Personnel announcements, Organisational matters

“We thank Jim for many years of inspiring contributions as European XFEL’s vice-chair,” says Thomas Feurer, Managing Director and Chair of the Management Board of European XFEL. “And we heartily welcome our well-known colleague Ryszard.”

“Ryszard is a profound expert of research with synchrotron light and free electron-lasers, and an experienced science manager,” adds Federico Boscherini, Chair of the European XFEL Council.

Sobierajski takes up his office with effect from 1 January 2025 and for a period of two years. He is Associate Professor at the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland and since January 2020 one of the Polish delegates to the European XFEL council. Additionally, he is an expert on the Proposal Review Panel for the HED instrument at European XFEL–most of the time as its chair.

The Polish physicist is a board member of the Polish Synchrotron Radiation Society. He worked at the national level with government and scientific community, advocating for Poland's continuous and full participation in the European XFEL project. Furthermore, he is a member of the management board and one of the founding members and of the European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser User Organisation (ESUO), who represents all users of synchrotron and free electron-laser facilities in Europe.

James Naismith–a Professor for structural biology and Head of the Mathematical, Physical, and Life Science Division at the University of Oxford–has asked to resign from this position due to other work intensive business obligations.

The European XFEL Council is the supreme organ of the X-ray laser facility, in which up to two delegates represent the shareholders of each member states. The council functions as the shareholders’ assembly and decides on important issues of the company and its facility.

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