Professor Carsten P Welsch is Director of Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data Intensive Science (LIV.INNO).
He has initiated and led the two Liverpool STFC Centres for Doctoral Training, LIV.DAT and LIV.INNO, as well as six pan-European research networks that have trained more than 100 postgraduate researchers. His R&D covers the design and optimisation of accelerators and light sources and underpinning technologies, in particular advanced beam diagnostics and high gradient acceleration, as well as the application of accelerators with a focus on healthcare instrumentation and data science.
As past Chair of STFC’s Education Training and Careers Committee, member of the UKRI Skills Advisory Group, member of STFC Council and scientific advisor, he helps improve researcher training and drives the advancement of physics.
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