January 2019 – July 2022
Hannah Klion knew in high school that she wanted to study physics in college. She is now a postdoctoral researcher in the Applied Mathematics and Computational Research Division and is also active in the Lambda Alliance Employee Resource Group. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/driving-research/hannah-klion
Matisse Pier Roach grew up around stars like Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder. After helping discover Destiny’s Child, she transitioned to coaching a Nobel Prize-winning scientist at Berkeley Lab. Now an administrator in Biosciences Area Operations, she brings that red carpet treatment to work. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2022/06/10/pier-matisse-roach-event-entrepreneur/
Visible Spectrum is a series to spotlight talented and dedicated women employees across the Lab. Meet Monika (Moni) Blum, who first joined the Lab as a graduate student in 2009 and is now a research scientist at the Advanced Light Source and the Chemical Sciences Division. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/driving-research/monika-blum
Berkeley Lab is world-renowned for its cutting-edge research and breakthrough science. These achievements are made possible by talented and committed employees — from scientists and postdocs to administrators, technicians, custodians, and shuttle operators. Read more about your colleagues. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/home?authuser=0
Are you among the Lab employees retiring this June? You are invited to have your name added to the Berkeley Lab Retiree Honor Roll. The honor roll will include your photo, years of service, and any retirement plans you may want to share. Deadline is June 18. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_dT4a4DEt9DsKGM7t-JiZIbZqRs4WeZ9HeOVF1ZCjyXYTdA/viewform
Arun Persaud is a staff scientist in the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division’s Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology (FS&IBT) Program. Lately, he’s been working on a project that involves measuring carbon in soil. Outside the Lab, he likes to juggle. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/driving-research/arun-persaud
ETA’s Cyclotron Road Division has announced its newest entrepreneurial research fellows. These 11 scientists and engineers will join Cyclotron Road for a two-year fellowship to translate innovative research into market-ready products that will help build a sustainable energy future. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/07/cyclotron-road-announces-2022-cohort-of-scientist-entrepreneur-fellows/
Tracy Mattox is a principal scientific engineering associate at the Molecular Foundry but is perhaps better known for her series of Nancy Nano e-books. Nancy Nano is a nanoparticle that lives at the Molecular Foundry and explains the Foundry and other science topics. Read more about Tracy and Nancy. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/driving-research/tracy-mattox
Berkeley Lab has selected James Strait, a Fermilab physicist with a long history of managing large international scientific projects, to serve as the project director of the next-generation experiment Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 (CMB-S4). CMB-S4 explores light emitted by the infant universe. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/02/james-strait-named-project-director-of-next-generation-cosmic-microwave-background-project/
At age five, Antoine Snijders would explore nature and watch birds. That interest in the natural world later morphed into a formal interest in biology and medicine. He studied biomedical sciences at college in Amsterdam and then as an exchange student at UC San Francisco. Read more about Antoine. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/driving-research/antoin-snijders