Project Organisation

The SwissFEL project is a project within PSI, with a direct connection to the PSI directorate, as shown in the SwissFEL organigram.

The SwissFEL project has two project leaders, Dr. Hans Braun (machine), and Dr. Rafael Abela (photonics). They are directing the activities of the "management unit" (see organigram), comprising in addition the machine and photonics coordinators and a dedicated support group. A tight integration of the SwissFEL across the entire PSI is effected by the "coordination board", which includes all of the PSI infra-structure and research department heads. In a flexible matrix configuration, expertise of the individual departments flows into the SwissFEL project as short- or long-term "workpackages". The PSI directorate maintains contact with representatives of academia and governmental commissions via a "sounding board", and it also receives regular reports from separate advisory committees for the accelerator and for science applications.