MAC – MAX IV Machine Advisory Committee

The MAX IV Machine Advisory Committee (MAC) supervises and follows the commissioning, operation and upgrades of the accelerators at the MAX IV facility.

The MAC provides advice to the MAX IV Management on the following systems:

  • The injector linac including the electron source and bunch compressors;
  • The 3 GeV storage ring;
  • The 1.5 GeV storage ring;
  • The insertion devices and their impact on the storage rings

The MAC provides advice to the MAX IV Management regarding the following issues:

  • Transition into user operations;
  • Mid- and long-term planning for improvements and upgrades to the MAX IV accelerators;
  • Necessary investments in the accelerator infrastructure

Committee members are appointed by the MAX IV Laboratory Board for a 3-year term with the possibility of extension. The MAC Chair is invited once a year to present the committee’s findings at one of the Board meetings.

Søren Pape Møller (Chair), Director ISA, Aarhus University, Denmark
Montse Pont, ALBA Synchrotron, Spain
Qing Qin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Timur Shaftan, Brookhaven National Laboratory, US
Richard Walker, Diamond Light Source, UK


PAC – MAX IV Programme Advisory Committee

MAX IV Laboratory issues regular calls for proposals for experiment time at the beamlines – beamtime –  through an open procedure.

To assist in the allocation of beamtime, a MAX IV Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) is appointed. The committee reviews and evaluates submitted proposals and provides recommendations for the allocation of beamtime, based on the scientific excellence and feasibility of the suggested experiments.

PAC Members

Anja Olafsen Sjåstad, University of Oslo, Norway
Carla Bittencourt, University of Mons, Belgium
David Mueller, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Jean-Jacques Gallet, Sorbonne Université – CNRS – LCPMR Paris, France
Samuli Urpelainen, University of Oulu, Finland
Virginia Perez Dieste (Chair), ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Spain

Charlotte Sanders, UKRI STFC, UK
Jan Hugo Dil, EPFL, Switzerland
Jill Miwa, Aarhus University, Denmark
Philip King, University of St Andrews, UK
Ulrich Starke (Chair), MPI FKF, Germany

Anna M. Puig Molina, Haldor Topsøe, Lyngby, Denmark
Andreas Voegelin, Eawag, Switzerland
Graham George (Chair), University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Jeroen Anton van Bokhoven, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Andras Bödi, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
Edwin Kukk, University of Turku, Finland
Emma Sokell, University College Dublin, Ireland
Uwe Hergenhahn, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany

Aleksei Kotlov (Chair), DESY, Germany
Andries Meijerink, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Christophe Dujardin
, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Roberto Lorenzi, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy

Carsten Gundlach, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
David Wragg (Chair), Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen
, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Manuel Hinterstein, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Martin Bech, Lunds universitet, Sweden
Mogens Christensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
Volodymyr Bon, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Alessandra Gianoncelli, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. di interesse nazionale, Italy
Carlos Sanchez-Cano, Donostia International Physics Center, Spain
Claire Donnelly (Chair), University of Cambridge, UK
Filipe Maia, Uppsala universitet, Sweden
Marie-Ingrid Richard, Aix-Marseille University, France
Markus Osterhoff, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Jonas Weissenrieder, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Armin Kleibert
, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
Frank Meyer zu Heringdorf, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Rachid Belkhou, Synchrotron SOLEIL, France

Eugenio Paris, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
Gheorghe Sorin Chiuzbaian
(Chair), Sorbonne Université, France
Lothar Weinhardt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Mirian Garcia-Fernandez, Diamond Light Source, UK

Annela Seddon (Chair), University of Bristol, UK
Arwen Tyler, University of Leeds, UK
Didier Long, National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon, France
Julia Herzen, Technische Universität München, Germany
Michel Goldmann, Sorbonne Université, France
Stephan V. Roth, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH), Sweden
Timothy Burnett, University of Manchester, UK
Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Le Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique, France

Adam Hitchcock (Chair), McMaster University, Canada
Andreas Späth, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Kai Litzius, University of Augsburg, Germany
Martin Obst, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Michael Foerster, ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Spain

Christopher Schofield, University of Oxford, UK
Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson, Umeå University, Sweden
Ehmke Pohl (Chair), Durham University, UK
Petri Kursula, University of Bergen, Norway

Armin Kleibert, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
Christoph Tegenkamp, TU Chemnitz, Germany
Edvin Lundgren, Lunds universitet, Sweden
Frank Meyer zu Heringdorf, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Geoff Thornton, University College London, UK
Jeppe Vang Lauritsen (Chair), Aarhus University, Denmark
Phil Woodruff, University of Warwick, UK
Rachid Belkhou, Synchrotron SOLEIL, France
Rosanna Larciprete, ISC-CNR, Italy

Christopher Milne, European XFEL, Germany
Claire Laulhé (Chair), SOLEIL Synchrotron, France
Marco Cammarata, ESRF, France


SAC – MAX IV Scientific Advisory Committee

The MAX IV Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) gives advice to the MAX IV Management on the operation and future development of MAX IV Laboratory, and in particular on:

  • the scientific programme for MAX IV Laboratory;
  • the construction of beamlines at MAX IV Laboratory and their priorities;
  • necessary investments in scientific infrastructure and staff at MAX IV Laboratory

In addition, the committee also contributes to reviews of MAX IV beamline designs and scientific programmes.

Committee members are appointed by the MAX IV Laboratory Board for a 3-year term and may be reappointed once. The SAC meets twice a year. Once a year, the SAC Chair is given the opportunity to present the committee’s findings at one of the Board meetings.

Upcoming SAC meetings

  • 2024
    • Week 8: February 22-23
    • Week 39: September 26-27
  • 2025
    • Week 7: February 13-14
    • Week 39: September 25-26
  • 2026
    • Week 6: February 5-6
    • Week 39: September 24-25

Eva Pereiro Lopez, ALBA Synchrotron, Spain
Inger Andersson, (chair) Uppsala universitet, Sweden
Satish C. Myneni, Princeton University, US
Eva Olsson, Chalmers, Sweden
Henning Friis Poulsen, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Amina Taleb-Ibrahimi, Synchrotron SOLEIL, France
Thomas Tschentscher, European XFEL
Christian Gutt, University of Siegen, Germany
Allen Orville, Diamond Light Source, UK
Ellen Moons, Karlstas universitet, Sweden
Minna Patanen, University of Oulu, Finland


URG – MAX IV University Reference Group

The MAX IV University Reference Group (URG) was established to assist in creating an active and mutually beneficial collaboration with universities that have strong involvement and interest in MAX IV Laboratory. The MAX IV URG, consulted by MAX IV Management, acts as a forum to coordinate the laboratory’s strategic planning and development, where these concern the URG member universities. The URG has an important role in the dissemination of MAX IV related information within the universities.

The URG is consulted specifically in issues related to MAX IV’s scientific programme and strategy, beamlines and other large instrumentation being considered for construction at MAX IV, training and education at MAX IV including the universities’ role in this area, formal collaborations between universities and MAX IV, scientific access to MAX IV, and outreach efforts involving university – MAX IV collaborations.

The MAX IV Laboratory Board decides on the member universities, or consortia of universities, of the URG, following recommendations from the MAX IV Director. Each URG member university/consortium of universities can nominate 2 members to the URG, one representing the University Management, one representing the university’s scientific interests in MAX IV.

The URG meets at least twice a year with MAX IV Management. Once a year, the URG Chair is invited to report to the MAX IV Laboratory Board.

URG Management

Anders Karlhede, Stockholms universitet, Sweden
Karin Dahlman-Wright, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Katrine Riklund, Umeå universitet, Sweden
Kristina Edström, Uppsala universitet, Sweden
Malin Ideland, Malmö universitet, Sweden
Maria Abrahamson, Chalmers, Sweden
Maria Knutson Wedel, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
Oscar Tjernberg, KTH, Sweden
Pär Weihed, Luleå tekniska universitet, Sweden
Per Dannetun, Linköpings universitet, Sweden
Peter Aronsson, Linnéuniversitetet, Sweden
Stefan Lindskog, Karlstads universitet, Sweden
Viktor Öwall, Lunds universitet, Sweden

URG Scientific

Alexandr Talyzin, Umeå universitet, Sweden
Carin Sjöstedt, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
Eleonore von Castelmur, Linköpings universitet, Sweden
Felix Roosen-Runge, Malmö universitet, Sweden
Gisela Brändén, Göteborgs universitet, Sweden
Glenn Bark, Luleå tekniska universitet, Sweden
Gunnar Svensson, Stockholms universitet, Sweden
Hammin Zhang, Karlstads universitet, Sweden
Ian Nicholls, Linnéuniversitetet, Sweden
Jonas Weissenrieder, KTH, Sweden
Lindsay Richard Merte, Malmö universitet, Sweden
Magnus Hörnqvist Colliander, Chalmers, Sweden
Martin Moche, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Mikael Grekh, Karlstads universitet, Sweden
Mikael Sjödahl, Luleå tekniska universitet, Sweden
Olle Björneholm, Uppsala universitet, Sweden
Oxana Klementieva, Lunds universitet, Sweden
Pål Stenmark, Stockholms universitet, Sweden
Per Eng-Johnsson, LTH, Sweden
Per-Anders Carlsson, Chalmers, Sweden
Peter Thomsen, Göteborgs universitet, Sweden
Ramune Kuktaite, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
Sophie Sanchez, Uppsala universitet, Sweden
Ute Cappel, KTH, Sweden

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