January 2019 – July 2022
David Limmer of the Materials Sciences Division has received a Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most prestigious awards for early career faculty. Limmer — a UC Berkeley assistant professor — studies chemical dynamics in complex environments. https://www2.lbl.gov/msd/news/index.html
DOE’s Black History Month coverage spotlights two Berkeley Lab scientists: physicist Brooke Russell and chemist James Harris. Russell studies neutrino oscillations in the Deep Neutrino Experiment, and Harris was instrumental in the discoveries of two elements, Rutherfordium and Hahnium. https://www.energy.gov/articles/celebrating-black-history-month-2021
Barbara Jacak, who joined Berkeley Lab in 2015 as Nuclear Science Division director, has resigned from that role to spend more time on research. Volker Koch, a longtime NSD theorist, has taken over as acting NSD director. Jacak said she looks forward to working on the Electron-Ion Collider project. https://commons.lbl.gov/display/nsd/Nuclear+Science+Division+Staff
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! To celebrate women in science, check out our Visible Spectrum series, which spotlights talented and dedicated women employees across the Lab. http://visiblespectrum.lbl.gov/
Senior Scientist Susannah Tringe, known for her work in advancing the field of metagenomics, is the new director of Bioscience’s EGSB Division after serving as the interim division director. She is also the Joint Genome Institute deputy for user programs. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/02/10/susannah-tringe-egsb-director/
Workforce Development and Education Manager Colette Flood sparkles with wit, intellect, and purpose. The Oakland native shares what keeps her job interesting after 11 years at Berkeley Lab. Flood is a Black History Month guest speaker on Feb. 11 at noon. Check the Lab calendar for details. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/reaching-out/colette-flood
Evelyn Davies with Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) is no stranger to Berkeley Lab, having joined the Lab in 2010 to perform postdoctoral research at the Molecular Foundry. Now she leads the Chemical Lifecycle Management Corrective Action Plan, supporting Lab-wide research and safety. https://we-are-berkeley-lab.lbl.gov/supporting-science/evelyn-davies
Researchers from MIT, Stanford University, and Berkeley Lab — including ETA ALD Ravi Prasher — collaborated to write an article on energy, which was recently awarded the best peer-reviewed article for general readers by the American Energy Society. https://appliedenergyscience.lbl.gov/news/article/experts-urge-call-action-energy
In the 1970s, Berkeley Lab research scientist Shyamala Gopalan sometimes brought her daughters to help out in the lab after school. One of those daughters, Kamala Harris, returned in 2006 to speak at a Black History event. Read more about her local ties and path to Washington, D.C. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-was-shaped-by-Berkeley-and-a-mother-15485359.php
Watch live as two current and one former Berkeley Lab scientists receive the Lawrence Award, one of the DOE’s highest honors. Susannah Tringe, Dan Kasen, and M. Zahid Hasan will be honored along with five fellow scientists. The ceremony begins at 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 19. https://science.osti.gov/lawrence/Ceremony