Pietro Musumeci

Research & interests

Prof. Musumeci develops ways to produce, shape, and measure high-brightness electron beams, and uses them to build new scientific instruments. His research connects accelerator physics with free-electron lasers, ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy, and laser–electron interactions.

At UCLA, he leads experimental work at the Pegasus laboratory within PBPL. Our work ranges from photoinjectors and beam diagnostics to compact radiation sources and electron probes of materials.

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Musumeci Research

Research, selected publications, and the people behind the experiments.

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Scientific leadership & service

• Service on the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC).
• Chair of the Advanced Accelerator Concepts (AAC) Workshop.
• Co-convener, Advanced Accelerator Concepts topical group (AF6), Snowmass 2021.
• Co-chair, DOE BES Workshop on Future Electron Sources, 2016.
• Chair of a DOE BES committee of experts preparing an internal assessment of a transformational energy source.

Background

After earning his Ph.D. at UCLA, he led commissioning of the SPARC photoinjector in Frascati in 2005–2006. He returned to UCLA in 2007 to develop the Pegasus laboratory’s program in high-brightness beams, ultrafast electron science, and advanced acceleration.

Teaching & mentoring

Prof. Musumeci’s teaching connects the foundations of mechanics with the experimental and computational tools of accelerator physics. Training in the laboratory is an important part of this work.