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To achieve our ambitious goals and keep SLAC a great place to work, the lab needs a creative, diverse and united workforce – people with a wide variety of experiences and ideas, skills and backgrounds. SLAC people are scientists, engineers and technicians; IT, finance, facilities and infrastructure experts; project managers and safety and security professionals; administrative, human relations and public relations specialists; and many others, all working together.

Dominique White takes a look at the last cryomodule for LCLS-II delivered from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

I’m excited every day to come in and work with such an incredibly passionate team. I'm also excited to see the new research that this tool will allow scientists to develop, especially regarding the future of clean energy.”

Dominique White LCLS-II staff engineer
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SLAC’s Arianna Gleason speaks with advisors to Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouilette

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Annual workshop for cryo-EM developments and a poster session.
Eric Cunningham, staff scientist in the Laser Science and Technology Division of LCLS.

It’s the amazing people at SLAC that gave us our illustrious history, make it such a special place today and will ensure a continued impact into the future.”

Eric Cunningham LCLS staff scientist
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Our people in SLAC news

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David Cesar, Julia Gonski and W.L. Kimmy Wu will each receive $2.75 million issued over five years for their research in X-ray and ultrafast...

Early Career Award Winners 2024
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A materials chemist and SLAC associate scientist, Preefer is excited about the synergies being sparked at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center. 

Headshot Molleigh Preefer at SSRL
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His wide-ranging curiosity, original way of looking at problems and sheer joy in solving them drove many important contributions to particle physics. 

SLAC theoretical physicist James D. "BJ" Bjorken
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David Cesar, Julia Gonski and W.L. Kimmy Wu will each receive $2.75 million issued over five years for their research in X-ray and ultrafast...

Early Career Award Winners 2024
News Feature

A materials chemist and SLAC associate scientist, Preefer is excited about the synergies being sparked at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center. 

Headshot Molleigh Preefer at SSRL
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His wide-ranging curiosity, original way of looking at problems and sheer joy in solving them drove many important contributions to particle physics. 

SLAC theoretical physicist James D. "BJ" Bjorken
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For the 9th year in a row, the CORE Science Institute brought underrepresented youth to the lab for a weeklong summer science program that...

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The SLAC/Stanford researcher is a leading materials scientist and entrepreneur whose research is paving the way for better batteries, cleaner power grids.

SLAC and Stanford researcher Will Chueh
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During her fellowship she will continue research that aims to deepen our understanding of quantum materials.

Headshot of Judy Ji