Professor Paul McKenna
Deputy Associate Principal
Physics
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Prize And Awards
- High Power Laser Science and Engineering Outstanding Contribution Award
- Recipient
- 1/10/2023
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Recipient
- 30/3/2020
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Publications
- Optimizing laser coupling, matter heating, and particle acceleration from solids using multiplexed ultraintense lasers
- Yao Weipeng, Nakatsutsumi Motoaki, Buffechoux Sébastien, Antici Patrizio, Borghesi Marco, Ciardi Andrea, Chen Sophia N, d’Humières Emmanuel, Gremillet Laurent, Heathcote Robert, Horný Vojtěch, McKenna Paul, Quinn Mark N, Romagnani Lorenzo, Royle Ryan, Sarri Gianluca, Sentoku Yasuhiko, Schlenvoigt Hans-Peter, Toncian Toma, Tresca Olivier, Vassura Laura, Willi Oswald, Fuchs Julien
- Matter and Radiation at Extremes Vol 9 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0184919
- Narrow-band acceleration of gold ions to GeV energies from ultra-thin foils
- Martin Philip, Ahmed Hamad, Doria Domenico, Cerchez Mirela, Hanton Fiona, Gwynne Deborah, Alejo Aaron, Fernández-Tobias Javier, Green James, Macchi Andrea, Maclellan David, McKenna Paul, Ruiz Jesús Álvarez, Swantusch Marco, Willi Oswald, Zhai Shuhua, Borghesi Marco, Kar Satyabrata
- Communications Physics Vol 7 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01425-4
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Professional Activities
- Invited talk at Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) Joint Workshop on Advanced Technologies (Szeged, Hungary)
- Speaker
- 6/12/2023
- Invited talk at Vulcan Laser workshop at the Central Laser Facility
- Speaker
- 9/10/2023
- Workshop on Materials, Chemistry and Biology at Extreme Conditions
- Organiser
- 10/2023
- STFC Vulcan 20-20 Project Board (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 1/9/2023
- Invited Talk at UK XFEL Workshop
- Speaker
- 5/2023
- Panel member for the STFC Central Laser Facility (CLF) Facility review (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 27/4/2023
Projects
- Tuneable radiation-resilient (AlGa)2O3 UVC photodetectors
- Massabuau, Fabien (Principal Investigator) Martin, Robert (Co-investigator) McKenna, Paul (Co-investigator) Oi, Daniel (Co-investigator) Spesyvtseva, Susan (Co-investigator)
- 15-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- 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
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2028
- 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
- Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2027
- 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
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Contact
Professor
Paul
McKenna
Deputy Associate Principal
Physics
Email: paul.mckenna@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 5712