Wolfram Fischer
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Accelerators, Department Chair, Collider Accelerator Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Collider Accelerator Department
Bldg. 911B
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-5452
(631) 703-0896
wfischer@bnl.gov
Wolfram Fischer is the Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Accelerators in the Nuclear and Particle Physics Directorate and Chair of the Collider-Accelerator Department (C-AD) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). He joined BNL in 1995 and advanced through a range of technical and leadership roles, assuming his current position in 2021.
Wolfram is an active member of the international accelerator community and regularly serves on advisory and review committees for major accelerator laboratories in the U.S. and abroad. He is also an Associate Editor for Physical Review Accelerators and Beams.
Education | Highlights | Awards
Education
- 1995 Ph.D. in Physics, University of Hamburg; experimental accelerator physics work at CERN and DESY
- 2001 M.S. in Management and Policy, Stony Brook University
- 2020 U.S. Department of Energy Project Leadership Institute
Research Highlights
His research interests have focused on collider-related accelerator physics, including dynamic aperture, electron cloud effects, beam-beam interactions and compensation, and the optimization and automation of accelerator operations. He is also interested in the development of accelerator applications for medical and idustrial uses.
Awards & Recognition
- 2007 Fellow, American Physical Society (APS)
- 2012 Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- 2016 APS Outstanding Referee Award
- 2016 DOE Certificate for Outstanding Project Management
- 2017 Brookhaven Science and Technology Award
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Collider Accelerator Department
Bldg. 911B
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-5452
(631) 703-0896
wfischer@bnl.gov
