Ronald D. Ruth
Professor (Emeritus)
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Professional Academic History
Instructor, Department of Physics, Southern Connecticut State College, 1974-1977; Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1981-1984; Scientific Associate, CERN, 1982-1983; Staff Physicist, SLAC, Stanford, 1984-1991; Associate Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1991-1997; Professor, SLAC, Stanford, 1997-2016; Visiting Scientific Associate, CERN, 1997-1998; Professor Emeritus, SLAC, Stanford, 2016 - present.
Areas of Interest and Research
Accelerator and particle beam physics; nonlinear effects; collective instabilities in storage rings and linacs; high-gradient linear acceleration; next-generation linear colliders; novel x-ray sources; laser acceleration.
Education
B.A., 1973, Mathematics and Physics, University of Iowa. M.A., 1978, Physics; Ph.D., 1981, Physics, State University of New York.
Awards & Honors
Fellow, American Physical Society.
