Felipe Salgado

Felipe Salgado

PostDoc at FSU Jena and Helmholtz-Institute Jena

Academic Genealogy Tree: Felipe Cezar Salgado to the Scientific Revolution

Academic Genealogy Tree: Felipe Cezar Salgado to the Scientific Revolution

The Modern Era: High-Power Lasers and Plasma Physics

  • Felipe Cezar Salgado
    • Timeline: Completed PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in 2023.
    • Institute: Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
    • Supervisors: Matt Zepf (Matthäus Zepf), Peter Norreys, and Brendan Dromey.
    • Main Research & Works: Designed a single-particle detection system for strong-field quantum electrodynamics (SF-QED) experiments (e.g., E-320 at FACET-II and FOR2783 at CALA).
    • Supervisor Source: Felipe Cezar Salgado, Design of a single-particle detection system for strong-field QED experiments, Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (2023).
  • Matt Zepf
    • Timeline: Joined as a DPhil student in 1994.
    • Institute: University of Oxford.
    • Supervisor: Justin Wark.
    • Main Research & Works: High-intensity laser-plasma interactions, laser-driven particle acceleration, and the generation of secondary radiation sources (X-rays, protons) from plasmas.
    • Supervisor Source: C. N. Danson et al., A history of high-power laser research and development in the United Kingdom, High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 9, e18 (2021). (Notes Zepf as a DPhil student in Wark’s group).
  • Justin Wark (Justin S. Wark)
    • Timeline: Began undergraduate studies in 1979 (tutored by Paul Ewart); completed PhD in 1985 (Imperial College); joined the department as a Royal Society URF in 1988.
    • Institute: University of Oxford / Imperial College London.
    • Undergraduate Tutor: Paul Ewart.
    • PhD Supervisor: Joseph D. Kilkenny.
    • Main Research & Works: Warm dense matter, ultra-fast X-ray science, and shock-compressed matter diagnostics. Director of the Oxford Centre for High Energy Density Science (OxCHEDS).
    • Supervisor Source: C. N. Danson et al., A history of high-power laser research and development in the United Kingdom, High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 9, e18 (2021). (Explicitly notes Wark was tutored by Ewart and details his doctoral and postdoctoral contributions).
  • Joseph D. Kilkenny (Joseph David Kilkenny)
    • Timeline: Completed PhD in 1972.
    • Institute: Imperial College London.
    • PhD Supervisor: Robert Latham.
    • Main Research & Works: Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and high-speed plasma instrumentation (e.g., x-ray streak cameras). Program Leader for ICF at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
    • Supervisor Source: Joseph D. Kilkenny, Measurement of the ion energy in a theta pinch, Ph.D. Thesis, University of London (Imperial College) (1972). (Explicitly notes Dr. R. Latham as his supervisor in the acknowledgements).
  • Robert Latham (Robert Bob Latham)
    • Timeline: Completed PhD in 1946 (Research Fellow at Queens’ College 1945–1948).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge (Cavendish Laboratory) / Imperial College London.
    • PhD Supervisor / Mentor: George Paget Thomson. (Note: Latham began his research at Cambridge, but his post-war academic and research lineage is mapped via Sir George Paget Thomson, who recruited him for early thermonuclear fusion research at Imperial College in 1948).
    • Main Research & Works: Plasma physics, gas discharge, and early thermonuclear fusion research (Z-pinch). Worked on microwave radar valves during World War II.
    • Supervisor Source: Robert Latham, Physics Tree (Accessed 2026); and Queens’ College Record 1995, University of Cambridge. (Obituary of Robert Latham, Research Fellow 1945–1948, p. 9; note that the same issue on p. 8 notes John Wilson Findlay, and not Latham, as Lord Rutherford’s last research student, clarifying the connection).

The Late 19th & Early 20th Century: Nuclear Physics and Electron Discovery

  • George Paget Thomson (Sir George Paget Thomson)
    • Timeline: Nobel Prize in Physics in 1937 (for discovering wave properties of electron by diffraction); Professor of Physics at Imperial College London (1930–1952); Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1952–1962).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge (Cavendish Laboratory) / Imperial College London.
    • Supervisor: J. J. Thomson.
    • Main Research & Works: Discovered electron diffraction, worked on neutron physics, and chaired the MAUD Committee in WWII. Co-founded early thermonuclear fusion research at Imperial College.
    • Supervisor Source: George Paget Thomson Biography, Wikipedia (Accessed 2026); and George Paget Thomson, Physics Tree (Accessed 2026).
  • J. J. Thomson (Joseph John Thomson)
    • Timeline: M.A. awarded 1883 (Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge (Cavendish Laboratory).
    • Supervisor: Lord Rayleigh.
    • Main Research & Works: Discovered the electron and isotopes, and pioneered the mass spectrometer.
    • Supervisor Source: Joseph John Thomson, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and J. J. Thomson, Physics Tree (Accessed 2026).

The Cambridge Mathematical Coaches (18th & 19th Century)

  • Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
    • Timeline: M.A. 1868.
    • Institute: University of Cambridge.
    • Tutors: Edward Routh, George Gabriel Stokes, and James Clerk Maxwell.
    • Main Research & Works: Formulated the theory of acoustic scattering (“Rayleigh scattering”), co-discovered Argon.
    • Supervisor Source: John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh), Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).
  • Edward Routh
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1857.
    • Institute: University of Cambridge.
    • Supervisors: William Hopkins, Isaac Todhunter, and Augustus De Morgan.
    • Main Research & Works: Cambridge’s greatest “Mathematical Coach”. Formulated the Routh-Hurwitz theorem.
    • Supervisor Source: Edward John Routh, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).
  • George Gabriel Stokes
    • Timeline: Graduated BA in 1841.
    • Institute: University of Cambridge.
    • Supervisor: William Hopkins.
    • Main Research & Works: Co-formulated the Navier-Stokes equations governing fluid dynamics.
    • Supervisor Source: George Gabriel Stokes, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).
  • William Hopkins
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1830.
    • Institute: University of Cambridge.
    • Supervisor: Adam Sedgwick.
    • Main Research & Works: Famed “Senior-Wrangler Maker”. Pioneer of physical geology.
    • Supervisor Source: William Hopkins, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).
  • Adam Sedgwick
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1811.
    • Institute: University of Cambridge.
    • Supervisors: Thomas Jones and John Dawson.
    • Main Research & Works: Founder of modern geology. Proposed the Cambrian and Devonian periods.
    • Supervisor Source: Adam Sedgwick, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).
  • Thomas Jones
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1782 (B.A. in 1779).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge (Trinity College).
    • Supervisor: Thomas Postlethwaite.
    • Main Research & Works: Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge. Famed for his lectures on mathematics and his influence on many Cambridge scholars including Adam Sedgwick.
    • Supervisor Source: Thomas Jones, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).
  • Thomas Postlethwaite
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1756 (B.A. in 1753).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge (Trinity College).
    • Supervisor: Stephen Whisson.
    • Main Research & Works: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
    • Supervisor Source: Thomas Postlethwaite, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).
  • Stephen Whisson
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1742 (B.A. in 1738).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge (Trinity College).
    • Supervisor: Walter Taylor.
    • Main Research & Works: Tutor and Senior Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. University Librarian.
    • Supervisor Source: Stephen Whisson, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).
  • Walter Taylor
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1723.
    • Institute: University of Cambridge (Trinity College).
    • Supervisor: Robert Smith.
    • Main Research & Works: Regius Professor of Greek and Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge.
    • Supervisor Source: Walter Taylor, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026).

The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution (16th & 17th Century)

(Note: The sources in this section are mapped to the Mathematics Genealogy Project and MacTutor Archive)

  • Robert Smith
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1715 (B.A. in 1711).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge.
    • Supervisor: Roger Cotes.
    • Main Research & Works: Published A Compleat System of Opticks (1738). Succeeded Cotes as Plumian Professor. Founded the Smith’s Prizes.
    • Supervisor Source: Robert Smith, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and Robert Smith Biography, Wikipedia (Accessed 2026).
  • Roger Cotes
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1706 (B.A. in 1702).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge.
    • Supervisor: Sir Isaac Newton.
    • Main Research & Works: Collaborated with Newton to edit the second edition of the Principia. First Plumian Professor.
    • Supervisor Source: Roger Cotes, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and Roger Cotes Biography, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Accessed 2026).
  • Sir Isaac Newton
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1668 (B.A. in 1665).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge.
    • Supervisors/Tutors: Isaac Barrow and Benjamin Pulleyn.
    • Main Research & Works: Formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Lucasian Professor.
    • Supervisor Source: Isaac Newton, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and Isaac Newton Biography, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Accessed 2026).
  • Isaac Barrow
    • Timeline: Graduated M.A. in 1652 (B.A. in 1648).
    • Institute: University of Cambridge / Independent study in Italy.
    • Mentor: Vincenzo Viviani.
    • Main Research & Works: Pioneer of calculus. First to state the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. First Lucasian Professor.
    • Supervisor Source: Isaac Barrow, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and Isaac Barrow Biography, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Accessed 2026).

The Italian Renaissance

  • Vincenzo Viviani
    • Timeline: Became a pupil to Galileo in 1639.
    • Institute: Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
    • Supervisor: Galileo Galilei.
    • Main Research & Works: First to accurately determine the speed of sound. Reconstructed Apollonius’s lost work De locis planis. Served as Galileo’s last pupil and biographer.
    • Supervisor Source: Vincenzo Viviani, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and Vincenzo Viviani Biography, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Accessed 2026).
  • Galileo Galilei
    • Timeline: Student starting in 1581.
    • Institute: University of Pisa.
    • Supervisor: Ostilio Ricci.
    • Main Research & Works: Championed heliocentrism, discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter, formulated the basic law of falling bodies.
    • Supervisor Source: Galileo Galilei, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and Galileo Galilei Biography, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Accessed 2026).
  • Ostilio Ricci
    • Timeline: Court Mathematician in the late 1500s.
    • Institute: Court of Francesco I de’ Medici.
    • Supervisor: Nicolò Tartaglia.
    • Main Research & Works: Mathematician and military engineer. Convinced Galileo’s father to let him study mathematics.
    • Supervisor Source: Ostilio Ricci, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and Ostilio Ricci Biography, Wikipedia (Accessed 2026).
  • Nicolò Tartaglia (Niccolò Fontana)
    • Timeline: Active throughout the early to mid-1500s (Died 1557).
    • Institute: Venice / Verona.
    • Main Research & Works: Discovered the general algebraic solution for cubic equations. Published the first Italian translations of Euclid and Archimedes.
    • Supervisor Source: Nicolo Tartaglia, Mathematics Genealogy Project (Accessed 2026); and Nicolo Tartaglia Biography, MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Accessed 2026).