Advisory boards

The scientific and technical quality and developments of the laboratories managed by Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste are constantly monitored by board-appointed international Committees which advise on all relevant aspects of the general and development policy, scientific programs, accelerator development, technology transfer and industrial applications.

Machine Advisory Committee (MAC)

Chairman

Pedro Fernandes Tavares (MaxIV Laboratory, Lund, Sweden)
  • Eshraq Al-Dmour (MaxIV Laboratory, Lund, Sweden)
  • Davide Alesini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare INFN-LNF, Frascati, Italy)
  • Jim Clarke (Former Accelerator Science and Technology Centre ASTeC, Daresbury, UK)
  • Micha Dehler (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland)
  • Romain Ganter (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland)
  • Lin Liu (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory - LNLS/CNPEM, Campinas, Brazil)
  • Agostino Marinelli (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, USA)
  • Ian Martin (Diamond Light Source DLS, Didcot, UK)
  • Elke Plönjes-Palm (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany)
  • Montserrat Pont (ALBA Barcellona, Spain)
  • Qing Qin (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF, Grenoble, France)

Scientific Advisory Council (SAC)

Chairman

Miguel Angel García Aranda  (University of Malaga, Spain)
  • Martin Beye (Stockholm University, Sweden)
  • Francesca Calegari (DESY, Germany)
  • Sofia Diaz-Moreno (Diamond Light Source, UK)
  • Stefan Eisebitt (Max-Born-Institut, Germany)
  • Philip Hofmann (Aarhus University, Denmark)
  • Hoi-Ying Holman  (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
  • Antoine Royant (ESRF, France)
  • Marco Stampanoni (ETH Zürich and PSI, Switzerland)
  • Amina Taleb (SOLEIL synchrotron, France)
  • Michele Vendruscolo (University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Philippe Vernet (Uppsala University, Sweden) 

Proposal Review Panels

The Proposal Review Panels are composed of senior scientists active in different scientific fields and appointed by the Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste management with the aim of evaluating the General User's proposals.

Last Updated on Friday, 16 October 2026 10:18