Alexander Wu Chao, Professor
E-mail: achao@slac.stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 926-2985
Fax: (650) 926-5368
Group: Beam Physics Department
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Alexander Wu Chao, Professor
E-mail: achao@slac.stanford.edu
Group: Beam Physics Department |
Education |
B.S., 1970, Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan Ph.D., 1974, Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
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Professional
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Research Associate, SLAC, 1974 - 1976 Experimental Physicist, SLAC, 1976 - 1982 Group Leader, Beam Dynamics Group, SLAC, 1982 - 1984 Division Head, Accelerator Physics Division, SSC Central Design Group, 1984 - 1989 Senior Scientist, SSC Laboratory, 1989 - 1993 Associate Project Manager, SSC Laboratory, 1991 - 1993 Adjunct Professor, Univ. Michigan at Ann Arbor, Dept. of Physics, 1991 - present Deputy Department Head, Accelerator Research Dept. - A, SLAC, 1993 - 2006 Professor, SLAC, Stanford University, 1993 - present Distinguished Scholar, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan, 2009, 2010-present Chair Professor, National Tsinghua University, Taiwan, 2011-present Chair Professor, National Chao-Tung University, Taiwan, 2011-present |
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Honors |
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1989 Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2002 Outstanding Alumni, Tsinghua University, Taiwan, 2002 European Physical Society, Wideroe Prize, 2008 |
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Research Areas |
Accelerator physics; nonlinear beam dynamics;
polarization effects; spin dynamics; spin echo; collective instabilities of high intensity beams; gravitational instability; beam-beam interaction in colliders; beam-radiation interaction; free electron laser; advanced acceleration schemes. |