Research interests:

• Lasers
• Particle Accelerators
• Free-electron Lasers
• RF Devices
• Sensing and Detection
• Applications of Coherent Light Sources

Dr. Sandra G. Biedron is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University. Formerly she was the Department of Defense project office director and a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory and was an associate director of the Argonne Accelerator Institute. Dr. Biedron served as a consultant on the successful FERMI project at Sincrotone Trieste. She is a physicist whose main research is in beam and laser source development and use. She is cross-trained in chemistry, biology, and electrical engineering. She was one of the team members who proved the SASE FEL concept in the visible to VUV wavelengths. Dr. Biedron was also the Argonne representative and participant on the Brookhaven/Argonne high-gain harmonic generation FEL experiment. Presently she is working on the Office of Naval Research’s free-electron laser.

Dr. Biedron is an active member of several professional societies. For the SPIE, she served as chair of the Scholarships and Grants Committee for 2 years and was on the Awards and Education Committees. She also served SPIE in guiding their conference tracks and organizing conference and plenary sessions. Presently she serves on SPIE’s symposia committee. She recently served as a co-leader of the security and defense portion of the Accelerators for America’s Future publication sponsored by the Department of Energy. Dr. Biedron is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). From 2005 to 2010 she served IEEE as the particle accelerator science and technology elected representative to the Nuclear Plasma and Sciences Society and now serves as the NPSS liaison to the IEEE USA R&D Policy Committee. 

She has served on a variety of international program and organizing committees and has organized a number of conferences, workshops, and plenary sessions. She serves as a reviewer for several journals, including is an Associate Editor of IEEE Photonics, and serves as a technical reviewer on project worldwide. Dr. Biedron has a myriad of archival and conference papers and technical documents and she holds a U.S. patent. In 2010 she was presented a Letter of Commendation by the Chief of Naval Research for her technical efforts.