Role and Charter of the SSRL SAC
Scope
The SSRL Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) reports to and advises the SSRL Director on issues related to:
- Operation of SSRL as a scientific user facility
- Planning, construction and operation of new SSRL facilities
- Long-term scientific directions of SSRL
Membership and Officers
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SAC consists of 11 external members, and representatives from the following SSRL committees serve on the SAC in an Ex Officio capacity
- Co-Chairs of the SSRL Proposal Review Panel (PRP)
- Chair of the Structural Molecular Biology Advisory Committee (SMBAC)
- Chair of the SSRL Users' Organization Executive Committee (SSRLUOEC
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SAC members are appointed by the SSRL Director for 3-year terms, with one third of the members rotating off and being replaced every year
- Membership may be extended, e.g., to stagger rotation periods of members
- The SAC Chair is appointed by the SSRL Director
Meetings
- The SAC meets periodically as needed, at minimum once a year. The meeting agenda is set by the SSRL Director in close coordination with the SAC Chair
- Before each meeting, the SSRL Director will outline a specific charge to the SAC and the advice sought from the SAC.
Reporting
- The advice of the SAC is conveyed to SSRL management at the end of each meeting, and documented in a short written communication to the SSRL Director, with a copy to the SLAC Director.
Committee Members
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Bruce Gates University of California at Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Davis, CA |
Sol M. Gruner Cornell University Department of Physics & Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source Cornell, NY |
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Franz Himpsel (Ex Officio PRP Co-Chair) University of Wisconsin Department of Physics Madison, WI |
Michel Koch (Ex Officio PRP Co-Chair, SMBAC Chair) DESY European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Retired) Hamburg, Germany |
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Christian Mailhiot Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Livermore, CA |
Lisa Miller Brookhaven National Laboratory National Synchrotron Light Source Upton, NY |
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Harald Reichert European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Grenoble, France |
Dave Robin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Advanced Light Source Berkeley, CA |
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Ilme Schlichting Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms Heidelberg, Germany |
Stephen R. Sutton University of Chicago Department of Geophysical Sciences and Center for Advanced Radiation Sources Chicago, IL |
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Soichi Wakatsuki KEK Photon Factory Synchrotron Radiation Facility Tsukuba, Japan |
Simon Bare UOP LLC Des Plaines, IL
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Edgar Weckert DESY Photon Science Hamburg, Germany |
Sarah Hayes (Ex Officio, SSRL UEC Chair) University of Alaska Fairbanks, AL |
