Ilan Ben-Zvi

Ilan Ben-Zvi is an Adjunct Professor at Stony Brook University and Distinguished Scientist Emeritus at Brookhaven National Laboratory. With over 650 publications, his career spans accelerator physics innovations across leading institutions including Weizmann Institute, Stanford, CERN, and Fermilab.

Research breakthroughs include pioneering work on superconducting RF cavities, quarter-wave resonators, electron cooling systems and free-electron lasers. He established the Accelerator Test Facility at BNL as a DOE National User Facility and developed fundamental techniques in high-brightness beam generation.

Honors include APS/IEEE/AAAS Fellowships and the Free-electron Laser Prize. Current R&D focuses on ferroelectric fast reactive tuners (CERN) and diamond-amplified photocathodes (SBU). He maintains affiliations with BNL's Collider-Accelerator Department and CERN accelerator programs.