Janusz Harasimowicz

During his fourth year of study at the Department of Biomedical Physics at the University of Warsaw, Janusz joined the accelerator research group at the Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies in Poland. It gave him the opportunity, not only to develop his skills both in applied and theoretical accelerator physics, but also to get acquainted with a demanding medical and industrial environment.  Janusz combined his experience gained at the Soltan Institute and the University of Warsaw; describing his research in his 2006 master’s thesis entitled ‘Derivation of Medical Accelerator Electron Beam Energy Spectrum Using an Inverse Monte Carlo Method’.  His attitude and team spirit were quickly appreciated and in 2007 became leader of a group of young researchers at the Soltan Institute.

Since January 2008, Janusz has been expanding his knowledge in the field of beam instrumentation for future particle accelerators.  Initially this was at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany and since March 2009 at the Cockcroft Institute in Daresbury, UK. As a DITANET trainee, he is responsible for the development of novel diagnostic devices for an ultra-low energy storage ring at the FLAIR facility in Darmstadt, Germany.  Janusz has been studying and proposing new diagnostic solutions, as most of the standard techniques are not suitable for the planned antiproton beams. His research covers a full set of instrumentation, in particular beam position pick-ups, beam profile monitors, Faraday cups, Schottky pick-ups and detectors of antimatter-matter annihilation products.