January 2019 – July 2022
JGI staff shared their experiences using the employee recognition platform Bucketlist and how it feels to be recognized by their colleagues. This platform offers an easy and fun way to thank and recognize individuals and teams for living the Lab’s values. Learn more and recognize someone today. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2021/11/01/jgi-shares-why-they-enjoy-using-the-employee-recognition-platform-bucketlist/
Howard Padmore is being recognized with a Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s Director’s Awards on Nov. 18 at noon. He is recognized for his visionary role in conceiving, designing, building, and running beamlines at the ALS since 1993. https://recognition.lbl.gov/lifetime-achievement-awardee-howard-padmore/
The Lab has received a Department of Energy Project Management Achievement Award for the design and construction of the Integrative Genomics Building. IGB was constructed ahead of schedule and on budget in a highly competitive construction environment. https://photostories.lbl.gov/award-winning-integrative-genomics-building-project?source=share-berkeleylab
In last week’s inaugural Bay Area Research SLAM, first place and the People’s Choice Award went to Berkeley Lab’s Lydia Rachbauer, Biosciences. Second place went to Sarah Sandholtz of Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Third place went to Berkeley Lab’s Ryan Kingsbury, Energy Technologies. http://bayarearesearchslam.org/
DOE has recognized the Lab-led Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project with its prestigious 2020 Project Management Excellence Award for transforming Kitt Peak’s Mayall Telescope. The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) received a 2020 Project Management Achievement Award. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/10/28/department-of-energy-awards-berkeley-labs-desi-project-management-excellence-award/
Are we seeing double? How spooky! Stijn Wielandt in Climate and Ecosystems works to build virtual identical twins using sensors and supercomputers to tackle big problems like climate change. https://slam.lbl.gov/2021-slam/2021-slam-finalists/stijn-wielandt
Robert Martin Glaeser will receive a Lifetime Achievement award during the Director’s Awards on Nov. 18 at noon. He is being honored for pioneering cryo-electron microscopy as a physicist, biologist, inventor, and mentor. https://recognition.lbl.gov/lifetime-achievement-awardee-robert-martin-glaeser/
The Lab recently won the 2021 Legacy Award at the East Bay Economic Development Alliance’s annual Innovation Awards event, in honor of our 90-year history of groundbreaking innovation. Cyclotron Road alumni company Nelumbo won in the “Clean Tech” category. Watch the award ceremony here. https://youtu.be/dsabEMUxdUw?t=2506
Staff scientist Benjamin Nachman has received the 2022 Henry Primakoff Award “for innovative contributions to the search for new physics in collider data incorporating original machine learning algorithms, and for the effective communication of these new techniques to the broader physics community.” https://aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Nachman&first_nm=Benjamin&year=2022
Lab researchers Naomi Ginsberg, Lane Martin, Kristin Persson, Soren Prestemon, and Wanli Yang have been named as 2021 American Physical Society Fellows. The honor recognizes exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise. Read more on their citations in the APS Fellows archives. https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm