**About the Editors**

## **Alessandro Curcio**

Dr. Alessandro Curcio started his career at the University of Pisa with a Master's Degree thesis on ultra-compact and ultra-bright laser-based X-ray sources. Afterwards, he obtained a position in the Ph.D. school of accelerator physics at the University of Rome La Sapienza, concluding with a thesis on innovative concepts for ultra-bright radiation sources and particle acceleration based on the laser–matter interaction at relativistic intensities.

In November 2017, he won a Research Fellowship at the CERN Linear Accelerator for Research (CLEAR), in which he was responsible for the scientific activity on the generation of high accelerating gradients via the emission of coherent radiation from ultra-short electronbeams and on ultra-short particle diagnostics via THz radiation.

At the beginning of 2020, he joined the National Polish Synchrotron SOLARIS, in Krakow, as Section Leader in beam diagnostics and instrumentation. Currently, he is Senior Scientist at CLPU with the main role of designing and developing beamlines and diagnostics for particles and radiation produced in laser-plasma accelerators.

## **Giuseppe Dattoli**

Giuseppe Dattoli was born in Lagonegro, Italy, in 1953. He received the Ph.D. degree in physics from La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, in 1976. He is an ENEA Researcher and has been involved in different research projects, including high energy accelerators, free electron lasers, and applied mathematics networks, since 1979. Dr. Dattoli has taught in Italian and Foreign universities and has received the FEL Prize Award for his outstanding achievements in the field.
