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Janice Krueger, Senior Business Manager

Coming from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Janice Krueger is no stranger to the Laboratory. She’s excited to get closer to the science by joining the ALS community. Read on to see how she’ll stock her office when we get back on site. Read more »

In Memoriam: Alan Jackson, Retired Accelerator Physicist

Alan Jackson led the accelerator physics group of the ALS through its design, construction, and early years of operation. He took an active role in building synchrotrons around the world, and the accelerator physics community will miss both his expertise and joie de vivre. Read more »

Yang Ha, Chemistry and Materials Postdoc

Synchrotron science is in Yang Ha’s DNA. After getting his PhD from Stanford/SSRL, he joined the ALS in 2018 to study batteries and has branched out to theoretical computation and machine learning. He has also learned useful skills for sharing cutting-edge research with a broader audience. Read more »

ALS Beam Status App

Ed Rim, ALS accelerator and floor operator, has written an app for you to access the ALS beam status from your iOS device (iPhones and iPads). We have step-by-step instructions for downloading the app. Read more »

ALS User’s Congressional Testimony

As a user facility, the ALS team isn’t just our staff, but also our users around the world. Carnegie Mellon physics PhD student and ALS user Ryan Muzzio shared with Congress the impacts COVID has had on his research. Click on his name to read his words and play the video to view his testimony. Read more »

Sophie Morley, Research Scientist

Sophie Morley became an ALS staff member this July but started coming to the ALS as a user in 2012. Sophie likes to surf and mountain bike, but read more to find out what she really considers to be her playground. Read more »

Eric Gullikson Receives 2020 Klaus Halbach Award

When Eric Gullikson first arrived at Berkeley Lab, the Advanced Light Source (ALS) did not yet exist. Thanks to his work, not only has the ALS grown in scale, capability, and renown, but other light sources worldwide have benefited as well. The ALS Users’ Executive Committee recognized Gullikson, staff scientist, for “contributions to x-ray metrology that are central to building beamlines at the ALS and around the world.” Read more »

Roland Koch, Research Scientist

Roland Koch first became fascinated with synchrotron work at BESSY in Germany. He has been at the ALS ever since he finished his PhD and is happy to teach others everything from getting more meaningful data to flying a plane. Read more »