We are happy to announce the 2026 awardees of BeamNetUS!

PIPI InstitutionDesignated FacilityProposal Title
Stefania StucciBrookhaven National LaboratoryTandem Van de Graaff (Tandem), Brookhaven National LaboratoryEnabling Advanced SiC LGAD Architectures through Ion-Beam Damage for Future High Energy Physics Experiments
Phani Deep MerugaInstrumentation Technologies d.o.o.Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA), SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryTesting and Validation of a Low Noise X-Band Low-Level RF (LLRF) Prototype at the XTA/NLCTA Facility, SLAC
Anthony LuLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryNext Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA), SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryElectron Beam Dosimetry and Electron-Induced Peptide Oxidative Damage to Explore FLASH Radiotherapy Mechanisms
Jonathan EdelenRadiaSoft LLCNext Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA), SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryRemoving Noise from Diagnostic Signals with Machine Learning
Gerrit BruhaugLos Alamos National LaboratoryLinac Extension Area at the Advanced Photon Source (LEA@APS), Argonne National LaboratoryBremsstrahlung Testing of Innovative High Speed Gamma Ray Detector for Fusion
Brian BeaudoinUniversity of MarylandIOTA/ Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology (FAST), Fermilab National Accelerator LaboratoryInvestigating Soliton Formation in Proton Beams at Fermilabs IOTA
Daniel SlaughterLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUltrafast High-Repetition-Rate Electron Diffraction (HIRES), Lawrence Berkeley National Accelerator LaboratoryImaging Conformational Dynamics of a DNA Building Block (5-Iodo-dUTP) in Real Time
Livio VerraINFN - Frascati National LaboratoryFacility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET II), SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryResonant Excitation of Non-Linear Plasma Wakefields with High-Current Electron Spikes
Anirudh PrabhuPrinceton UniversityFacility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET II), SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryPilot Studies for a Plasma Wakefield-Based Axion Search
Simona BettoniPaul Scherrer InstitutFacility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET II), SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryFCC Injector Beam Dynamics Experiments
Ryan RousselSLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryBELLA Hundred Terawatt Undulator (HTU), Lawrence Berkeley National Accelerator LaboratoryDevelopment of ML-Assisted Tuning Algorithms for LPA-Based Free Electron Lasers
Weronika WolszczakLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBELLA Hundred Terawatt Thomson (HTT), Lawrence Berkeley National Accelerator LaboratoryUltrafast Processes in Radiation-Matter Interactions
Evan EricsonPaul Scherrer InstitutArgonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA), Argonne National LaboratoryWakefield Acceleration in Orthogonal Flat Dielectric Structures