This series profiles the directors of the Department of Energy Office of Science User Facilities.
These scientists lead a variety of research institutions that provide researchers with the most advanced tools of modern science including accelerators, colliders, supercomputers, light sources and neutron sources, as well as facilities for studying the nano world, the environment, and the atmosphere.
Here are those stories:
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Richard Buttery is director of the DIII-D User Facility, the largest magnetic fusion device in the United States. -
Ilke Arslan is the director of the Center for Nanoscale Materials user facility, where understanding everything starts at the nanoscale. -
Gina Tourassi is the director of the National Center for Computational Sciences, leading world-class computing infrastructure programs and projects. -
Ken Andersen is the associate laboratory director of the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. -
Director of the CEBAF user facility Andrew Hutton’s love for accelerators started at age 17. -
Sergei Nagaitsev is the director of the Fermilab Accelerator Complex user facility. -
Chuck Black is the director of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials. -
Mark Palmer is the director of the Accelerator Test Facility at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory. -
As the director of the Joint Genome Institute, Mouncey and his facility make it possible for users to explore an array of genetic information. -
Jim Mather is the director of DOE's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement user facility. -
In their roles at the RHIC, Berndt Mueller and Rosi Reed help scientists research the conditions at the very beginning of the universe. -
As director of the Linac Coherent Light Source, Mike Dunne helps make it possible for scientists to use one of the world’s most powerful x-ray systems -
Director Douglas Mans enjoys the challenges of leading EMSL while developing partnerships with industries, academia, and government agencies. -
Michael E. Papka, director of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. -
At the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Director Karren More leads her team in pushing the known edge of nanomaterials research. -
In addition to ATLAS director duties, Guy Savard conducts his own studies, trying to reverse engineer the conditions in astrophysical events. -
Director Stephen Streiffer leads the Advanced Photon Source user facility in daily operations and preparations for future upgrades. -
Kelly Gaffney is the director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. -
Project director Buddy Bland lives the DOE’s computing mission: to discover, develop, and use computers to solve the biggest problems in science. -
For Hans Christen, director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences user facility, science is his way of life. -
As the director of DIII-D, the largest magnetic fusion experiment in the U.S., Hill helps researchers investigate fusion for energy production.
In Fiscal Year 2021, our 28 user facilities welcomed more than 33,000 researchers from academia, industry, and government research enterprises from all 50 states and the District of Columbia to perform scientific research. For details on the individual Office of Science User Facilities, please go to https://science.osti.gov/User-Facilities/User-Facilities-at-a-Glance.