Generating Advances with AI for Neutrons/X-rays leader of WG1 (AI for sustainable accelerators) LINXS Fellow

Associate professor, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Francesca is an Associate professor in Accelerator Physics at the Department of Physics in Lund and is affiliated with the MAX IV laboratory. She has 20 years of experience in advanced beam dynamics, Free-electron lasers (FEL) physics, and research at large-scale facilities. Her focus is on linear accelerators, beam dynamics, and FEL modeling, with particular emphasis on seeding techniques and advanced schemes for double pulse generation and production of ultra-short electron bunches. She is heavily involved in teaching accelerator physics at Lund University, and she has experience in supervising multiple doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s students. Francesca serves on several boards and international committees, including the Lund Laser Centre (LLC) and the International Executive Committee for the FEL conference. She has played an active role in organizing scientific workshops and conferences within the FEL/accelerator community, she has contributed to several scientific committees and is regularly acting as a reviewer for relevant journals in the field. She maintains long-standing collaborations with DESY and Fermi/Sincrotrone Trieste. Her current work includes the application of machine-learning methods to develop virtual diagnostics for accelerators.