Johanna Nelson Weker, UEC chair, encourages users to attend the “Science enabled by ALS-U” seminar series to hear about research at light sources around the world and imagine the possibilities of future experiments. In addition, the UEC recently worked with other DOE light source user committees to share critical contributions with Congress. Read more »
March 2021 Message from the UEC
As the ALS plans for the safe return of staff and users to the Berkeley Lab site, the Users’ Executive Committee is here to help the user community navigate the unknowns. The UEC also encourages users to attend the “Science enabled by ALS-U” seminar series; the next talk is Friday, April 2. Read more »
Submit Your Ideas for the User Meeting (Aug. 10–13)
The 2021 UEC Chair Johanna Nelson Weker announces the date of the User Meeting, which will take place virtually August 10–13. This year’s meeting will continue the tradition of excellent speakers, tutorials, and workshops. Read more »
Johanna Nelson Weker, Users’ Executive Committee Chair
This year’s Users’ Executive Committee chair first used synchrotrons as a grad student and loved the experience so much she eventually became a beamline scientist at SSRL. She’s excited to work closely with the user community during the ALS Upgrade and is well versed in post-beamtime food options in Berkeley. Read more »
New UEC Members for 2021
Welcome to the new Users’ Executive Committee members for 2021! Rourav Basak (UCSD), Eric Meshot (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), and Inna Vishik (UC Davis) will be joining the UEC in January. Read more »
2020 ALS User Meeting Highlights
An experiment born of necessity, the 2020 ALS User Meeting was held August 25–28, “in silico.” The results have been generally positive, revealing emergent benefits to interactions occurring in the virtual realm, even as we hope for a return to real space ASAP. Read more »
May 2020 Message from the UEC
We are working on making the 2020 User Meeting, which will now take place as an online meeting on August 25–28, as rich and productive as our user meetings normally are. We will announce more details over the next few months. If you wish to nominate someone for one of the awards below, please remember the deadline is June 1. Read more »
2020 User Meeting Will Be Held Online
Our UEC is continually adapting to the rapidly changing status quo as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. After careful considerations and discussions with ALS management, we have decided to change the format of the ALS User Meeting 2020 to a virtual (online) meeting. Read more »
March 2020 Message from the UEC
UEC Chair Alex Frano and the rest of the Users’ Executive Committee have been working with ALS management on the 2020 User Meeting and the upcoming shutdown schedule, though some of those discussions are paused during the response to the pandemic. The UEC is here to support and help the user community. Read more »
Alex Frano, Assistant Professor and UEC Chair
As a light source user, Alex Frano loves the camaraderie of beamtime, and he is excited to build on that sense of scientific collegiality as this year’s Users’ Executive Committee chair. You may have seen him on the experimental floor or at the User Meeting, but do you know his secret talent? Read more »