Congratulations to these members of the ALS community who will be honored with Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards. The Director’s Awards program recognizes the significant achievements of Lab employees. Each year, Berkeley Lab employees submit nominations of individuals and teams, which are then reviewed by a Lab-wide Director’s Awards committee.
Tune in to the award ceremony on November 18 at 12:00 p.m. PT (click here to add the event to your calendar).
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2021 The Berkeley Lab Prize – Lifetime Achievement Award: Howard Padmore, Photon Science Development Lead
Citation: For his visionary role in conceiving, designing, building, and running beamlines at the ALS, starting before ALS’s “first light” in 1993, and continuing through today and into the future through his critical contributions to ALS-U. |
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2021 Service: Monroe Thomas, Mechanical Technician
Citation: For Monroe Thomas’s central role in building today’s ALS by providing superb technical services to the ALS community. |
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2021 Safety: Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) – Gary Andersen, Paul Blodgett, Jan-Fang Cheng, Timur Durrani, Jim C. Garbe, Taek Soon Lee, Michael Martin (Photon Science Operations Group Lead), Javier A. Ceja-Navarro, Neslihan Taş, Julie Zhu
Citation: For their exceptional safety support of Berkeley Lab’s biological research, especially for the accelerated review and approval of COVID-19 related research proposals while ensuring worker safety during this unprecedented time of need. |
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2021 Tech Transfer: Center for X-Ray Optics (CXRO) – Patrick Naulleau, Arnaud Allézy, Chris Anderson, Nord Andresen, Kim Ayotte, Markus Benk, Eric S. Buice, Weilun Chao, Rene Delano, Michael Dickinson, Geoffrey Gaines, Jeffrey Gamsby, Arian Gashi, Kenneth A. Goldberg, Eric Gullikson, Warren Holcomb, Martin Izquierdo, Gideon Jones, John Joseph, Chanin King, Oleg Kostko, James MacDougall, Jeremy Mentz, Ryan Miyakawa, Chris Orman, Marco Pelayo, Senajith (Seno) Rekawa, Farhad Salmassi, Brandon Vollmer, Jinyuan Yan, Dmytro Zaytsev, Daniel Zehm, Wenhua Zhu Citation: For sustained, impactful, and world-leading R&D achievements in EUV technology harnessing the unique research environment at LBNL. |