Committees

The global neutron community harbours significant experience and expertise across various technologies and instrumentation as well as in scientific and industrial applications of neutron methods. This knowledge is crucial for delivering the next flagship neutron facility. 

Experts from around the world contribute to the delivery of the ESS instrument suite, sample-environment equipment, laboratories, data management, software and the user program. International teams collaborate with ESS to deliver the instruments and necessary equipment, while several independent, specialised advisory bodies support different aspects of the project.

Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

SAC is part of the formal governance structure of ESS, meets twice per year, and provides recommendations directly to the ESS Council. See ESS Committees.

Instrument Collaboration Board (ICB)

The ICB has representation from all in-kind partners involved in delivering the first 15 instruments at ESS. ICB meetings are project oriented, focusing on the common technical projects and project schedule and scope. 

ESS Coordinator:  Robert Connatser

Members

  • Chair
    Sean Langridge 
    STFC
  • Vice Chair
    Wiebke Lohstroh 
    TUM
  • Andrea Orecchini 
    UP/CNR     
  • Jan Saroun 
    NPI       
  • Márton Markó 
    CER    
  • Stéphane Longeville 
    LLB
  • Andreas Wischnewski 
    FZJ
  • Jane Hvolbaek Nielsen 
    DTU  
  • Mogens Christensen 
    AU          
  • Tania Claudio Weber
    FZJ
  • Arnaud Desmedt 
    LLB
  • Jochen Fenske 
    Hereon
  • Niels-Bech Christensen 
    DTU    
  • Bjørn Hauback 
    IFE      
  • Mario Perez 
    ESS Bilbao            
  • Petr Lukas 
    NPI
  • Giuseppe Gorini 
    UMIB
  • Marc Janoschek 
    PSI   
  • Roberto Senesi 
    UR
  • Felix J. Villacorta 
    ESS Bilbao

Scientific and Technical Advisory Panels (STAPs)

STAPs are advisory bodies specialised in various aspects of delivering the instrument suite and associated scientific infrastructure. The STAPs meet twice per year and report their findings to the Science Advisory Committee (SAC). For each meeting, the STAP is asked to provide expertise and advice on delivering the project's scope, ensuring ESS is benchmarked against existing facilities, and balancing the competing demands of building a world-class facility.

Chemistry and Life Science Support STAP

ESS Coordinator: Monika Hartl

Members

  • Stefan Carlsson (Chair)
    MAXIV
    Sweden
  • Richard Down
    STFC
    UK
  • Michael Hofmann
    TUM
    Germany
  • Bianca Haberl
    ORNL
    US
  • Klaus Kiefer
    HZB
    Germany
  • Robert Petersson
Materials Science and Physics Support STAP

ESS Coordinator: Caroline Curfs

Members 

  • Luke Daemen (Chair)
    ORNL
    US
  • Tamim Darwish
    Ansto
    Australia
  • Jeremy Lakey
    Newcastle University
    UK
  • Gavin Stenning
    STFC
    UK
  • Tom Shea
    ESS
  • Andy Church
    STFC
    UK
  • Ann Martell
    ILL
    France
Data Management and Software STAP

ESS Coordinator: Petra Aulin

Members 

  • Toby Perring (Chair)
  • Andrew Richards
  • Paulo Mutti
  • Garrett Granroth
  • Stuart Campell
  • Anna Sokolova
Diffraction STAP

ESS Coordinator: Werner Schweika

Members 

  • Paul Attfield (Chair)
    University of Edinburgh
    UK
  • Gwenaëlle Rousse
    Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
    France
  • Manuel Angst
    Jülich Research Center
    Germany
  • Reinhard Neder
    Erlangen University
    Germany
  • Helen Playford
    STFC
    UK
  • Martin Sahlberg
    Uppsala University
    Sweden
Engineering and Imaging STAP

ESS Coordinator: Robin Woracek

Members 

  • Sven Vogel (Chair)
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
    USA
  • Francesco Grazzi
    CNR
    Italy
  • Stephen Hall
    Lund University
    Sweden
  • Nikolay Kardjilov
    Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
    DE
  • Javier Santisteban
    Centro Atómico Bariloche
    Argentina
  • Mark Daymond
    Queens University
    US
Fundamental and Particle Physics STAP

ESS Coordinator: Valentina Santoro

Members 

  • Raimund Strauß
    TUM
    Germany
  • Claes Fahlander
    Lund University
    Sweden
  • Marcel Demarteau
    ORNL
    US
  • Stephanie Roccia
    LPSC
    France
  • Wolfram Korten
    CEA
    France
Macromolecular Crystallography STAP

ESS Coordinator: Esko Oksanen

Members 

  • John Helliwell (Chair)
    University of Manchester
    UK
  • Matthew Blakeley
    ILL
    France
  • Derek Logan
    Lund University
    Sweden
  • Nobuo Niimura
    Ibaraki University
    Japan
  • Andreas Ostermann
    TUM
    Germany
  • Leighton Coates
    ORNL
    US
  • Kazuo Kurihara
    Japan Atomic Energy Agency
    Japan
Reflectometry STAP

ESS Coordinator: Tom Arnold

Members 

  • Robert Jacobs (Chair)
    Oxford University
    UK
  • Peter Müller-Buschbaum
    TUM
    Germany
  • Kelly Morrison
    Loughborough University
    UK
  • Frank Schreiber
    Tübingen University
    Germany
  • Nina-Juliane Steinke
    ILL
    France
Small Angle Neutron Scattering STAP

ESS Coordinator: Tom Arnold

Members 

  • Anna Sokolova (Chair)
    ANSTO
    Australia
  • Joao Cabral
    Imperial College London
    UK
  • Daniel Clemens
    HZB
    Germany
  • Charles Dewhurst
    ILL
    France
  • Rachel Evans
    Cambridge University
    UK
  • Andreas Michels
    Luxemburg University
    Luxemburg
Spectroscopy STAP

ESS Coordinator: Pascale Deen

Members 

  • Georg Ehlers (Chair)
    ORNL
    US
  • Masatoshi Arai
    ESS
  • Andrew Boothroyd
    University of Oxford
    UK
  • Markus Appel
    ILL
    France
  • Monica Jimenez Ruiz
    ILL
    France
  • Astrid Schneidewind
    TUM
    Germany