Anton Derbenev
Research Staff & Technology Architect, Data Science & Systems Integration Program, National Synchrotron Light Source II

Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 741, Room 121
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-3321
aderbenev@bnl.gov
Anton serves as a Research Staff in the Data Science and Systems Integration (DSSI) program at NSLS-II, applying his experience in the field of Research Automation and Control Systems for large-scale facilities. Passionate to create Controls Software and Hardware Systems for world-class scientific applications, Anton is keen on utilizing his engineering, researcher, and project management skills to further the NSLS-II mission, build solutions for new beamlines, and create scientific information systems.
Education | Appointments | Certifications
Education
Anton got his degrees from Novosibirsk State University, graduating in 2009 with a B.Sc. in Physics specializing in Research Automation, and in 2011 with M.Sc. in Physics specializing on Information Processes and Systems. He then pursued his Ph.D. in Instrumentation and Methods of Experimental Physics from Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) until 2014.
Professional Appointments
Anton's tenure with the Lab began in 2014 as an Advanced Technology Engineer, responsible for continuous maintenance, support, and improvement of the NSLS-II machine controls infrastructure. By 2016, he took ownership of comprehensive support for several major NSLS-II controls systems as a Senior Technology Engineer. Anton had become a Group Leader and Technology Architect for the Core Controls group in 2018, building solutions aimed to provide a facility-scale impact across 27 operating beamlines and accelerator controls. In 2022, Anton engaged as a development team leader and control account manager for Controls under the NEXT-II beamline construction project. He expanded his interest to scientific information services later that year, joining the OSIRIS project and the Universal Proposal System collaboration and serving as a Research Staff.
Certifications
Anton is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 741, Room 121
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-3321
aderbenev@bnl.gov