Quantum and nonlinear optics in particle accelerators

Dr. Eduardo Granados is a scientist based at CERN and an expert in ultrafast laser-matter interactions. He graduated with a BS in Telecommunication Engineering from University of Navarra in 2005. He completed his M.Sc. thesis at the National Science Foundation EUV Science and Technology Centre at Colorado State University and continued his doctoral studies at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia), obtaining his Ph.D. in Physics in 2010.

For his PhD work he received several awards, among them the Australian Institute of Physics Postgraduate Award and the Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence Award. He was appointed research fellow at MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (2010-2013) and tenured scientist at SLAC ( Stanford University) from 2013-2018.

His research continues today at CERN , where he is a lead staff scientist since 2018. He is the author of more than 130 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals, 70+ conference presentations, and he holds 5 patents. His research interests include pushing the boundaries in photonics, metrology, and intense laser-particle interactions.

He is passionate about building things, acquiring new skills and adapting to ever-developing trends by drawing on his previous experience and learning about new technologies, particularly in quantum and nonlinear optics, laser–matter interactions and complex systems.