A complete ALS organizational chart (January 2018) is available as a PDF file. Individual staff profile pages can be accessed alphabetically or browsed by group below (click on ‘+’ signs). ALS-associated groups are also listed below with links to their respective sites.
ALS Employees by Group
User Services Office
Provides the interface between the ALS and its users.
Provides scientific and technical support to ALS users. Assists users in performing experiments involving sophisticated instrumentation and in the use of state-of -the-art data analysis tools.
- Hans Bechtel
Research Scientist
- Hendrik Bluhm
Senior Scientist
- Monika Blum
Scientific Engineering Associate
- Aaron Bostwick
Staff Scientist
- Yi-De Chuang
Staff Scientist
- Ethan Crumlin
Research Scientist
- Jonathan Denlinger
Staff Scientist
- Alexei Fedorov
Staff Scientist
- Anders Glans
Research Scientist
- Jinghua Guo
Senior Scientist
- Chris Jozwiak
Staff Scientist
- Yi-Sheng Liu
Project Scientist
- Michael C. Martin
Senior Scientist
- Sung-Kwan Mo
Research Scientist
- Alpha N'Diaye
Research Scientist
- Slavomir Nemsak
Staff Scientist
- Sujoy Roy
Staff Scientist
- Padraic Shafer
Staff Scientist
- Wanli Yang
Staff Scientist
Experimental Systems Group
Responsible for the design and development of new beamlines and endstation instrumentation, as well as for developing new applications of synchrotron radiation and new user communities. Areas of special interest are insertion device research and development, and optical metrology.
Howard Padmore
Division Deputy
- Harold Barnard
Project Scientist
- Christine Beavers
Affiliate
- Diane Bryant
Senior Scientific Engineering Associate
- Richard Celestre
Scientific Engineering Associate
- Rajesh Chopdekar
Project Scientist
- Andrew Doran
Scientific Engineering Associate
- Sirine Fakra
Scientific Engineering Associate
- Jun Feng
Staff Scientist
- Kenneth Goldberg
Staff Scientist
- Alex Hexemer
Staff Scientist
- David Kilcoyne
Research Scientist
- Martin Kunz
Staff Scientist
- Ian Lacey
Scientific Engineering Associate
- Alastair MacDowell
Staff Scientist
- Matthew Marcus
Staff Scientist
- Laura McCormick
Project Scientist
- Simon Morton
Staff Scientist
- Jamie Nasiatka
Scientific Engineering Associate
- Dula Parkinson
Research Scientist
- Bruce Rude
Scientific Engineering Associate
- Eric Schaible
Research Scientist
- David Shapiro
Staff Scientist
- Jonathan Slack
Scientific Engineering Associate
- Camelia Stan
Project Scientist
- Nobumichi Tamura
Staff Scientist
- Simon Teat
Staff Scientist
- Dmytro Voronov
Staff Scientist
- Cheng Wang
Research Scientist
- Antoine Wojdyla
Project Scientist
- Jinyuan Yan
Affiliate
- Valeriy Yashchuk
Staff Scientist
- Young-Sang Yu
Research Scientist
- Chenhui Zhu
Research Scientist
ALS Communications
Promotes the scientific and technical achievements of ALS staff and users to the scientific community, government agencies and stakeholders, the media, and to the general public, teachers and students.
Accelerator Operations and Development
Responsible for providing electron beams that produce the desired quantity and quality of photon beams. This group also operates the diagnostic photon beamline, develops accelerator diagnostics, and produces specialized control-system software.
Fernando Sannibale
Division Deputy
- Matthew Abreu
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- David Brothers
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Elizabeth Creager
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Chit Thu Hlaing
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Simon C. Leemann
Accelerator Physicist
- Angelic Lucero
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Haris Mahic
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Hiroshi Nishimura
Accelerator Physicist
- Sean Nord
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Kenneth Osborne
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Dave Richardson
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Ed Rim
Accelerator and Floor Operator
- Changchun Sun
Accelerator Physicist
- Marco Venturini
Accelerator Physicist
Will Hutcheson
Engineering Matrix Management, Mechanical
Ken Baptiste
Engineering Matrix Management, Electrical
Chuck Swenson
Magnetic Systems Leader
Sol Omolayo
Vacuum Systems Leader
Will Hutcheson
Mechanical Engineering & Technology Leader
Ken Baptiste
Electrical and Controls Leader
- Kevan Anderson
Electrical and Controls, Beamline Controls
- Kevin Armitage
Mechanical Technology
- Moises Balagot
Electrical and Controls, Accelerator and Beamline Technology
- Richard Bartlett
Electrical and Controls, Electronics Maintenance
- Douglas Bashaw
Electrical and Controls, Electronics Maintenance
- Ron Beggs
Mechanical Technology, Fabrication
- Ken Berg
Electrical and Controls, Power Supplies
- Michael Betz
Electrical and Controls, RF Systems
- Davide Bianculli
Survey and Alignment
- Adam Brown
Beamlines and Endstations
- Pat Casey
Electrical and Controls, Accelerator and Beamline Technology
- Helen Chen
Electrical and Controls, Accelerator and Beamline Technology
- Michael Chin
Electrical and Controls, Instrumentation and Accelerator Controls
- Mark Coleman
Magnetic and Vacuum Systems
- Dan Colomb
Mechanical Technology, Leader
- Ronny Colston
Electrical and Controls, Electronics Maintenance
- Steve Cooper
Electrical and Controls, Electrician
- Earl Cornell
Electrical and Controls, Beamline Controls
- Daniel Cuneo
Electrical and Controls, Instrumentation and Accelerator Controls
- Mike Decool
Mechanical Technology
- Scott Dimaggio
Mechanical Technology
- Ed Domning
Electrical and Controls, Beamline Controls
- Qiang Du
Electrical and Controls, RF Systems
- Daniel Ellis
Survey and Alignment
- Robert Gassaway
Electrical and Controls, Installation and Fabrication
- Dennis Gibson
Mechanical Technology
- Curtis D Gomez
Electrical and Controls, Accelerator and Beamline Technology
- Bob Gunion
Electrical and Controls, Instrumentation and Accelerator Controls
- Chris Hernikl
Survey and Alignment
- Hanjing Huang
Electrical and Controls, Instrumentation and Accelerator Controls
- David Humphries
Survey and Alignment
- Eric Kawakami
Electrical and Controls, Electronics Maintenance
- Tim Kellogg
Electrical and Controls, Computer Support
- Bill Kenney
Electrical and Controls, Electrician
- Lucas Kistulentz
Beamlines and Endstations
- Mike Kritscher
Beamlines and Endstations
- Tim Kuneli
Electrical and Controls, Electronics Maintenance
- Cobber Lam
Electrical and Controls, Computer Support
- Rick Lellinger
Electrical and Controls, Accelerator and Beamline Technology
- Yunian Lou
Electrical and Controls, Beamline Controls
- Don MacGill
Mechanical Technology
- Fausto Maciariello
Beamlines and Endstations
- Jeremy Mentz
Electrical and Controls, Accelerator and Beamline Technology
- Nigel Mesta
Electrical and Controls, Electronics Maintenance
- Vlad Moroz
Mechanical Technology
- Bob Mueller
Electrical and Controls, Accelerator and Beamline Technology
- Eric Norum
Electrical and Controls, Instrumentation and Accelerator Controls
- Thomas Oliver
Vacuum Systems
- Chris Pappas
Electrical and Controls, Power Supplies
- John Pepper
Mechanical Technology
- Greg Portmann
Electrical and Controls, Instrumentation and Accelerator Controls
- Tom Rathmann
Magnetic and Vacuum Systems
- Ed San Mateo
Magnetic Systems
- Gregory Scharfstein
Beamlines and Endstations
- Brian Smith
Electrical and Controls, Beamline Controls
- Adrian Spucces
Beamlines and Endstations
- Troy Stevens, Sr.
Beamlines and Endstations
- Troy Stevens, Jr.
Mechanical Technology
- Jeffrey Takakuwa
Beamlines and Endstations
- Monroe Thomas
Mechanical Technology
- Max Vinco
Electrical and Controls, RF Systems
- Erik Wallen
Magnetic and Vacuum Systems
- Jonah Weber
Electrical and Controls, Instrumentation and Accelerator Controls
- Monte Whisenhunt
Electrical and Controls, Installation and Fabrication
- Adrian Williams
Mechanical Technology
- Eric Williams
Electrical and Controls, Instrumentation and Accelerator Controls
- Krista Williams
Mechanical Technology
- Lee Yang
Electrical and Controls, Beamline Controls
ALS-U Overview
ALS-U is a planned upgrade of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Berkeley Lab that will provide revolutionary x-ray capabilities.
ALS-Associated Groups
(Beamlines 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 8.2.1, 8.2.2)
Corie Ralston
Hoi-Ying Holman
(Beamlines 6.1.2, 11.3.2, 12.0.1, 12.0.2.1)
Center for X-Ray Optics (CXRO)
Patrick Naulleau
(Beamline 9.0.2)
Musahid (“Musa”) Ahmed
(Beamline 4.2.2)
Jay Nix
(Beamline 2.1)
National Center for X-Ray Tomography
Carolyn Larabell
(Beamline 12.3.1)
(Beamline 8.3.1)
James Holton