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Updates & Announcements

Steve Kevan Says, “See You Soon!”

After announcing his impending retirement earlier this year, ALS Director Steve Kevan has worked to ensure a smooth transition to the interim ALS management team. He shares his vision of the collaborative future of the ALS and his goal to return as a user before saying not a farewell, but a “see you soon!” Read more »

Interim ALS Leadership Team Announced

Effective September 1, ALS Science Deputy Andreas Scholl will be the interim ALS director, and Head of Strategic Development and Communications for Energy Sciences and ALS Communications Director Ashley White will serve as interim deputy for strategy, alongside Operations Deputies Steve Rossi and Fernando Sannibale. Read more »

Call for 2021 and 2022 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 2021 and 2022. 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 »

September 7 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 2023-1 (January–July) cycle. The deadline for submissions is September 7, 2022. 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 »

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 »

Antoine Wojdyla Receives Prestigious Five-Year Research Grant

Antoine Wojdyla is one of three scientists at Berkeley Lab selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science to receive funding through the Early Career Research Program (ECRP). His project is titled DREAM beam: Diffraction-limited Radiation Enhancement with Adaptive Mirrors for X-ray coherent beamlines. Read more »