The main focus of this position is start-to-end simulations of high-energy colliders based on plasma wakefield particle acceleration. This involves participating in developing a simulation framework able to integrate different codes and models for simulating the various components of a collider through APIs. Such a framework will allow researchers to choose between accurate and heavy simulations that may require HPC resources, or lightweight and agile simulations that can be run on a single computer. In addition, the position also involves developing simplified numerical models that can be integrated into the simulation framework, as well as using the simulations to optimise machine performance using machine learning processes such as Bayesian optimisation.

Developing next generation plasma-based accelerators in the John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science.More specifically, this involves developing and diagnosing plasma sources for the AWAKE experiment at CERN. AWAKE is a proton driven wakefield acceleration experiment that is investigating the use of plasma accelerators for next generation particle colliders.

Studied a novel acceleration technology called plasma wakefield acceleration, that has the potential to dramatically decrease the size and cost of current particle accelerators. I used analytical and numerical methods to optimise accelerator parameters taking into account the constraint on efficiency imposed by transverse instabilities. Also used simulations to optimise collider parameters for multi-TeV scale electron-positron colliders and photon colliders.Obtained my PhD in January 2021.

- Extended my summer internship into a master's thesis.- Studied light emission from pre-breakdown phenomena in dielectric fluidsthrough experiments. My results support photoionization being a major propagationmechanism.- Observed powerful lightpulses at the onset of pre-breakdown phenomena,which has not been previously reported.

Assist other students with their assignments and laboratory exercises.

Help other students with their assignments and later correct and eventually approve their assignments.