The Lab, along with several of the UC campuses, is participating in a trial of a smartphone-based app that uses location technology to notify a person if they have been in the proximity of someone who has a positive test for COVID-19. Participation is voluntary and no personal data will be shared. The app uses Google Apple Exposure Notification technology specifically for its privacy … [Read more...]
Lab Virtual Runaround Is Oct. 23
A Twist On the Traditional Runaround For 42 years, the Runaround brought hundreds of employees together to run, walk, bike, and even hula hoop, up and down the hills of the Lab’s main site. This year, pandemic safety precautions and teleworking will not enable the traditional race to take place. But the event will continue on Friday, Oct. 23, at noon! This year, a new virtual approach … [Read more...]
Q&A with Lab Director Mike Witherell; Join the State of the Lab Town Hall Monday, Oct. 19, 11 a.m.
Lab Director Mike Witherell and other members of Lab senior leadership will update employees on the current status and future direction of Berkeley Lab’s research mission and operations on Monday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. to noon at streaming.lbl.gov. Lab Chief Communications Officer John German sat down with Director Witherell recently for a sneak peek at his talk and a look at some of the most … [Read more...]
Three Questions for Daniela Ushizima
Daniela Ushizima started at the Lab as a postdoc 13 years ago and is now a staff scientist working with machine learning and computer vision for scientific image analysis and autonomous experimentation reliant on pattern recognition. Ushizima is also the recipient of a Director’s Achievement Award and a Women@The Lab Award. What does she enjoy most about working at the Lab? The multidisciplinary … [Read more...]
Three Questions for Lino Sanchez
Lino Sanchez has worked at the Lab for two years as a research associate in the Energy Technologies Area. He and his colleagues are addressing the need to make our built environment more resilient and trying to answer questions of how resilience can be measured through intuitive and practical methods and metrics, and how progress towards resilience can be verified statistically. As part of … [Read more...]