ESS Scandinavia’s forms new science advisory group

ESS Scandinavia’s new Science Advisory Group has had its constituent meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday in Lund, Sweden. The Group will contribute to developing the science of the European Spallation Source in order that future researchers have maximum use of the ESS.

The Science Advisory Group has been set up to contribute with international expertise and external advice within three specific areas: how to set up a model for the organisation and operation of the ESS in Lund, the scientific priorities for the ESS, and cooperation with other European research facilities.

— We have chosen ten scientists that are both young and renowned, says Dr Christian Vettier, Head of Science at the ESS Scandinavia and former Head of Science at the ILL in France. European researchers must be able to develop the ESS according to how they themselves want to use during the coming decades. We want to build a scientific tool for the future, not for today’s needs.

The members of the Group have expertise in various fields of applications of neutron science and also broad experience from other large-scale research facilities. The Group is chaired by Professor Robert McGreevy and will meet twice a year. The members are:

Professor Robert McGreevy, Head of Science at ISIS, Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryDr Dimitri Argyriou, Hahn-Meitner Institute, BerlinAssoc. professor Lise Arleth, University of CopenhagenDr Wim G. Bouwman, Technische Universiteit, DelftProfessor Stefan Egelhaaf, Heinrich Heine University, DüsseldorfAssoc. professor Aleksandar Matic, Chalmers Technical University, GothenburgProfessor Joel Mesot, PSI, Villingen, SchweizProfessor Tommy Nylander, Lund UniversityDr Julian Oberdisse, University of MontpellierDr Helmut Schober, ILL, Grenoble