Department Colloquium with Mark Boland

Event Date:
2026-10-08T14:00:00
2026-10-08T15:00:00
Event Location:
TRIUMF Auditorium *(4004 Wesbrook Mall)
Speaker:
Mark Boland, University of Saskatchewan
Related Upcoming Events:
Department Colloquia
Intended Audience:
Everyone
Local Contact:

Brett Gladman (gladman@astro.ubc.ca)

**This event is scheduled at TRIUMF in the auditorium (4004 Wesbrook Mall)**

All are welcome to this event!

Event Information:

Abstract:

[coming soon!]

Bio:

After completing a BSc in physics and PhD in experimental photonuclear physics at the University of Melbourne, Mark did a two year postdoc at Lund University in Sweden. He then returned to Melbourne in 2003 to be a part of the team that designed, built and commissioned the accelerator systems for the Australian Synchrotron. From 2003-2017 Mark worked on accelerator physics research and development including building diagnostic beamline and performing pioneering research into creating and measuring ultra low emittance electron beams. In 2012 he was a JSPS Visiting Fellow at KEK in Japan and in 2014 he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In 2017 he took up a faculty position at the University of Saskatchewan as an Associate Professor with a joint appointment as Machine Director at the Canadian Light Source from 2017 to 2024. Promoted to full professor in 2022, he is now full time faculty in the Department of Physics and Engineering physics. Mark was the Chair of the International Particle Accelerator Conference IPAC'19 in Melbourne, Australia from 19-24 May 2019. In 2025 he was elected as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee for the Division of Physics of Beams in the American Physical Society. Presently, the major project Mark is working on is as a co-PI and Steering Committee Member of the new Canadian Foundation for Innovation funded national research infrastructure facility WaterFEL, an Infra Red Free Electron Laser under construction at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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Add to Calendar 2026-10-08T14:00:00 2026-10-08T15:00:00 Department Colloquium with Mark Boland Event Information: Abstract: [coming soon!] Bio: After completing a BSc in physics and PhD in experimental photonuclear physics at the University of Melbourne, Mark did a two year postdoc at Lund University in Sweden. He then returned to Melbourne in 2003 to be a part of the team that designed, built and commissioned the accelerator systems for the Australian Synchrotron. From 2003-2017 Mark worked on accelerator physics research and development including building diagnostic beamline and performing pioneering research into creating and measuring ultra low emittance electron beams. In 2012 he was a JSPS Visiting Fellow at KEK in Japan and in 2014 he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In 2017 he took up a faculty position at the University of Saskatchewan as an Associate Professor with a joint appointment as Machine Director at the Canadian Light Source from 2017 to 2024. Promoted to full professor in 2022, he is now full time faculty in the Department of Physics and Engineering physics. Mark was the Chair of the International Particle Accelerator Conference IPAC'19 in Melbourne, Australia from 19-24 May 2019. In 2025 he was elected as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee for the Division of Physics of Beams in the American Physical Society. Presently, the major project Mark is working on is as a co-PI and Steering Committee Member of the new Canadian Foundation for Innovation funded national research infrastructure facility WaterFEL, an Infra Red Free Electron Laser under construction at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Learn More: See his faculty profile page from the University of Saskatchewan: https://artsandscience.usask.ca/profile/MBoland  Read about him in this UofSask newsletter, The Sheaf article, "“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”: U of S, CLS collaborate with international accelerator community on new research infrastructure": https://thesheaf.com/2022/01/18/the-whole-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts-u-of-s-cls-collaborate-with-international-accelerator-community-on-new-research-infrastructure/     Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium *(4004 Wesbrook Mall)