John M. Byrd
John M. Byrd has accepted the position of director of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Accelerator Systems Division (ASD) in Argonne’s Photon Sciences Directorate, effective July 3, 2017.
“I am confident John’s leadership … Read More
Mark Sutton, a James McGill Professor of Physics at McGill University, will present “X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy: Past, Present and Future” Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 3 p.m. in the Bldg. 402 Auditorium.
Abstract
Fluctuations, Brownian motion, or thermal noise are where materials store thermal energy. Fluctuations are … Read More
Join Katherine Riley, director of science for the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) and guest host Stephen Streiffer, associate laboratory director for Photon Sciences, for the next “Conversations with Kearns” on Monday, May 22, 2017, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bldg. 213 Cafeteria. All employees are invited to attend.
Riley will provide an … Read More
Nestor J. Zaluzec
Nestor J. Zaluzec (PSC), Argonne senior scientist, educator and inventor, has been awarded the 2017 Distinguished Scientist Award for Physical Sciences by the Microscopy Society of America (MSA).
The Society’s Distinguished Scientist Awards … Read More
Early registration is available until April 21, 2017
Registration is now open for the 2017 APS/CNM Users Meeting which will be held Monday, May 8, through Thursday, May 11, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Bldg. 402. The theme of this year’s meeting is Driving Discovery, and the lineup of workshops … Read More
A special short training course “Beyond Rg: Materials SAXS Short Course 2017″ will be held Monday, April 17, through Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Bldg. 402 Conference Center.
The objective of the short course is to raise the capabilities of the materials small-angle scattering (SAS) and grazing-incidence SAXS (GISAXS) community by providing an intermediate-level … Read More
“This is the most cutting-edge place in the world in my field, in materials science. The APS enables all kinds of collaborations — it’s the only place I’ve worked so far that has scientist from all over the world.”
— Rostislav Hrubiak, Photon Sciences (PSC)
This image was taken at Argonne’s Lab Fest … Read More
The Argonne Accelerator Institute is hosting a retreat, Thursday, Sept. 15, and Friday Sept. 16, 2016, to explore future directions for particle accelerators at Argonne beyond the present ongoing projects and programs. The goal is to begin to chart a path toward the future by
Identifying opportunities within the broad, long-term accelerator landscape, consistent with … Read More
By Stephen Streiffer, Associate Laboratory Director, Photon Sciences
Pride month is a good time to reflect on how we can make Argonne an inclusive and supportive workplace for employees who are members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allies (LGBTQA+) community.
The transgender community in particular has been the focus of much public … Read More
Lynda Soderholm, Chris Jacobsen, John Mitchell, Robert Wiringa and Michael Wang have been named Argonne Distinguished Fellows.
Argonne Distinguished Fellows represent only three percent of research staff at the facility, making the award the highest scientific and engineering rank at the laboratory. The new fellows are recognized internationally for their work and show the … Read More
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