Bio
Craig Schwartz received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University (IL, USA) and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from University of California, Berkeley in 2010. His thesis work focused on theoretical and experimental investigations of liquids using X-ray spectroscopic techniques. He subsequently worked for an insurance company, before returning to science to develop ultrafast X-ray methods for synchrotrons at Argonne National Laboratory. He then became a project scientist at SLAC national lab where he built X-ray spectrometers and worked on ultrafast phenomena. His research is primarily concerned with X-ray spectroscopy and scattering. Primarily, he studies soft matter by spectroscopic means. He is also interested in developing new X-ray spectroscopic methods, particularly methods that require the high fields of X-ray free electron lasers.