Cockcroft PGR conference

Wednesday 15 Oct 2025, 09:00 → 17:00 Europe/London

Merrison Lecture Theatre (Daresbury Laboratory)

Andrea Santamaria Garcia (University of Liverpool and Cockcroft Institute), Brian McNeil (University of Strathclyde), Christopher Arran (Lancaster University), Kristina Small (University of Manchester)

The showcase for PhD students in the Cockcroft Institute to present their research and share their work with colleagues across the Institute.

Cockcroft PGR Conference Mark Scheme.pdf

Cockcroft PGR Conference Schedule - 15th October.pdf

09:00 → 10:30 Talk Session 1 - Novel Accelerators

Convener: Brian McNeil (University of Strathclyde)

09:00 Welcome and Introduction

Speaker: Christopher Arran (Lancaster University)

09:10 Development of a laser-driven THz source using periodically-poled lithium niobate wafers

Speaker: Patrick Dalton (University of Manchester)

09:30 TBC

Speaker: Filip Peczek (University of Manchester)

09:50 Terahertz-controlled external injection of electron bunches into a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator

Speaker: Aras Amini (University of Manchester)

11:00 → 12:30 Talk Session 2 - Frontier Accelerators

Convener: Andrea Santamaria Garcia (University of Liverpool and Cockcroft Institute)

11:00 Ion Trapping and Accumulation in EIC ERL

Speaker: Rancheng Bi (Lancaster University)

11:20 Towards radiation-hard transverse beam imaging with a multimode fiber and machine learning (remote)

Speaker: Qiyuan Xu

11:40 Single-shot electron bunch profile monitor based on coherent transition radiation imaging

Speaker: Ana Maria Guisao Betancur (University of Liverpool)

12:00 Comprehensive study of the impact of filling patterns and transition sets on beam breakup instability for multi-turn energy recovery linac

Speaker: Nattaphong Nuchsirikulaphong (Lancaster University)

13:30 → 15:00 Poster Session

15:30 → 16:30 Talk Session 3 - Applications

Convener: Kristina Small (University of Manchester)

15:30 Designing a Compact Range Shifter for Spatially Fractionated Proton Radiobiology Research

Speaker: Rebecca Habgood (University of Manchester)