About
Dr. Robert Apsimon is a Senior Lecturer in Electronic Engineering at Lancaster University's School of Engineering. He previously conducted postgraduate research at CERN from 2012 to 2014 before joining Lancaster in 2014 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA). His current affiliations include the RF Engineering of Accelerators at Lancaster (REAL) research group. He has held teaching positions at the LU/BJTU joint campus in Weihai, China since 2018.
Robert earned his MPhys degree from Balliol College, University of Oxford in 2007, followed by a D.Phil. in feedback electronics at the same institution. His research interests focus on advanced RF engineering applications in particle accelerators and medical physics, including high-power RF systems, radiotherapy optimization, nonlinear beam dynamics, and broadband acceleration techniques.
His projects span foundational and applied research: as Principal Investigator for CERN's AWAKE experiment (2020-2027), he explores proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. He leads the JLab-funded EIC project (2023-2027), mentors students in quantum engineering, and collaborates on the STELLA initiative (2024-2025) to develop high-reliability radiotherapy linear accelerators. Notable collaborations include STFC Impact Acceleration Account projects (2021-2022) and contributions to Cockcroft Phase 4 (2021-2025), enhancing accelerator technology for medical and scientific applications.
Robert supervises 9 postgraduate research students, including Alexander Spelling. His work emphasizes practical solutions for accelerator design challenges, beam instability mitigation, and medical application advancements. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided information.
