January 2019 – July 2022
Five scientists at Berkeley Lab have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science to receive funding through the Early Career Research Program (ECRP), which provides recognition and funding support to exceptional researchers during the first ten years following their Ph.Ds. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/05/27/five-berkeley-lab-scientists-receive-prestigious-five-year-research-grant/
Elements editor Lyn Hunter is retiring this Friday after 30 years in communications at UC Berkeley and the Lab. Over the years Lyn has had a front-row view of some of the biggest stories at the Lab, launched websites, and Elements. Not to mention posting over 24,000 stories. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/supporting-science/lyn-hunter
The Lab would like to thank this year’s retirees for their years of dedication and service. Get the recognition you deserve by adding your name to the 2021 Retiree Honor Roll. Visit the Honor Roll site to see which colleagues are moving on to the next chapter of their lives. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/labretireehonorroll/home
Brent Henderson leads the Facilities Division, which manages everything from engineering to shipping and receiving to maintaining the complicated infrastructure that supports scientific research. He sees teamwork as the key element to the success of his organization and the entire Lab. https://we-are-berkeley-lab.lbl.gov/supporting-science/brent-henderson
Stanislaus Tuholski is the Laboratory Strategic Infrastructure Planning Officer, a very long title that means he is responsible for translating Berkeley Lab’s science mission into infrastructure that will take the Lab into the next 90 years. https://we-are-berkeley-lab.lbl.gov/supporting-science/stan-tuholski
How did a mixed-race orphan survive World War II in the Philippines to thrive in the U.S.? Janie Pinterits, a program manager in the IDEA office, shares her father’s inspiring story. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2021/05/21/api-heritage-story-janie-pinterits/
Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille has been selected to serve as the next division director of the Lab’s Physics Division. Her appointment will be effective in late August. Read more about this announcement and welcome Nathalie to the Berkeley Lab community. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/05/24/nathalie-palanque-delabrouille-physics-division/
Ruby Barcklay immigrated to the U.S. when she was 18. She shares how political and economic pressures shaped her parents’ lives and her own experience growing up both Filipino and Chinese. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2021/05/14/api-heritage-story-ruby-barcklay/
Aditi Chakravarty lives in Oakland, thousands of miles from her family’s roots in South Asia. Her paternal grandparents migrated from what is now Bangladesh to West Bengal in the midst of religious violence, and her parents continued the journey to the U.S. Chakravarty tells her family’s story. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2021/05/14/api-heritage-story-aditi-chakravarty/
Energy technologies research has a storied past at Berkeley Lab, including pioneering work in energy efficiency research and early research that led to the development of the lithium-ion battery. Ravi Prasher, the associate lab director for ETA, discusses the Area’s mission and priorities. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/the-next-90/experience-the-present/energy-technologies-area