The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced their 2022 Fellows, including the ALS’s Howard Padmore who was recognized “for distinguished seminal contributions to the technology and scientific application of synchrotron light sources.” Read more »
Winter 2023 Shutdown
The winter 2023 shutdown was relatively short. It started just after the holiday shutdown, and user operations resumed on February 16, delivering on the ALS commitment to minimize shutdown length as much as possible. Read more »
Sujoy Roy Named Secretary/Treasurer of APS Topical Group
The American Physical Society (APS) Topical Group on Magnetism and its Applications (GMAG) has elected ALS Staff Scientist and Scattering Program Lead Sujoy Roy as their secretary/treasurer. He will assume the role at the 2023 March Meeting.
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Valeriy Yashchuk Elected SPIE Fellow
ALS Senior Staff Scientist and Metrology Program Lead Valeriy Yashchuk has been named a 2023 Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. Fellows are members of distinction who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the multidisciplinary fields of optics, photonics, and imaging. Read more »
LBNL Cafeteria Has Closed; Other Food Options Are Available
The Berkeley Lab cafeteria has closed to make way for a new welcome center, which will be constructed over the next few years and feature a new cafeteria. In the interim, food trucks, local food delivery, and other options are available. Read more »
March 1 Deadline for General User Proposals
The User Office is accepting new General User Proposals (GUPs) from scientists who wish to conduct research at the ALS in the 2023-2 (August–December) cycle. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2023. Applicants are reminded that they may request joint access to the Molecular Foundry, a nanoscience user facility at Berkeley Lab, to support their ALS activities. Read more »
2022 Highly Cited Researchers
Clarivate recognizes the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™. Congratulations to Jinghua Guo, Zahid Hussain, Sung-Kwan Mo, and Wanli Yang! Read more »
ALS Staff Honored with 2022 Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards
Several ALS staff were recognized by Berkeley Lab Director Mike Witherell at the annual Director’s Awards ceremony on November 10. They include Steve Kevan, Jonathan Slack (as part of the Infant Warmer Team), and the ALS Structural Biology Beamline Team. Read more »
Daniela Leitner Elected APS Fellow
ALS-U’s Daniela Leitner has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society for seminal contributions to a better understanding of ECR (electron-cyclotron-resonance) sources and pioneering the development of the fully superconducting ECR source VENUS, which remains the ECR community technology standard for high beam intensities. Read more »
Updated 2023-1 Operating Schedule
The operating schedule for the 2023-1 cycle has been updated. The next long shutdown is expected to begin in January 2023 and last until early February (shorter than originally planned). The most up-to-date information on the current schedule and future outlook can always be found on the Operating Schedule web page. Read more »
