Nicola Spaldin, instrumental in developing the field of magnetic ferroelectrics, will be the featured speaker at the next event in the Director’s Women in Science Speaker series on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. Her talk will be in the third-floor conference room of Building 91, the new Integrative Genomics Building (IGB). The IGB is a badged building; you will need your Lab badge to … [Read more...]
Pivot New Tool To Discover Funding Opportunities
Dear Lab researchers, Today, Berkeley Lab is one of the most diverse multi-program research labs in the world, largely due to the creativity of our leadership and our researchers. It is important that we continue this exploration while ensuring that we build capabilities and funding sources in those areas we have identified as critical for the Lab’s future. Recently, the Research … [Read more...]
Career Pathways Office
Lab researchers have offered feedback about a desire for improved clarity and transparency about career paths and related processes in our scientific areas. This is especially the case for those in the earliest phases of their careers, such as postdocs and early career researchers, who have a strong sense of connection to the Lab but may not readily see opportunities for development. A new … [Read more...]
DOE’S Chris Fall Thanks Lab For PSPS Plans and Response
Colleagues, We received this note from the Director of the DOE's Office of Science, Chris Fall. Michael Brandt and I briefed him on the power shut down events here at the Lab, and he was very impressed with how effective and efficient all of our operations teams were. Please see his note below. Best regards, Mike Dear Berkeley Lab Staff, On behalf of the Department of Energy, I … [Read more...]
New Career Pathways Office Formed for Early Career Scientists
A new office, Career Pathways, has been set up to assist in the development of early-career scientists. Meg Rodriguez, who currently manages the Postdoc program, will lead the Pathways team. The office has several goals in the first phase: foster a connection between the Lab and scientists and engineers in the early phases of their careers develop an alumni network to grow the Lab's … [Read more...]