Klystron Department

Key Personnel

Chris Pearson

Acting Department Head
Group Leader - Manufacturing

  • BSME University of California, Berkeley
  • Engineer, FMC Corp. 1973-1979
  • Project Manager, Electrofusion Corp. 1979-1983
  • At SLAC since 1983
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Ron Akre

Deputy Department Head

  • B.S. Physics California State University at Hayward
  • M.S. Physics California State University at San Jose
  • IRT Corp. Project Manager/ Linac Technology Manager 1984-1994
  • At SLAC since 1994
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Arnold Vlieks

Group Leader - RF Gun Research

  • BS Physics, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • MS, PhD Physics, Ohio State University
  • Post Doctoral Fellow/Lecturer, U. of Toronto 1973-1976
  • Visiting Foreign Researcher, CNRS, Orsay, France 1976-1978
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, U. of Zurich, Switzerland 1978-1980
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, U. of Muenster, Germany 1980-1982
  • Litton Electron Devices 1982-1985
  • At SLAC since 1985
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Daryl Sprehn

Klystron R&D

Glenn Scheitrum

Group Leader - Tube R&D, Klystron Test Lab Operations

  • BS Psychology, Drexel University Ms, Engineer, PhD EE Stanford University
  • Litton Electron Devices Division 1978-1996
  • At SLAC since 1996
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Thursday August 30, 2007