Manuel Gnida

Head of External Communications

Manuel joined SLAC Strategic Communications & External Affairs in 2014. Before overseeing external communications, he managed SLAC's media relations program and wrote about the fascinating research at the lab. Manuel has a PhD in physics and spent the first 15 years of his career doing spectroscopy research before discovering that his true calling is communicating about science. Outside of work, he enjoys taking photos and spending time with his family.

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The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

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The ePix10k detector is ready to advance science at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser and at facilities around the world.

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The technology could save the lives of COVID-19 patients when more advanced ventilators are too expensive or not available.

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The lab is responding to the coronavirus crisis by imaging disease-related biomolecules, developing standards for reliable coronavirus testing and enabling other essential research.

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At SLAC’s FACET facility, researchers have produced an intense electron beam by 'sneaking’ electrons into plasma, demonstrating a method that could be used in...

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A SLAC/Stanford study of the population of satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way provides new clues about the particle nature of dark matter.

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Revealing the Secrets of Transistors using Supercomputers

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Sensors of world’s largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC

A new X-ray detector snaps 1,000 atomic-level pictures per second of nature's ultrafast processes

SLAC scientists invent low-cost emergency ventilator and share the design for free

SLAC joins the global fight against COVID-19

Atomic ‘Trojan horse’ could inspire new generation of X-ray lasers and particle colliders

Light dark matter is a thousand times less likely to bump into regular matter than previous astrophysical analyses allowed

Written by Manuel Gnida