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
- SAC consists of 12 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 and Past Chair of the SSRL Users' Executive Committee (SSRL UEC)
- 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 Member
|
Joel Brock (SAC Chair) |
Christian Mailhiot Sandia National Laboratories Energy Materials Science Livermore, CA |
| David Bushnell (Ex Officio UEC Past Chair) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory BioSciences CryoEM Division Stanford, CA |
Lisa Miller Brookhaven National Laboratory National Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource II Upton, NY |
| Alexander Fohlisch Institute of Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Berlin, Germany |
Thomas Poulos University of California at Irvine Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Irvine, CA |
| Bruce Gates University of California at Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Davis, CA |
Harald Reichert European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Grenoble, France |
|
Graham George (Ex Officio UEC Chair) |
Dave Robin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Advanced Light Source Berkeley, CA |
| Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Pasadena, CA |
Susannah Scott University of California at Santa Barbara Department of Chemical Engineering Santa Barbara, CA |
| Franz J. Himpsel University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Physics Madison, WI |
Ron Stenkamp (Ex Officio PRP Chair) |
