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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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Shweta Saraf and her team work to ensure the LCLS beamline runs without interruption. 

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The upgrades to SSRL’s resonant soft X-ray scattering beam line could reveal the hidden physics in high-temperature superconductors.

A gold beam strikes a sample inside a copper colored apparatus. A white beam emerges.
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Leading researchers met at SLAC on Pellegrini’s 90th birthday to honor his ongoing scientific legacy and to explore the future of X-ray free-electron laser...

An image of Claudio Pellegrini beside a schematic showing magnets in orange and an electron beam in green creating a blue beam of X-rays.
News Feature

Shweta Saraf and her team work to ensure the LCLS beamline runs without interruption. 

A woman stands next to a large blue server rack filled with electronic control units, wiring, and monitoring equipment. She is smiling at the camera while using a stylus to interact with a touchscreen interface on one of the devices.
News Feature

The upgrades to SSRL’s resonant soft X-ray scattering beam line could reveal the hidden physics in high-temperature superconductors.

A gold beam strikes a sample inside a copper colored apparatus. A white beam emerges.
News Feature

Leading researchers met at SLAC on Pellegrini’s 90th birthday to honor his ongoing scientific legacy and to explore the future of X-ray free-electron laser...

An image of Claudio Pellegrini beside a schematic showing magnets in orange and an electron beam in green creating a blue beam of X-rays.
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In this Q&A, Arianna Gleason discusses the technologies needed to make commercialized fusion energy a reality and how SLAC is advancing this energy frontier. 

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News Brief

The new findings highlight the need for ongoing monitoring of H5N1’s evolution in nature. 

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News Brief

The theorist is one of seven Stanford faculty members elected by the Academy this year, recognizing their exceptional contributions in their fields and professions.

Lance Dixon pointing at mathematical formula on a chalkboard