Peter Griffin-Hicks joined the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory as an accelerator physicist in 2016. He works on the rapid-cycling synchrotron that is the high-intensity proton driver for the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. Through machine operations and R&D he is concerned with increasing the intensity, efficiency and reliability of the synchrotron.
He is currently a part-time DPhil student with the John Adams Institute at the University of Oxford. His research is focused on the non-linear and high-intensity transverse dynamics of hadron beams. He is investigating the non-linearity of the ISIS machine with experiments and simulations of the lattice at low intensities to develop a framework for the investigation of higher intensity beams.
Alongside this work, Peter is also involved in public engagement activities at RAL and off site.