Bill Ashmanskas

Bill Ashmanskas is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences. His roles include teaching undergraduate physics courses and developing curriculum, alongside research in instrumentation, FPGA-based electronics, and medical imaging technologies. He is affiliated with both the Physics department’s HEP Instrumentation Group and the Radiology department’s Physics and Instrumentation Group.

Education includes a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley (1998) and an A.B. from Harvard University (1992). His research focuses on readout electronics for High Energy Physics and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), with notable contributions to waveform-sampling DAQ systems and ASIC testing for HL-LHC upgrades.

Key research interests span instrumentation design, medical imaging innovations, and HEP detector technologies. Recent publications emphasize PET-DBT hybrid systems and radiation-tolerant electronics. Awards include the 2020 Provost’s Teaching Excellence Award and a 2005 PECASE for early-career scientific achievement.

• Grants/Advising: Active in CDF and ATLAS collaborations, with extensive contributions to Fermilab experiments and Penn’s HEP instrumentation projects.
• Labs/Teams: HEP Instrumentation Group (Physics), Radiology Physics Group (Penn Medicine).