Ringleaders & Postdocs

Simon Leemann’s job is to make sure the accelerator runs well—work that has taken him all over the world. Find out which languages he’s learned to speak as well as what gives him hope for the future. Read more »

As the leader of the Social Activities Task Force, Doug Bashaw helps make the ALS a more fun place to work. Find out how he went from a gunner’s mate in the U.S. Navy to the electronics team here, making the ALS a safer place to work, too. Read more »

Kristin Carrillo’s many tasks around the ALS may be a divergence from her degree in psychology and her previous life as a softball player, but the connecting thread is the relationships she’s developed with the people around her. Find out more about her work as a material specialist and how she supports the scientific mission of the ALS. Read more »

Mike Martin, Photon Science Operations lead, and Ken Goldberg, Photon Science Development lead, have more in common than growing up in the Bay Area and loving physics. Together, their groups enable the current and future science of the ALS. Read more »

Inna Vishik began using synchrotrons in graduate school and conducts even more synchrotron research as a professor. As chair of the UEC, she is working to enhance accessibility to this facility—and has suggestions for fun things to do after beamtime, too! Read more »

As a member of the business administration team, Andrea Taylor is involved in many processes across the ALS—work that draws on her previous roles in hospitality. She has also lent her musical talents to our User Meetings, so be sure to check out the music videos. Read more »

The new user services group leader is coming to the ALS from our neighboring user facility, the Molecular Foundry, where she has been supporting and collaborating with users for 15 years. Outside of the lab, she is a track and field coach, yoga instructor, and children’s book author. Read more »

Paris Gordon’s love of science started at a young age, as did her connection to Berkeley Lab. Throughout her 24 years here, she has built strong relationships with people from all around the world. Find out more about what she does in the User Office. Read more »

Having spent a lot of her PhD studies doing research at the ALS, Sintu Rongpipi knows that synchrotron characterization brings her moments of immense joy. Find out what she’s characterizing now as well as her secret talents. Read more »