September is National Preparedness Month, and those preparations extend to the science areas of the Lab. Last year the Lab was faced with two Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPSs), which provided unique challenges to a large scientific community such as the Lab. This week we talked with two of the Mission Support Officers who went through the PSPS experience last year and have been preparing for … [Read more...]
Three Questions for Nikki Humphreys
September is National Preparedness Month, and those preparations extend to the science areas of the Lab. Last year the Lab was faced with several Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) which provided unique challenges to a large scientific community such as the Lab. This week we talk with two of the Mission Support Officers who went through the PSPS experience last year and have been preparing for … [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...]
Three Questions for Emergency Manager James Nunez
James Nunez joined the Lab as the Emergency Manager two months ago and had the experience of moving from Alaska to the Bay Area in the middle of a pandemic. James spent the last 25 years in the Coast Guard, most recently in Alaska as the Chief of Incident Management. Prior to that, he spent active duty tours on the East, Gulf, and West Coasts - including a four-year tour in San Francisco. As … [Read more...]
Three Questions for Joselyn Delgado
Joselyn Delgado, an administrator for the Government and Community Relations Office, has worked at the Lab for only seven months, but has already had an important impact on the Lab’s outreach efforts: translating key materials into Spanish to help reach more people in the community. She also enjoys learning about the Lab’s scientific innovations. As part of Latin American Heritage Month, … [Read more...]