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Updates & Announcements

Submit a Tutorial Proposal for the 2023 User Meeting

The Users’ Executive Committee (UEC) is soliciting tutorial proposals for the 2023 User Meeting, September 11–15, which will be the first in-person/hybrid meeting since 2019. We are so excited to return to the interactions, the vendors, the food, and the views! Tutorials will take place on the 11th, followed by the plenary and poster sessions on the 12th. The second half of the week (13th–15th) will be devoted to visioning workshops about the future of the facility, post-ALS-U. Look out for more information soon! Read more »

Call for 2022 and 2023 Publications

All publications resulting from work done in whole, or in part, at the ALS must be recorded by the User Office for the Department of Energy (DOE). Please help ensure our records are complete by reporting your ALS publications, especially those published in 2022 and 2023. Read more »

Dimitri Argyriou Named Next ALS Director

Dimitri Argyriou, an accomplished physicist and Associate Director for In-Kind Management at the European Spallation Source, has been selected to serve as the next director of the Advanced Light Source. His appointment is expected to begin this June. The announcement follows an international search. Read more »

Howard Padmore Elected AAAS Fellow

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 »

New Year’s Message from Andreas Scholl

In this new year’s message, Interim Director Andreas Scholl reflects on the last year’s accomplishments, what makes him proud to work at the ALS, and how the community can be involved in shaping the facility’s future. Read more »

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 »

Save the Date: 2023 User Meeting & Visioning Workshops

The 2023 ALS User Meeting & Visioning Workshops will be held as a hybrid event September 11–15, 2023. The User Meeting, chaired by Yu He, Wendy Gu, and Devin Grabner, will take place Monday and Tuesday. The second half of the week will offer users, staff, and invited guests the opportunity to shape the facility’s future through visioning workshops. 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 »