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Personal Statement
Paul McKenna is a Professor of Laser-Plasma Physics. His research focuses on ultra-intense laser-plasma interactions, including the development and application of laser-driven particle and radiation sources, plasma optics and high field science.
He is a member of EPSRC's Capital Infrastructure Strategic Advisory Team since 2017 and a former member of STFC's Science Board (2017-20). He holds scientific advisory roles for several international high power laser facilities and held a visiting position at the Central Laser Facility at Harwell. He was an EPSRC Leadership Fellow from 2012-17 and was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021.
Within the University, Paul is currently the Vice Dean Research in the Faculty of Science and a member of the Faculty Executive Team. He was Head of Department of Physics from August 2018 to July 2021.
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Advanced laser-plasma optics technology | Alderton, Matthew
McKenna, P., Gray, R. & Alderton, M.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/21 → 1/04/25
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Advanced laser-plasma optics technology | Peat, Maia
McKenna, P., Gray, R. & Peat, M.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/21 → 1/10/24
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Calibration of BAS-TR image plate response to GeV gold ions
Doria, D., Martin, P., Ahmed, H., Alejo, A., Cerchez, M., Ferguson, S., Fernandez-Tobias, J., Green, J. S., Gwynne, D., Hanton, F., Jarrett, J., Maclellan, D. A., McIlvenny, A., McKenna, P., Ruiz, J. A., Swantusch, M., Willi, O., Zhai, S., Borghesi, M. & Kar, S., 25 Mar 2022, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 93, 3, 6 p., 033304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a portable hypoxia chamber for ultra-high dose rate laser-driven proton radiobiology applications
Chaudhary, P., Gwynne, D. C., Odlozilik, B., McMurray, A., Milluzzo, G., Maiorino, C., Doria, D., Ahmed, H., Romagnani, L., Alejo, A., Padda, H., Green, J., Carroll, D., Booth, N., McKenna, P., Kar, S., Petringa, G., Catalano, R., Cammaratta, F. P., Cirrone, G. A. P. & 3 others, , 9 Mar 2022, (Submitted) In: Radiation Oncology. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data for: "High-density electron-ion bunch formation and multi-GeV positron production via radiative trapping in extreme-intensity laser-plasma interactions"
McKenna, P. (Creator) & Capdessus, R. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 15 Sep 2020
DOI: 10.15129/23ca2ffe-f727-4d8c-9940-2e6cef9f1ad1
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Data for: "Control of laser light by a plasma immersed in a tunable strong magnetic field"
Zheng, X. (Creator), Weng, S. (Creator), McKenna, P. (Creator) & Sheng, Z. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 6 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.15129/575a9712-d9db-4635-8e85-550460d5f879
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Prizes
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
McKenna, Paul (Recipient), 30 Mar 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Invited Talk and Panel Member at the ELI Beamlines Users Conference
Paul McKenna (Speaker)
21 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invited Webinar - Matter and Radiation in the Extremes Webinar Series
Paul McKenna (Speaker)
7 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk