January 2019 – July 2022
Flynn has been a manager within the Controller’s organization for ten years, with the past 20 months as acting controller. Prior to that, he served as a Financial Accounting and Controls Manager and Business Services Manager. He has been with the Lab since 2010. https://stratcomm-elements.lbl.gov/2019/04/11/paul-flynn-new-lab-controller/
The blog provides postdocs with an opportunity to share their science. First up is Energy Sciences Area researcher and 2018 SLAM finalist Christin Buechner, who discusses her work on the atomic view of membrane materials, and love of baking. https://postdoc.lbl.gov/2019/04/02/christin-buechner/
László Palkovics, Hungarian Minister for Innovation and Technology (center), listens to Csaba Tóth, Operations Coordinator of the Bella Center describe the BELLA lab during a tour of the Lab Thursday. http://bella.lbl.gov/
Did you know silicon is found in microprocessors, computer chips, and almost all digital gadgets? Lab researcher Dani Ushizima explains why it is her favorite element. https://twitter.com/BerkeleyLab/status/1112742164159709184
EESA Associate Laboratory Director Susan Hubbard moderated a panel in Sacramento Thursday about the impact California wildfires are having on the environment, with research scientist Michelle Newcomer as a panelist. It was hosted by the California Council on Science & Technology. Watch the video.
Greg Zaborski, Jr., a former Marine and Mechanical Engineering major at the University of California Berkeley, is the first recipient of the scholarship. He graduates in May with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and will attend graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in Material Science & Engineering. https://thegolfwire.com/chevron-langley-veterans-scholarship/
Brian Anderson, Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), visited April 2 and 3 and met with Lab Director Mike Witherell and the leadership of ETA, CS, and EESA to discuss collaborative research projects. https://www.netl.doe.gov/
“The Big Bang Theory” episode, “The Laureate Accumulation” scheduled for Thursday, April 4, will feature Nobel laureates George Smoot, Kip Thorne, and Frances Arnold playing themselves. Smoot, a Berkeley Lab astrophysicist, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006. Click to see the preview. https://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory/video/38161108-87CD-72FF-344D-D00E2455D7D7/the-big-bang-theory-the-laureate-accumulation-preview-/
Donald Landis, a Senior Staff Electronics Engineer with the Engineering Division, passed away on Jan. 11 at the age of 85. He began working at the Lab in 1959 and retired in 1991, but continued his affiliation with the Lab until 2016. https://engineering.lbl.gov/in-remembrance-of-donald-landis-1933-2019/