Center for Beam Physics, Accelerator and Fusion Research Division, Berkeley, United States1998 - 2003
  • Research Physicist
    Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, United States1988 - 1998
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
    MIT & Berkeley Scholars, United States1986 - 1988

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Plasma Physics
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States1986
  • B.S., Nuclear Engineering
    University of Michigan, United States1981

AREA

  • Physical Sciences

DIVISION

  • Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division