Anna Grassellino
SQMS Center Director
Senior Scientist, Fermilab
Areas of Expertise: Quantum Devices, Radio Frequency Superconductivity, Microwave Engineering, Materials Science, Quantum Sensing
Thrust: Technology, Science, Ecosystem
Anna Grassellino is the Director of the National Quantum Information Science SQMS Center, a Fermilab Senior Scientist and the head of the Fermilab SQMS division. Her research focuses on radio frequency superconductivity, in particular on understanding and improving SRF cavities performance to enable new applications, spanning from particle accelerators to detectors to quantum information science. She is known internationally for her pioneering achievements in the field of radio frequency superconductivity such as the discovery of nitrogen doping and its implementation in large scale accelerator projects. Her research focuses on the intersection of device physics and performance and the material nanoscale and superconducting properties. She has served in various leadership and management roles at the laboratory including as FNAL Senior Team Leader for the DOE LCLS-II HE project, as deputy Chief Technology Officer and as Cavity Performance and Measurements Group Leader.
Grassellino is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the recipient of numerous awards for her pioneering contributions to SRF technology, including the 2024 Bellisario Award, the 2023 New Horizon in Physics Breakthrough Prize, the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award, the 2017 Frank Sacherer Prize of the European Physical Society, the 2016 IEEE Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award, the 2016 USPAS prize, a DOE Early Career Award. In 2024 she was bestowed the honor of Knight of the Order of the Merit of the Italian Republic by the Italian President Mattarella. She holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s of electronic engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy.