Advisory Network Member

Dr. Morgan Dehnel

Credentials: [ Ph.D ]
Department: [ Global Advisory Network ]
Areas of expertise: [ Accelerator Physics ] [ Ion Source Technology ] [ Commercialization ]

Dr. Morgan Dehnel is the original Founder of D‑Pace and now a member of the company’s Global Advisory Network, bringing over 30 years of leadership in accelerator physics, ion source technology, and commercialization.

He founded D‑Pace in 1995 and has played a central role in advancing ion source technologies from research to real-world applications. Morgan holds a PhD in Accelerator Physics from TRIUMF/UBC.

An active academic and international collaborator, Morgan is an Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan, the University of Victoria, and the University of Saskatchewan. He has successfully licensed and commercialized technologies from TRIUMF and other leading institutions.

Morgan is widely recognized as a Canadian innovation leader, including as a recipient of the NSERC Synergy Award. He is also the founder of Accel‑Link Ltd. (2023), focused on advancing collaborative R&D and technology entrepreneurship, and currently serves as the Selkirk Ion Source Research Chair.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE 2024

Postface: History of the Negative Ions, Beams and Sources (NIBS) Symposium

Dr. Morgan Dehnel

Dr. Morgan Dehnel

Publications

Postface: History of the Negative Ions, Beams and Sources (NIBS) Symposium

Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides: Principles and Practice

A Comparative Study between Simulated and Measured Beam’s quality of 30 MeV Cyclotron at KFSHRC

Characteristics of a Ce-Doped Silica Fiber Irradiated by 0 – 400 MeV Neutrons

Target Fiber Monitor (TFM) using cerium-doped silica fibers for medical isotope production

A Technology Transfer Example for the Case of a Solid Target Station.

D-Pace UniBEaM Beam Profiler Integration and High Beam Power Scan Data at the University of Washington Medical Cyclotron Facility.

A Negative Ion Source Test Facility

The Production of Negative Carbon Ions with a Volume Cusp Ion Source

Improvements to a 13.56 MHz RF Powered H¯ Ion Source

The Extraction of Negative Carbon Ions from a Volume Cusp Ion Source

Improvements to Siemens Eclipse PET Cyclotron Penning Ion Source

Optimisation of D- Ion Production in a Multicusp Ion Source

Effect of Magnetic Filter in a Volume Production Multicusp Ion Source

Development of a Penning Ion Source Test Stand for Production of Alpha Particles

Improvements in RF Multicusp Negative Ion Source

Ion Optical Calculations of High Resolution Analyzing Magnet System for Heavy Molecular Ions at KACST

Trapping secondary electrons in ExB drift for an alpha generating penning ion source.

A Study of the Optical Effect of Plasma Sheath in a Negative Ion Source Using IBSIMU Code

Negative hydrogen ion sources for particle accelerators: Sustainability issues and recent improvements in long-term operations.

Creating negative ion beams from neutral gases using a negative hydrogen ion source.

Development of a Negative Helium Ion Source with Non-Metallic Charge Exchange.

H- beam emittance analysis in a multicusp ion source.

Plasma Chamber Erosion in a CW H− Ion Source Powered by a Planar External RF Antenna

Extraction of High-charge State Argon and α-Particles from D-Pace Penning Ion Source Test Stand

Comparison of Langmuir Probe and Optical Emission Spectroscopy on a Volume-Cusp Filament Ion Source using Helium

Modification of an H¯ Ion Source for the Extraction of Negative and Positive Ions.

Extraction of High Charge State Neon and Krypton from the D-Pace Penning Ion Source Test Stand.

Beam Current Deterioration in a 13.56 MHz RF Negative Ion Source

H‾, D‾ & He++ Source Developments for Medical Isotope Production Cyclotrons

Implicit particle-in-cell development for ion source plasmas

Coulomb collisions and 𝝐𝟎 scaling in the PIC code LePIC for Ion Source Applications

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