Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

The Scientific Advisory Committee of SINQ was established in 1995. It is a panel from international experts in the field of neutron scattering and neutron imaging with the tasks to evaluate the submitted proposals with respect to their scientific value and to advise the SINQ management and the PSI directorate on strategic issues concerning SINQ and its instrumentation (statutes of the SINQ SAC). The usual membership term of office is at least  three years.

SINQ SAC May 2025
Part of the SINQ SAC in May 2025

SAC: spring 2026 (in person) 

PRC subcommittee meetings (all online):  

  • 24 June 2025 (materials sciences)
  • 27 June 2025 (solid state structures)
  • 02 July 2025 (solid state dynamics)
  • 02 July 2025 (soft condensed matter)
NameFromContactMember since
Stefan Klotz, 
chair of SINQ SAC
Sorbonne Université
Paris
France
stefan.klotz [at] upmc.frSeptember 2013
Sandor BalogAdolphe Merkle Institut
University of Fribourg
Switzerland
sandor.balog [at] unifr.chSeptember 2013
Christian BalzOak Ridge National Laboratory
Neutron Science Directorate
United States
balzc [at] ornl.govOctober 2023
Elizabeth BlackburnUniversity of Lund
Synchrotron Radiation Research 
Sweden
elizabeth.blackburn [at] sljus.lu.seSeptember 2020
Martin BöhmInstitut Laue-Langevin
Grenoble
France
boehm [at] ill.frSeptember 2020
Sandra Cabeza SanchezInstitut Laue-Langevin
Grenoble
France
cabeza [at] ill.frMarch 2022
Jos CooperEuropean Spallation Source ESS
Lund
Sweden
jos.cooper [at] ess.euMarch 2025
Fabrice CousinCEA Saclay
Laboratoire Léon Brillouin
France
fabrice.cousin [at] cea.frMarch 2021
Robert GeorgiiForschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz FRM-II
Garching
Germany
robert.georgii [at] frm2.tum.deOctober 2023
Alexandra GibbsSchool of Chemistry
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom
a.gibbs [at] st-andrews.ac.ukMarch 2021
Roger JohnsonUniversity College London
Department of Physics and Astronomy
United Kingdom
roger.johnson [at] ucl.ac.ukMay 2024
Sean LangridgeRutherford Appleton Laboratory
ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility 
United Kingdom
sean.langridge [at] stfc.ac.ukOctober 2023
Peter LehmannETH Zurich
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Switzerland
peter.lehmann [at] env.ethz.chSeptember 2013
Roland LogéEPF Lausanne
Laboratory of Thermomechanical Metallurgy
Switzerland
roland.loge [at] epfl.chOctober 2017
Wiebke LohstrohForschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz FRM-II
Garching
Germany
wiebke.lohstroh [at] frm2.tum.deFebruary 2022
Annalisa ManeraETH Zurich
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Switzerland
maneraa [at] ethz.chSeptember 2022
Lucile Mangin-ThroInstitut Laue-Langevin
Grenoble
France
mangin-throl [at] ill.frSeptember 2023
Martin MånssonKTH Stockholm
Department of Applied Physics
Sweden
condmat [at] kth.se March 2022
Manuel MorganoRutherford Appleton Laboratory
ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility 
United Kingdom
manuel.morgano [at] stfc.ac.uk  April 2024
Ulf OlssonUniversity of Lund
Lund
Sweden
lf.olsson [at] fkem1.lu.seFebruary 2011
Navid QureshiInstitut Laue-Langevin
Grenoble
France
qureshi [at] ill.frMay 2024
Katharina Schmidt-OttSchweizerisches Nationalmuseum
Affoltern am Albis
Switzerland
katharina.schmidt-ott [at] nationalmuseum.chJanuary 2020
Andreas StadlerForschungszentrum Jülich
Jülich Center for Neutron Science (JCNS)
Germany
a.stadler [at] fz-juelich.de March 2022
Tobias UnruhFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen
Erlangen
Germany
tobias.unruh [at] fau.deOctober 2024
Robert ZborayEidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt
EMPA, Dübendorf
Switzerland
robert.zboray [at] empa.chJune 2019
Andrej ZorkoJožef Stefan Institute
Ljubljana
Slovenia
andrej.zorko [at] ijs.siOctober 2024