Detector, test and calibration electronics for X-ray science, most of it at European XFEL, the X-ray free-electron laser in the Hamburg area. These are short summaries: work that is not yet public stays out. The full record is in the CV.
I lead the work package for electronics development in detector development projects at European XFEL. I take electronics for fast X-ray detectors from concept to a working unit: schematics, PCB layout, MCU firmware, prototyping and technical documentation. I also plan power supply and cabling for detector infrastructure at the scientific instruments.
About the facility: European XFEL in Science & Space →
I led the design, assembly and commissioning of a test setup for single readout chips and new X-ray sensors, with power control, temperature regulation, data acquisition and integration into Karabo, the facility’s control software.
I developed calibration hardware for JUNGFRAU and GOTTHARD-II, two X-ray detectors developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute and used at European XFEL: a backplane pulser for JUNGFRAU and a calibration device for GOTTHARD-II.
I introduced model-based systems engineering (MBSE) with SysML v2 and an AI-assisted engineering workflow to the group’s electronics projects, and I coach colleagues in AI-assisted engineering.
In parallel I am an Executive PhD candidate in Engineering Physics and Materials at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, working on test instrumentation and AI-assisted model-based systems engineering for X-ray detectors.
As instrument engineer I looked after the electronics of two scientific instruments, High Energy Density (HED) and Materials Imaging and Dynamics (MID), from requirements to operation. I turned the scientists’ needs into technical specifications, ran trade-off analyses for critical components and coordinated system integration.
I designed and built custom devices: amplifiers, motion control, equipment-protection interlocks and power supplies.
Selected work
Co-author of the instrument papers: HED and MID (J. Synchrotron Rad., 2021). All papers: CV → Publications.
About the facility: European XFEL in Science & Space →
Betatrons are compact electron accelerators; these were built for industrial non-destructive testing. I designed their control systems (schematics, PCB layout, microcontroller firmware) and power converters, and I commissioned, validated and troubleshot betatron installations.
Co-author: Generation of X rays at the grazing incidence of 18-MeV electrons on a thin Si crystal in a betatron chamber (JETP Letters, 2016).