University of California, Berkeley
Plasma Physics
2000 - 2005
Cameron Geddes is a scientist in the l'OASIS program of the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, investigating high field particle acceleration in laser driven plasmas. His current research interests center on intense laser matter interactions applied to laser driven particle acceleration and laser fusion. He received his Ph.D. in 2005 (M.A. 2003) at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was supported by the Hertz Fellowship. He received the B.A. degree from Swarthmore College in 1997. Previous research appointments included Thomson scattering experiments to measure driven waves in inertial confinement fusion plasmas (1997-99, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and research on wave mixing (1999, Polymath Research), the equilibria of spheromak plasmas (1996-7, Swarthmore College), small aspect Tokamaks (1995, Princeton/U. of Wisconsin), and nonlinear optics (1993-95, Swarthmore College). Mr. Geddes received the Hertz foundation dissertation prize for his Ph.D work in 2005. He received the American Physical Society Apker award for the outstanding undergraduate thesis, and the Swarthmore College Ellmore prize for outstanding work in physics (1997). He has been a recipient of the Hertz (2000-2004), DOE NDSEG(1999-2000), and DOE undergraduate plasma physics (1995) fellowships. Away from the laboratory, his interests center on rugby and sailing. Publications and dissertation are available from http://geddes.lbl.gov.