Supriya Rajhans

Supriya Rajhans is a Researcher at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) in Hamburg, Germany, affiliated with the Helmholtz Institute Jena—a collaborative venture between GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), and Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Her work integrates DESY's accelerator expertise with HIJ's mission to pioneer photon science through advanced laser and particle facilities.

Her research spans high-intensity laser-matter interactions, quantum electrodynamics in extreme fields, and precision spectroscopy of highly charged ions. Key focus areas include relativistic plasma dynamics, EUV-to-mid-IR photon sources, and quantum logic techniques for studying fundamental atomic processes, leveraging HIJ's POLARIS, JETI40, and JETI200 laser systems alongside GSI's ESR storage ring infrastructure.

As part of HIJ's scientific network, she contributes to third-party funded projects and the Research School of Advanced Photon Science, which offers thesis opportunities and academic collaborations with FSU Jena. The institute's experimental ecosystem—encompassing soft X-ray microscopy, high-purity polarimetry, and strong-field ionic targets—provides the foundation for her investigations into matter under extreme conditions.