Personal Statement
Dr. Laura Corner is a senior lecturer in laser accelerator science in the School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, and with the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology, based at Daresbury Laboratory. She works in the area of laser development, with specific interests in lasers for particle acceleration and defence. Dr. Corner received her undergraduate degree in theoretical physics from Imperial College, London, and remained there to complete a PhD in photorefractive optical materials. Following postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford, she was appointed as a lecturer at the University of Liverpool in 2018. Her wider research interests include novel diode sources for ultrasensitive spectroscopy, attosecond pulse generation and lasers for particle diagnostics, as well as high gradient laser-driven plasma acceleration technologies.

Find out more about Dr. Corner and her research in this episode of the Liverpool Scientific podcast here.

PhD positions available: Funded PhD projects available in high power laser development (UK students only) and laser driven plasma acceleration. More details are available at the following links:

PhD in high power laser development

PhD in laser plasma acceleration


ResearchGate profile here.
LinkedIn profile here.

Research Overview
PhD positions available: I have funded PhD projects available in high power laser development (UK students only) and laser driven plasma acceleration. Please contact me for more details or follow the links:

PhD in high power laser development

PhD in laser plasma acceleration