John L. Sarrao | |
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 Sarrao in 2013 | |
| 6th Director of theSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory | |
| Assumed office October 2, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Chi-Chang Kao |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BS) University of California Los Angeles (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy( RUS) study of the structural phase transition in lanthanum-strontium copper oxide (La(2-x) Sr(x) CuO(4)) (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | W. Gilbert Clark |
John Louis Sarrao (born February 1, 1967)[citation needed] is an American physicist. He was the deputy director for science, technology, and engineering atLos Alamos National Laboratory.[1][2] As of 2 October 2023, he became the sixth director ofSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory[3]
In 1993, Sarrao received hisPhD in physics from theUniversity of California Los Angeles following aM.S. in physics from UCLA in 1991 and aB.S. in physics fromStanford University in 1989.[4][5]
He is a Fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science;[6] theAmerican Physical Society;[7][circular reference][8] and theLos Alamos National Laboratory.[9]
He is the principal architect of LANL’s Dynamic Mesoscale Material Science Capability (DMMSC).[10][11]
He is a board member of the Technology Research Collaborative (TRC).[12]
Sarrao's research includesquantum computing.[13]
On June 7, 2018, Sarrao presented Congressional Testimony for the House Science, Space & Technology Committee Subcommittee on Energy on topics including electric grid research and big data.[14]
In 2013, he was awarded theUnited States Department of Energy’sErnest Orlando Lawrence Award for his research inCondensed Matter andMaterials Science: “For the discovery and study of new materials, especially those based onPlutonium, advancing understanding of unconventional magnetic and superconducting states in strongly correlated f-electron condensed matter systems.”[15]
He was honored for his discovery and study of new materials, especially those based onPlutonium, that advance understanding of novel magnetic and superconducting states in strongly correlated f-electron condensed matter systems.[16][17] The complexity of strongly correlated materials, resulting from coupling among charge, spin, and lattice degrees-of-freedom, allows the emergence of new states and new phenomena, helping promote the development of useful and novel functional materials.[18]
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