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Berkeley Lab Overview

Berkeley Lab Overview. Founded in 1931 on Berkeley Campus Moved to Current Site in 1940. A National Laboratory Next to a University Campus. Berkeley Lab. UC Berkeley. Berkeley Lab Mission. Solve the most pressing and profound scientific problems facing humankind

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Berkeley Lab Overview

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  1. Berkeley Lab Overview

  2. Founded in 1931 on Berkeley CampusMoved to Current Site in 1940

  3. A National Laboratory Next to a University Campus Berkeley Lab UC Berkeley

  4. Berkeley Lab Mission • Solve the most pressing and profound scientific problems facing humankind • Basic science for a secure energy future • Understand living systems to improve the environment, health, and energy supply • Understand matter and energy in the universe • Build and safely operate leading scientific facilities for the nation • Train the next generation of scientists and engineers

  5. Nanoscale Materials and Synthesis Berkeley Lab’s Scientific Strengths Earth and Environmental Science Energy Science and Technology Quantitative Biology X-Ray Science and Accelerators Particle Physics and Nuclear Science Scientific Computing

  6. FY 2008 Costs: $589M Basic Energy Sciences ($132M) Biological and Environmental Research ($106M) National Institutes of Health ($43M) Work for Others (excluding NIH) ($65M) Math and Computing Sciences ($97M) Other DOE ($35M) High Energy Physics ($49M) Fossil Energy ($7M) Nuclear Physics ($21M) Energy Efficiency & Renewables & Electric Transmission ($29M) Fusion Energy Sciences ($5M) October 2008

  7. Berkeley Lab Staff Faculty* PostdoctoralAssociates* Scientists and Engineers 262 657 322 Graduate Students* 296 Undergraduate Students* 205 Technical Staff 1352 589 Employees: 3683Guests: 3677Total: 7360 Support Staff July 2008 *Joint affiliation with UC Berkeley and other campuses

  8. Berkeley Lab Organization

  9. Luis W. Alvarez Owen Chamberlain Donald A. Glaser Steven Chu Melvin Calvin Ernest Orlando Lawrence George F. Smoot Yuan T. Lee Glenn T. Seaborg Eleven Nobel Laureates Edwin M. McMillan Emilio G. Segrè

  10. Major Scientific Facilities Serving Government, Universities, and Industry Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) 88-Inch Cyclotron National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center Advanced Light Source Molecular Foundry Joint Genome Institute National Center for Electron Microscopy

  11. Energy Efficiency Energy Policy Materials & Non-living Systems Geological Approaches Bioenergy Nuclear Climate Change Carbon Sequestration Water Resources Berkeley Lab Energy Research Strategy Demand Supply Consequences

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