Angela joined SLAC Strategic Communications & External Affairs in 2013 after managing marketing and communications teams in the healthcare industry. She’s written about everything from science and technology to the arts since getting her bachelor’s degree in communications in 1987...
Kathryn is editor-in-chief of Symmetry Magazine, a publication about particle physics and astrophysics. She has a master’s degree in journalism with a focus on science writing from Northwestern University. She came to SLAC in 2014 after working at Fermilab...
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...
Born in France, Olivier studied semiconductor engineering in Paris and worked as an engineer in Silicon Valley for 10 years. Later, following his passion for film, he produced Dust & Illusions, a documentary on Burning Man. After 13 years...
Areas of research: X-ray and ultrafast science; Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS); LCLS-II; molecular movies; chemical sciences; chemical dynamics; X-ray imaging; ultrafast electron diffraction (UED)
Sam is a social media designer with the communications team. They specialize in casual short-form videos and love finding that perfect emoji for a story. For Sam, social media is an opportunity to connect with all kinds of audiences and...
While SLAC’s research has expanded in many directions since our founding in 1962, our guiding principle remains the same: We dream big, and our visionary ideas accelerate discovery not just here but around the world. We’re known for leading large-scale...
Learn about SLAC’s senior leadership, directorates and core teams below. For an overview of our organizational structure, you can download the interactive PDF org chart.
SLAC is known for building big sophisticated machines for teasing out the secrets of the universe. They give researchers new eyes on the world, spurring discoveries that spark new inventions in a continuous cycle. In our joint research centers and...
Our original 2-mile-long particle accelerator, built half a century ago for groundbreaking particle physics research, has been repurposed as the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser and a testbed for next-generation accelerator technologies.
SLAC is uniquely equipped to study viruses like SARS-CoV-2; in fact, we’ve been doing it for decades. This news collection gathers the latest information on COVID-19 research at SLAC.
