Wolfgang K. H. “Pief” Panofsky, a renowned physicist and passionate arms control advocate, was SLAC’s first director. Panofsky pressed the case for basic accelerator...
The burst of scientific activity that began with the discovery of the J/psi particle in 1974 is known to particle physicists as the “November...
Gregory Loew spent his entire 50-year career at SLAC, starting in 1958 when it was still called “Project M.” He developed the design of...
Areas of research: X-ray absorption spectroscopy, operando catalyst characterization, catalyst structure-property relationships, new methods of catalyst characterization
News Editor
Hillary joined SLAC in July 2026 as the lab’s media relations lead. She works to increase the lab’s visibility among the public and other...
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...
