As deputy director for science and technology (S&T), Alberto Salleo is responsible for advancing the lab’s S&T strategy, identifying and realizing opportunities and strengthening the coordination and execution of S&T initiatives. He also serves as the lab’s chief research officer, leading the development and implementation of research policies and partnering with fellow CROs from across the national lab system in advancing U.S. Department of Energy priorities. He oversees the Office of Strategic Planning and the Office of...
As deputy director for science and technology (S&T), Alberto Salleo is responsible for advancing the lab’s S&T strategy, identifying and realizing opportunities and strengthening the coordination and execution of S&T initiatives. He also serves as the lab’s chief research officer, leading the development and implementation of research policies and partnering with fellow CROs from across the national lab system in advancing U.S. Department of Energy priorities. He oversees the Office of Strategic Planning and the Office of Technology Transfer and Strategic Partnerships.
Salleo is a professor of photon science at SLAC and the Hong Seh and Vivian W. M. Lim Professor in the Stanford University School of Engineering. Before coming to SLAC, he also served as chair of its Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
His research focused on novel materials and processing techniques for large-area and flexible electronic/photonic devices, including polymeric materials for electronics and semiconductors and electrochemical devices for neuromorphic computing.
Salleo received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Rome and a master’s degree and PhD in materials science from the University of California, Berkeley, after which he spent time at the Palo Alto Research Center as a postdoc.
Salleo is a senior fellow at the Precourt Institute of Energy and fellow of the American Physical Society and the Materials Research Society. He was recently nominated to the National Academy of Inventors and has been recognized for excellence in teaching, notably as a recipient of a Walter J. Gores Award from Stanford.
