J. M. Byrd

John Byrd received the Degree in engineering physics from The University of Arizona in 1985, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in accelerator physics from Cornell University in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He joined the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 1991, became the Group Leader in 2003, and has been the Program Head of the Center for Beam Physics since 2011. He joined the Argonne National Laboratory and became the Director of the Accelerator Systems Division in 2017. His research interests include high energy accelerators and next-generation synchrotron radiation sources. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a primary organizer for multiple topical workshops.