Daniele Filippetto is currently the lead scientist for HiRES, the High Repetition-rate Electron Scattering apparatus, which is part of Berkeley Lab’s APEX (Advanced Photo-injector EXperiment).
Some of his recent work involved creating algorithms to better control particle beams and lasers using a new machine-learning platform.
Filippetto said: ‘We are trying to teach physics to a chip, while at the same time providing it with the wisdom and experience of a senior scientist operating the machine.
He has also recently published research into the use of ultrafast electron pulses. In June 2022, he was the lead author on a paper that presented a summary of the developments in this field over the past few decades. In that study, Filippetto and his colleagues presented the physics and technology of ultrafast electron beams with an emphasis on the figures of merit most relevant for ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) experiments.
You can find Filippetto online at researchgate.net/profile/Daniele-Filippetto-2.
Organisation: Berkeley Lab
Role: staff scientist in the Advanced Light Source Accelerator Physics Division
Based in: Berkeley, California, USA
Education: PhD in Engineering from the Università degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’