Cameron Geddes, PhD

Cameron Geddes is the deputy director of the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center and a senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

He is the experimental head for the Center’s work on the use of laser driven plasma waves to create next-generation compact particle accelerators. He manages projects extending the future reach of high-energy physics and sources of radiation from the MeV X-ray to THz bands. He leads a project on sources of near-monoenergetic MeV photons for nuclear applications. He has also led simulation campaigns to design plasma accelerators. His research experience includes magnetized plasmas, magnetic and inertial fusion, and high energy density science.

Cameron is the recipient of several honors, including the Hertz Foundation Thesis Prize, the American Physical Society (APS) Apker Award, fellow of APS, and the APS John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research. Cameron holds a BA in physics from Swarthmore College and a PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.