Katherine Harkay

Katherine Harkay
Alma mater	Purdue University
Scientific career
Institutions	Argonne National Laboratory
Thesis	(1993)
Doctoral advisor	Lazslo Gutay

Katherine C. Harkay is an American physicist working on particle accelerators.

Biography

Harkey completed her bachelor's degree in physics at St. John's University in 1982, then her master's degree at Purdue University in 1984. ^[1]

Harkay obtained her PhD in physics at Purdue University in 1993, supervised by Lazslo Gutay. ^[2]

She now works at the Argonne National Laboratory on the Advanced Photon Source. ^{[3] [4]}

Awards and honours

• 2009 – Outstanding Alumni Award from Purdue University ^[2]
• 2013 – Fellow of the American Physical Society for "significant contributions to the understanding of the physics of electron cloud effects and the experimental investigation and understanding of collective effects, as well as for playing leading roles in development of photocathodes and superconducting undulator technology." ^[5]

Selected publications

• Németh, Károly; Harkay, Katherine C.; van Veenendaal, Michel; Spentzouris, Linda; White, Marion; Attenkofer, Klaus; Srajer, George (26 January 2010). "High-Brightness Photocathodes through Ultrathin Surface Layers on Metals". Physical Review Letters. 104 (4) 046801. Bibcode:2010PhRvL.104d6801N. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.046801. PMID   20366726.
• Rosenberg, R.A; Harkay, K.C (October 2000). "A rudimentary electron energy analyzer for accelerator diagnostics". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 453 (3): 507–513. Bibcode:2000NIMPA.453..507R. doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00472-1.
• Németh, Károly; Shen, Baifei; Li, Yuelin; Shang, Hairong; Crowell, Robert; Harkay, Katherine C.; Cary, John R. (4 March 2008). "Laser-Driven Coherent Betatron Oscillation in a Laser-Wakefield Cavity". Physical Review Letters. 100 (9) 095002. Bibcode:2008PhRvL.100i5002N. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.095002. PMID   18352716.

References

1. "Katherine Harkay's APS Home Page". ops.aps.anl.gov.
2. "Katherine Harkay: Department of Physics and Astronomy: Purdue University". www.physics.purdue.edu.
3. "Interview of Katherine Harkay by David Zierler on May 17, 2021". www.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. 4 March 2022.
4. "External Advisory Board | The Center for Bright Beams". cbb.cornell.edu.
5. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org.

External links

• Official website