XFEL: Australia awards prestigious scholarship for research at EuXFEL

Trey Guest, a PhD candidate at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS) and a member of the School of Computing Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (SCEMS) in Melbourne, Australia, has been awarded the 2022 CSIRO Alumni Scholarship in Physics for research work at the European XFEL. CSIRO is Australia’s national science agency and awards the physics scholarship to one outstanding young physicist each year.

The CSIRO scholarships help connect Australia’s brightest young physicists and mathematicians to leading research centres around the world.

Trey will begin his nine-month internship in Hamburg in March.

A joint arrangement between La Trobe University and European XFEL sees Trey Guest supervised for the duration of his PhD by LIMS Prof. Brian Abbey in Melbourne and Prof. Adrian Mancuso, Leading Scientist at the SPB/SFX experiment station in Hamburg.

According to Professor Abbey, “this partnership helps us develop world leading training programs for graduate students.”

“And it will provide enormous opportunities to Trey – both in his area of wavefront characterisation of the X-ray Free Electron Laser but also in the development of a network of scientists that will become integral to his future career.”

LIMS Director Professor Patrick Humbert said: “The partnership between LIMS and European XFEL is a fantastic example of how the high impact research carried out at LIMS generates collaborations and partnerships across the globe.”

“The broader collaboration with La Trobe University, of which Trey’s research is a great example, is a valuable asset to developments here at European XFEL,” says Professor Adrian Mancuso. “Well supported, energetic graduate students are a great boon to our ability to make the best use of such a large-scale facility.”

A virtual award ceremony for Trey will be held on Wednesday 23 Mar 2022 4.00pm to 5.00pm AEDT:
https://events.csiro.au/Events/2022/February/21/2022-CSIRO-Alumni-Scholarship-Ceremony