January 2019 – July 2022
Share your research, project, or innovative ideas as a poster with members of the energy community at UC Berkeley’s Energy & Resources Collaborative’s Energy Summit Innovation Expo on April 13. It’s open to undergraduate and graduate students and the deadline to submit is today, April 4. https://www.bercenergysummit.com/innovation-expo-2022
Nominations for the Director’s Awards are now open. There are three new categories: stewardship, IDEA, and organizational impact, in addition to past categories. Nominations are accepted through May 31. Learn more about this exciting opportunity to recognize outstanding work by your colleagues. https://recognition.lbl.gov/nomination-process/
Davide Bacco will discuss creating new types of quantum key distribution protocol able to increase secret key rate and link-budget distance of current QKD systems. Bracco is CTO of Quantum Telecommunication in Italy and assistant professor at the Technical University of Denmark. April 12 at 9 a.m. https://sites.google.com/es.net/quantumnetworktalk/home
Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy, will offer opening remarks in a program based on the theme “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope” for Women’s History Month. Keynote speaker is Kate Marvel, Research Scientist at NASA. The program takes place Tuesday, March 29 at 9 a.m. (Pacific). https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_NTk3ZjZmMzQtZWY1OC00M2ViLWI0ZmEtNzcxZjQ3ZDBjYWZl%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25226b183ecc-4b55-4ed5-b3f8-7f64be1c4138%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522c8a2411a-5415-4f54-a3ff-d6ade5da17dc%2522%252c%2522IsBroadcastMeeting%2522%253atrue%257d%26btype%3Da%26role%3Da%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=1271c333-ae96-4c0f-b834-dd7e41f1ce6b&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true
Learn all about easy and informative ways to make your meetings inclusive. See “Virtual & Hybrid Meeting Toolkits” at the link. Brought to you by Berkeley Lab’s All Access Employee Resource Group/Inclusive Meetings Initiative. https://ideas-in-action.lbl.gov/inclusion/inclusive-leadership
As the crisis in Ukraine continues to unfold, the reverberations are being felt around the world and in the Lab community. The IDEA Office will hold a forum on Thursday, March 24 at noon. Please join us to learn how we can support our colleagues, the people of Ukraine, and ourselves. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2022/03/18/coping-with-stress-and-anxiety-the-ukraine-crisis/
The Lab is looking for 15 volunteers for Saturday, April 9, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. to help the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano box food donations at their Concord warehouse. Volunteers will check food for quality, sort by category, and box or bag for distribution. https://lbl.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=674220
Join the Lab’s medical director, Dr. Timur Durrani, on Wednesday, March 23 at 10 a.m. for a presentation with Q&A on COVID’s evolving state and how the Lab is calibrating its response to the pandemic. Send your questions to covidinfo@lbl.gov. https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MnFxM2Y5ZGNwbGY1Y3FwaGIxMTRnZXBubGMgbGJsLmdvdl80czRycmcxMmw2ZXFnNm5jbWMya3QwdmNnZ0Bn&tmsrc=lbl.gov_4s4rrg12l6eqg6ncmc2kt0vcgg%40group.calendar.google.com
Ahmet Kusoglu, staff scientist in the Energy Conversion Group at Berkeley Lab, aims to demystify the conversation surrounding hydrogen colors in a webinar hosted by the Electrochemical Society on March 23 at 11 a.m. An interactive Q&A session will follow. https://appliedenergyscience.lbl.gov/news/webinar-imagined-colors-clean-reality
The Lab-Industry Networking Connection (LINC) Committee invites you to a virtual tech talk about working at Ginkgo Bioworks. Abinaya Badri, an organism engineer, will speak about her experience in biotech and industry. Join this Q&A session to know more, especially about opportunities for postdocs. https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=M2Iya2JsNHJncjB2N2ozNWRtNWRkaTg0aTUgbGJsLmdvdl9tcmsxZ2NrOG1rYnM4cGQ2b3YyNWZpMmk5a0Bn&tmsrc=lbl.gov_mrk1gck8mkbs8pd6ov25fi2i9k%40group.calendar.google.com