Sakura Pascarelli

Sakura Pascarelli is an Italian physicist and the scientific director at the European XFEL.[1] Her research focuses on the study on matter at extreme conditions of pressure, temperature and magnetic fields, in particular using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray Magnetic Linear and Circular Dichroism (XMCD.)

Sakura Pascarelli
Born
Japan
Alma materLa Sapienza
Known forXAS, XMCD
Scientific career
InstitutionsEuropean XFEL
ESRF

Early life and education

Sakura Pascarelli was born in Japan.[2] She received a Laurea in Physics from La Sapienza (Rome, Italy) and a PhD degree in Physics at the Joseph Fourier University (Grenoble, France). She is an accomplished swimmer.[3]

Research and career

She was the head of the Matter at Extremes Group within the Experiment Division of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, and in charge of the x-ray absorption spectroscopy beamlines. She joined the European XFEL in Hamburg, Germany, as scientific director.

References
  1. Sakura Pascarelli appointed scientific director at European XFEL – Lightsources.org
  2. A day in the life: the physicist who swims to release (high) pressure – European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
  3. Sakura Pascarelli, Humans of ESRF
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