January 2019 – July 2022
Following an international search, Robert Kostecki has been appointed director of the Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division in the Energy Technologies Area at Berkeley Lab. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/11/25/berkeley-lab-names-robert-kostecki-director-of-the-energy-storage-and-distributed-resources-division/
Jackie Yao is Berkeley Lab’s 2019 Luis W. Alvarez Fellow in Computing Sciences. Her research is focused on developing unprecedented numerical modeling to solve complex multiphysics problems involving electromagnetics, nonlinear magnetics, and acoustics. https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2019/jackie-yao-berkeley-labs-2019-alvarez-fellow/
Every Friday in a feature series in Elements, meet one of the 12 early career Lab scientists who competed in the 2019 SLAM pitch contest. This week, watch and read Fadji Maina’s pitch on “Sustainable Water for an Uncertain Future.” https://slam.lbl.gov/2019-slam/2019-finalists/fadji-maina
Katherine Yelick has been honored by HPCwire as their Editor’s Choice for Outstanding Leadership in high-performance computing (HPC). The award was presented at the 2019 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC19), in Denver, Colorado. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/11/18/yelick-recognized-for-hpc/
Jean Zhao is a senior research associate in the Joint Genome Institute’s Synthesis Science User Program, one of the Lab employees moving into the Integrative Genomics Building this week. Jean is looking forward to the easier access to colleagues and collaborators to benefit her team’s research. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/11/19/3q4-jean-zhao-on-synthetic-science/
Kelly Laverty has been a UCPath Change Leader since 2014 when she worked on the first UCPath implementation at UC Santa Barbara. She has developed a systemwide approach to implementing UCPath, UC’s new HR payroll system. In this 3Q4 feature, Laverty discusses the Lab’s switch to UCPath next year. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/11/15/three-questions-for-kelly-laverty-on-ucpath/
Director Witherell poses with Director’s Achievement Awards participants at a reception in the cafeteria on Friday, Nov. 15, following the awards ceremony in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium. Friends, family, and colleagues joined with award recipients to celebrate their honor. See a full list of recipients. https://recognition.lbl.gov/2019-laureates/
In a 10-minute Seeker video on element discovery, Jackie Gates of the Nuclear Science Division describes her team’s research on superheavy elements using a tool called FIONA at the 88-Inch Cyclotron. https://www.seeker.com/videos/tech/this-superheavy-atom-factory-is-pushing-the-limits-of-the-periodic-table
In her 21 years in the United States Army, Ann Stroud learned about time management, discipline, and most of all, teamwork. Read how she brings teamwork to scientific procurement, working with researchers to find the right suppliers while protecting the interests of the Lab. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/11/13/three-questions-for-army-veteran-ann-stroud/
Lab SLAM winner Bashir Mohammed will speak at Berkeleyside’s Uncharted Evening Ideas Fest on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m. on “Artificial Intelligence and the Outsourcing of Moral Responsibility,” exploring the use of machine learning to mitigate network outages in cases of natural catastrophes. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/berkeleyside-uncharted-evening-ideas-fests-starting-nov-14-tickets-73362718867