Machine Advisory Committee

The Machine Advisory Committee (MAC) advises the Council and the Management Board in matters of fundamental importance for the operation, further development, and potential upgrades of the accelerator complex and the free-electron laser (FEL) schemes.

The MAC shall, in particular, regularly provide recommendations on scientific and technical issues, such as:

  • Is the operation of the European XFEL accelerator complex sound and efficient?
  • Are the various FELs operated efficiently and is their performance satisfactory?
  • Is the research and development programme for the accelerator complex and the FELs state of the art and does it correspond to the need of the European XFEL facility?
  • Are the scientific and technical targets of the proposed technical improvements and upgrades as well as their planning and milestones appropriate and realistic?

 

Members

  • Luca Giannessi (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy) Chairman
  • Deepa Angal-Kalinin (Accelerator Science and Technology Centre, STFC, UK)
  • Zheqiao Geng (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland)
  • Verena Kain (Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire, CERN, Switzerland)
  • Alberto Lutman (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)
  • Catherine Madec (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, CEA, France)
  • Atoosa Meseck (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Germany)
  • Paolo Pierini (European Spallation Source ERIC, ESS, Sweden)
  • Fernando Sannibale (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA ) 
  • Sara Thorin (MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden)

 

Meetings Schedule

The DESY MAC meets first. On the day after, the Joint Session of the XFEL MAC and  the DESY MAC follows.

After the DESY MAC session of report writing and close-out, the XFEL MAC begins and continues on the following day.
Next MAC Meeting  Nov. 11th - 12th, 2025  Tuesday / Wednesday  special in-person   because of Long   Installation and   Maintenance Period
   May 5th - 6th, 2026  Tuesday / Wednesday  in-person
   Nov. 10th - 11th, 2026  Tuesday / Wednesday  remote

 

 

 

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