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 »
Summer 2022 Shutdown Recap
The ALS returned to user operations on August 23 after its summer shutdown. The work included larger projects, such as installation of magnet stands for the ALS-U accumulator ring and the replacement of the liquid nitrogen tank, as well as several other facility improvements. Read more »
Kevan Anderson and the BCG Receive 2022 Renner User Services Award
At this year’s ALS User Meeting, Kevan Anderson, on behalf of the Beamline Controls Group (BCG), was honored with the 2022 Tim Renner User Services Award. The ALS Users’ Executive Committee made the selection for “broad expertise in control systems and software development, and professional judgment and decision-making, which have greatly contributed to the research and development program of the Advanced Light Source.” Read more »
Hendrik Ohldag Elected AVS Fellow
Hendrik Ohldag has been elected as a Fellow of the AVS for exploring complex magnetic phenomena using novel x-ray techniques with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. Read more »
Cheng Wang Wins RSC Stephanie L. Kwolek Award
Recently the Royal Society of Chemistry awarded its Materials Chemistry Division Horizon Prize: Stephanie L. Kwolek Award to a team of scientists, including ALS Staff Scientist Cheng Wang, for the discovery of chiral organic materials that allow high control of photon and electron spin. Read more »