Dr. Qing Ji at LBNL
Dr. Qing Ji and I (Dr. M. Dehnel) first began interacting with each other in the field of particle accelerators in 2010 when, as part of her role at LBNL https://www.lbl.gov/, she was required to assess D-Pace’s TRIUMF-licensed 15 mA DC @ 30 keV negative hydrogen filament-powered/volume-cusp ion source for use on FermiLab’s Project-X, which eventually became PIP2 https://pip2.fnal.gov/how-it-works/pip2it/. This negative ion source technology solution passed the assessment!
Since this time, Dr. Ji and I have met at Negative Ion Beams and Sources (NIBS) conferences, the International Conferences on Ion Sources (ICIS), International Particle Accelerator Conferences (IPAC), and International Topical Meetings on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators in North America and around the world. We have often taken these opportunities to catch up with her work, activities, and interests at LBNL, as well as with my work at D-Pace, and more recently at Accel-Link Ltd.
At present, we meet by video meeting semi-regularly to brainstorm about using RFQ’s and Drift Tube LINAC’s (DTL’s) for medical therapy applications, or industrial applications. During one of these video discussions, I broached the topic of interviewing Dr. Ji regarding her early influences, and career choices to post on the Communications page of the Accel-Link Ltd. website. She noted that an article had recently been published along these lines, which I include below.
Career Journeys: Qing Ji – Elements for Berkeley Lab (lbl.gov)
Another interesting article about Dr. Ji relates to her appointment to lead the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division’s Berkeley Accelerator Controls & Instrumentation (BACI) Program. As such a leader, I feel she is a remarkable role model for all scientists, and, particularly, for women in science, and my own children(!).
