Scientific Advisory Committee

The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) advises the European XFEL Council and the Management Board in scientific matters of fundamental importance.

The SAC provides recommendations on all scientific, technical and policy issues that bear on

  • a successful build-up of the scientific capacity of the European XFEL Facility,
  • its full and effective utilization, and on
  • future developments required to maintain the scientific and technical productivity of the Facility at the highest possible level.

 

SAC Meetings in 2025: 20-21 March and 18-19 September

SAC Meetings in 2026: 26 to 27 March and 17 to 18 September

 

Members

  • Philippe Wernet, Chair (Uppsala University, Sweden)
  • Camila Bacellar Cases da Silveira (PSI, Switzerland)
  • Elspeth Garman (University of Oxford, UK)
  • Steve Johnson (ETH, Zürich, Switzerland)
  • Paul Loubeyre (CEA/DIF, Arpajon, France)
  • Jan Lüning (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany)
  • Claudio Masciovecchio (Elettra, Trieste, Italy)
  • Arwen Pearson (Universität Hamburg, Germany)
  • Henning Friis Poulsen (Technial University of Denmark)
  • Nina Rohringer (DESY, Hamburg, Germany)
  • Luis Roso (CLPU, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain)
  • Tim Salditt (Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany)
  • Robert Schoenlein (SLAC, California, US)
  • Olga Smirnova (Max-Born-Institut (MBI), Berlin Germany)
  • Amina Taleb-Ibrahimi (CNRS - Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint-Aubin, France)

 

Secretary to the SAC

  • Gianluca Geloni (European XFEL GmbH, Schenefeld, Germany)