We are delighted to announce that Cockcroft Institute expert Lee Jones (STFC/ASTeC) has been awarded a Fellowship by the Institute of Physics (IOP) in recognition of his work over the past two decades at the forefront of particle accelerator technology.
Fellow is the highest level of membership available with the IOP. It is awarded to distinguished physicists in recognition of their accomplishments and significant impact in their sector.
An important early chapter in Lee’s career was his work on Accelerators and Lasers In Combined Experiments (ALICE), Europe’s first energy-recovery linear accelerator (ERL).
Located at the Daresbury Laboratory, ALICE served as a test facility for novel accelerator and photon science applications. This ERL-based Infrared Free-Electron Laser project delivered a number of UK firsts and established a world-class photocathode electron source R&D programme.
The photocathode programme led by Lee has developed the Transverse Energy Spread Spectrometer (TESS) apparatus to characterize the intrinsic emittance and spectral response of photocathodes used as electron sources in particle accelerators. TESS allows optimisation of the beam quality and supports CLARA, one of the world’s most advanced medium-energy electron beam facilities and a crucial enabling technology for future UK accelerator projects, including a potential X-ray Free-Electron Laser.
The IOP fellowship will give Lee the opportunities to sit on IOP committees and to be the voice of the physics community across the UK and Ireland.
Congratulations!