January 2019 – July 2022
Last year the Lab faced several Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), which provided unique challenges to the Lab’s mission. As department head for Facilities and Operations, Keileigh Bennett leads a team that is involved in many facets of a PSPS. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/supporting-science/keileigh-bennett?authuser=0
Sara Gushgari-Doyle, of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, uses computational and big-data approaches to inform strategies for culturing rare and difficult-to-culture microorganisms. Watch Gushgari-Doyle’s SLAM presentation to find out more. https://slam.lbl.gov/2020-slam/2020-slam-finalists/sara-gushgari-doyle
A Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) creates unique challenges across the Lab community. Karen Lingua shares the important role that the Office of the Chief Financial Officer plays in preparing the Lab for emergency situations. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/weareberkeleylab/supporting-science/karen-lingua?authuser=0
Contacted by a friend in March about dire shortages of PPE, energy researcher Jessica Granderson drew on her mechanical engineering background to design face shields to help protect hospital staff from COVID-19. Their “Shield the Bay” volunteer effort has been highly successful and won funding. https://buildings.lbl.gov/news/article/granderson-helps-design-face-shields
Last year the Lab was faced with several Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), which provided unique challenges to a scientific community such as the Lab. Myrna Gutierrez is new to the EOC this year and brings her experience and current knowledge as a Facilities Area Manager to the team. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2020/10/07/three-questions-for-myrna-gutierrez/
When Silvia Miramontes visualizes something, it tends to materialize. One of the Computational Research Division’s newest computer systems engineers, Miramontes uses machine learning to detect and classify objects, material phases, and cells. https://lbl.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fc710c13d9aa3cfdb73fc2736&id=95ddc57922&e=6633026a15
Guosong Zeng has received a Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Postdoctoral Recognition Award from DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Zeng was honored for his contributions to advance light-activated semiconductor cathodes to produce hydrogen via photoelectrochemical water splitting. https://commons.lbl.gov/display/csd/Chemical+Sciences+Division+Home
Michael Barnett of the Physics Division was awarded the Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach by the American Physical Society. This award recognizes the humanitarian aspect of physics through public lectures and public media, teaching, research, or science-related activities. https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/nicholson.cfm
Ligia Diana Pinto de Almeida Amorim from Physical Sciences uses computer simulations to understand how the plasma state of matter interacts with lasers and extremely fast tiny particles to boost them and collide them. Watch her SLAM presentation to find out more. https://slam.lbl.gov/2020-slam/2020-slam-finalists/ligia-diana-pinto-de-almeida-amorim
When Jennifer Doudna went to sleep Tuesday night, she didn’t give serious thought to her chance of winning a Nobel Prize. Then, a phone call woke her up yesterday, just before 3 a.m. It was a reporter, asking for a comment about winning the prize. Doudna said her initial response was, “Who won?” https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/10/07/a-day-in-the-life-nobel-prize-winner-jennifer-doudna/