SERGEY BELOMESTNYKH
Adjunct Professor
Physics and Astronomy
sergey.belomestnykh@stonybrook.edu | Physics A-139B

Biography
Sergey Belomestnykh is a Senior Scientist and Director of Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) Technology and Materials Science Division at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). He is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University. Previously, he served as Fermilab’s Chief Technology Officer.

He graduated with an M.S. degree from Novosibirsk State Technical University and then received his Ph.D. degree from Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia, where he worked for many years and was involved in several accelerator projects developing radio frequency systems. He joined Cornell University’s Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics in 1994, working on developing SRF systems for Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) and Cornell Energy Recovery Linac project. In 2010, he moved to Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he was an SRF group leader overseeing development of several new SRF and RF systems. Since 2015 he is with Fermilab. He co-authored a monograph on the multipactor effect in accelerating cavities and contributed chapters to handbooks.

Sergey Belomestnykh is an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society and recipient of the 2015 IEEE NPSS Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award “for achievements in the science and technology of RF and SRF for particle accelerators.”

Research Statement
My research interests are focused on developing novel SRF cavities for future particle accelerators, understanding phenomena limiting performance of this cavities, as well as mitigation methods. In addition, there are many exciting opportunities in engineering ancillary components and complete SRF systems. Application of SRF cavities to quantum information science and searches of dark matter particles is another research area I am excited about.