January 2019 – July 2022
In this Q&A, Kelliane Parker, ETA, discusses her role as the co-chair of the Lab’s Lambda Alliance ERG, the initiatives the group is currently working on — such as new gender transition guidelines — and the significant issues facing the Lambda community, including psychological safety. https://diversity.lbl.gov/2020/06/19/qa-with-kelliane-parker-co-chair-of-berkeley-labs-lambda-alliance-erg/
Laura Lammers, Simon Roux, and Tong Zhou are among more than 70 researchers to receive DOE Early Career Research Program awards. Faculty scientists Kwabena Bediako, Heather Gray, and Trevor Keenan also received awards. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/06/23/doe-early-career-research-awards/
Last year the Berkeley Lab Prize – Lifetime Achievement Award went to Sue Celniker. She says that recognition and the respect it showed for her work by her peers was an honor. You can pass the honor on to a colleague by nominating them for this year’s Director’s Awards. The deadline is June 30. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2020/06/12/three-questions-for-2019-berkeley-lab-prize-awardee-sue-celniker/
Daliscia Nunn has been driving a shuttle at the Lab for over 10 years, averaging about 60 miles a day. While her smile is temporarily hidden by a face cover, she enjoys interacting with passengers and getting to know them and their stops. Another thing Nunn enjoys are the Lab’s new shuttles. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2020/06/09/three-questions-for-shuttle-driver-daliscia-nunn/
As a theoretical chemist, Jin Qian builds “virtual universes” that help predict what experimental chemists will see in their research. She focuses on water formation, a theme that carries through to one of her hobbies, which she shares with us in this postdoc profile from the ALS team. https://als.lbl.gov/jin-qian-theoretical-and-computational-chemistry-postdoc/
Laleh Cote’ has been promoted to a new position as the STEM Education Assessment Specialist for Workforce Development & Education (WD&E). In this role, she will conduct assessments of internship programs, science educational research, as well as program development and management. https://education.lbl.gov/
On Monday, the Lab began the process of gradually increasing the number of people on Lab sites, expanding slightly on the Lab’s on-site mission-essential research and operations. Lab videographer Marilyn Sargent spent the day on the Lab’s main hill site capturing the sights of Pilot 1. https://youtu.be/6Y4ZWEAANg8
Jermaine Harris has been hired as the Internship Coordinator for Workforce Development & Education (WD&E). His primary role is to support undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate students, and coordinate WD&E program logistics, events, and visits.
“As a child of six, I was evacuated from Saigon on April 22, 1975, sitting on the cargo floor of a C-130 aircraft.” Read more to learn about Minh’s ties to the military, how they led her to the U.S., and to a new responsibility as the sponsor of the Lab’s Veterans Employee Resource Group. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2020/05/28/three-question-for-lab-cfo-minh-huebner/
DOE’s STEM Rising program is an initiative to inspire, educate, and spark an interest in STEM careers. The Lab’s Zach Marshall recounts what drew him to STEM, offers advice for others thinking about STEM, and shares what he does in his free time. https://youtu.be/0Gp1SqRpHTs