Rob Shalloo
Emmy Noether Research Group Leader at DESY
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolRob Shalloo is an experimental physicist and Emmy Noether Research Group Leader at DESY with nine years’ experience advancing ultra-high-intensity laser–plasma interactions and plasma-based accelerators. He leads R&D on high-average-power, multi-kHz laser-driven accelerators and the control of high-powered laser systems, translating tabletop laser–plasma concepts from doctoral work at Oxford into scalable experimental platforms. His trajectory spans postdoctoral and staff-scientist roles at Imperial College London and DESY, combining hands-on waveguide and plasma-guiding expertise with program-level leadership. Notably, his DPhil research on hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma waveguides underpins efforts to create compact accelerators for future colliders and applied research. Based in Hamburg, he balances deep technical depth with outreach experience, having presented science to school audiences and mentored across international collaborations.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
EAP Exchange, Physics, 4.0 GPA, EAP Exchange, Physics, 4.0 GPA at University of California, BerkeleyDPhil, Particle Physics, DPhil, Particle Physics at University of OxfordLeaving Certificate, 585/600 Points, Leaving Certificate, 585/600 Points at Carrigaline Community SchoolBSc. (Hons), Physics, First Class Honours, BSc. (Hons), Physics, First Class Honours at University College Cork
English, German
Github Skills (14)
python6
gpu5
openpmd5
propagation5
rep4
conda3
flow-control3
driver2
jupyter-notebook2
conda-forge2
visualization2
command-line-tool2
adk1
data-science1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rob-shalloo/lasy
Feb 2023 - Apr 2026
Contributions:234 pushes, 26 branches in 3 years 2 months
rob-shalloo/Wake-T
Sep 2021 - Sep 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
plasmaacceleratorstracking-codetracking
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