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Jens Osterhoff

Physicist Senior Sci/Engr

BELLA Center

  • Physicist Senior Sci/Engr
    BELLA Center

BIO

Jens Osterhoff is a Deputy Director of the BELLA Center at Berkeley Lab. He is an expert in laser- and beam-driven plasma accelerators, their applications, and in high-intensity laser-matter interaction. Before joining LBNL as a Senior Scientist in 2024, he was a Lead Scientist at DESY and Professor at Hamburg University. He received his PhD in 2009 from LMU Munich under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Ferenc Krausz, and earned a Master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004.

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Scientist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, United StatesJan 2024 - present
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Accelerator & Fusion Research Division, Berkeley, United StatesAug 2009 - Aug 2010

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor (W3)
    Hamburg University, Department of Physics, GermanyJul 2023 - Dec 2023
  • Lead Scientist
    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Accelerator Division, Hamburg, GermanyJul 2023 - Dec 2023
  • Group Leader
    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Accelerator Division, Hamburg, GermanyJan 2020 - Dec 2023
  • Group Leader
    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Particle Physics Division, Hamburg, GermanyJan 2013 - Dec 2019
  • Early-Career Research Group Leader
    Hamburg University, Institute of Experimental Physics, GermanySep 2010 - Dec 2012

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Physics
    LMU Munich, Munich, Germany2009
  • M.A., Physics
    The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States2004
  • Vordiplom
    Würzburg University, Germany2002

AREA

  • Physical Sciences

DIVISION

  • Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division

DEPARTMENT

  • BELLA Center