Dr Ross Gray
Senior Research Fellow
Physics
Personal statement
Personal statement
Ross Gray received his PhD from the University of Strathclyde in 2013, he continued at Strathclyde through his post-doctoral research from 2013-2016 and is now a senior research fellow in laser-plasma interactions. His research covers a range of topics in intense laser-matter interactions including laser-driven ion acceleration, relativistic plasma photonics, high field laser-matter interactions and the application of machine learning to plasma physics.
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Publications
- Geometry effects on energy selective focusing of laser-driven protons with open and closed hemisphere-cone targets
- King M, Higginson A, McGuffey C, Wilson R, Schaumann G, Hodge T, Ohland J B, Gales S, Hill M P, Pitt S F, Spindloe C, Danson C N, Wei M S, Beg F N, Roth M, Neely D, Gray R J, McKenna P
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Vol 66 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ad0b34
- Perspectives on laser-plasma physics in the relativistic transparency regime
- King Martin, Wilson Robbie, Bacon Ewan F J, Dolier Ewan J, Frazer Timothy P, Goodman Jack, Gray Ross J, McKenna Paul
- The European Physical Journal A Vol 59 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-01043-2
- Automated control and optimization of laser-driven ion acceleration
- Loughran B, Streeter M J V, Ahmed H, Astbury S, Balcazar M, Borghesi M, Bourgeois N, Curry C B, Dann S J D, DiIorio S, Dover N P, Dzelzanis T, Ettlinger O C, Gauthier M, Giuffrida L, Glenn G D, Glenzer S H, Green J S, Gray R J, Hicks G S, Hyland C, Istokskaia V, King M, Margarone D, McCusker O, McKenna P, Najmudin Z, Parisuaña C, Parsons P, Spindloe C, Symes D R, Thomas A G R, Treffert F, Xu N, Palmer C A J
- High Power Laser Science and Engineering Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.23
- Optimization and control of synchrotron emission in ultraintense laser-solid interactions using machine learning
- Goodman J, King M, Dolier E J, Wilson R, Gray R J, McKenna P
- High Power Laser Science and Engineering Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.11
- Versatile tape-drive target for high-repetition-rate laser-driven proton acceleration
- Xu N, Streeter M J V, Ettlinger O C, Ahmed H, Astbury S, Borghesi M, Bourgeois N, Curry C B, Dann S J D, Dover N P, Dzelzainis T, Istokskaia V, Gauthier M, Giuffrida L, Glenn G D, Glenzer S H, Gray R J, Green J S, Hicks G S, Hyland C, King M, Loughran B, Margarone D, McCusker O, McKenna P, Parisuaña C, Parsons P, Spindloe C, Symes D R, Treffert F, Palmer C A J, Najmudin Z
- High Power Laser Science and Engineering Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.27
- High order modes of intense second harmonic light produced from a plasma aperture
- Bacon E, King M, Wilson R, Frazer T P, Gray R J, McKenna P
- Matter and Radiation at Extremes Vol 7 (2022)
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Professional Activities
- Progress on laser-driven ion acceleration and applications
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- 29/11/2023
- Data analysis and aquisition at SCAPA
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- 27/9/2023
- LPI-Py: A data analysis pipeline for high repetition laser-plasma experiments (Invited Seminar)
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- 14/7/2023
- Ion Beams at UK X-FEL
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- 18/5/2023
- Machine learning-driven optimization of laser-plasma sources for applications
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- 25/4/2023
- Developments in Data Acquisition & Handling for Laser-Solid Interaction Experiments at SCAPA
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- 22/1/2022
Projects
- Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022 | Torrance, Ben
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator) Gray, Ross (Co-investigator) Torrance, Ben (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Optimisation and control of laser-driven radiation sources using machine learning
- Gray, Ross (Principal Investigator) McKenna, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
- The Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications
- Whyte, Colin (Principal Investigator) Gray, Ross (Co-investigator) McKenna, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2024
- Advanced laser-plasma optics technology | Peat, Maia
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator) Gray, Ross (Co-investigator) Peat, Maia (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2025
- PhD Studentship for Characterising Laser-driven Particle Beams
- Gray, Ross (Principal Investigator) McKenna, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
- Advanced laser-plasma optics technology | Alderton, Matthew
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator) Gray, Ross (Co-investigator) Alderton, Matthew (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2025