Jens OsterhoffProfile page
Physicist Senior Sci/Engr
BELLA Center
BIO
Jens Osterhoff is 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. He is a PI on several federally funded projects. 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
- Physicist Senior Sci/EngrLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physical Sciences, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, CA, USA8 Jan 2024 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Senior ScientistLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Berkeley, United StatesJan 2024 - present
- Professor (W3)Hamburg University, Department of Physics, GermanyJul 2023 - Dec 2023
- Lead ScientistDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Accelerator Division, Hamburg, GermanyJul 2023 - Dec 2023
- Group LeaderDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Accelerator Division, Hamburg, GermanyJan 2020 - Dec 2023
- Group LeaderDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Particle Physics Division, Hamburg, GermanyJan 2013 - Dec 2019
- Early-Career Research Group LeaderHamburg University, Institute of Experimental Physics, GermanySep 2010 - Dec 2012
- Postdoctoral ResearcherLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Accelerator & Fusion Research Division, Berkeley, United StatesAug 2009 - Aug 2010
DEGREES
- Ph.D., PhysicsLMU Munich, Munich, Germany2009
- M.A., PhysicsThe University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States2004
- VordiplomWürzburg University, Germany2002
AREA
- Physical Sciences
DIVISION
- Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division