 Brookhaven’s Ilan Ben-Zvi (l.) presents the award to Leemans |
ATAP Director Wim Leemans was recognized with the IEEE Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award. He received the award in an October 13 ceremony at the North American Particle Accelerator Conference (NA-PAC 2016).
Leemans was honored “for pioneering development of laser-plasma accelerators.” One of the leaders in the field, he is director of ATAP’s Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Center as well as of ATAP. He had already been elected a Fellow of the IEEE. At each NA-PAC, the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society gives this award to two individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of particle accelerator science and technology. |
“It’s quite an honor to be in such company,” says Leemans of the accelerator science and technology luminaries who have been recognized with the PAST Award. He joins four previous recipients from ATAP and its predecessor organizations, starting with inaugural winner L. Jackson Laslett and including Ronald M. Scanlan, Ka-Ngo Leung, and Alpert Garren.
