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Director’s Office

Website for the Office of the Lab Director, with some essential resources for SLAC staff.

SLAC at sunrise

Fact sheet: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)

A downloadable PDF fact sheet about the SSRL facility at SLAC.

SSRL facility

Public lectures video archive

Learn about our SLAC sciences by watching our past lecture recordings.

Elizabeth Ryland speaking at SLAC public lecture
The basics

SLAC science explained

SLAC develops and deploys some of the world’s most advanced scientific tools for exploring how the universe works at the biggest, smallest and fastest scales. Here we explain how they work and the exciting discoveries they make possible.

SAGE campers have fun experimenting with a Van de Graff generator
SLAC People

Meet our teams

The lab is organized into six scientific directorates, each of which plays an important role in advancing our lab, backed by our core operations teams all supporting our shared mission.

Energy Sciences Directorate team at the Battery500 Quarterly Review Meeting on May 25-26 at SLAC's Main Quad.
WHERE RESEARCH HAPPENS

Facilities & centers

SLAC is known for building big sophisticated machines for teasing out the secrets of the universe. They give researchers new eyes on the world...
Facilities at SLAC with SPEAR3 at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) to the left and Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) hutch to the right.

Environment Safety & Health

SLAC is committed to protecting the health and safety of our staff, the community, and the environment as we carry out our scientific mission.

Aerial photo of SLAC research yard

Contact SLAC

The SLAC campus is located on 426 acres of Stanford University property, just three miles west of the university campus. The main entrance to the facility is on Sand Hill Road, just east of Interstate 280.

Science and User Support Building to the left and Arrillaga Science Center building to the right from above the Main Quad at SLAC's campus.
History

SLAC timeline

See a lab history timeline

Signing the SLAC construction contrast in 1962

Partner with us

Learn how SLAC’s partnerships promote scientific discoveries and their practical applications.

SLAC’s Arianna Gleason speaks with advisors to Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouilette

News center

Get the latest SLAC news, explore news collections and archives, access media resources and connect with us.

Electron transfer atomic motions concept illustration

Research partnerships & technology transfer

As one of 17 Department of Energy national laboratories, SLAC is dedicated to carrying out research and developing technologies in support of national priorities.