Photon Science Seminar Series

SLAC’s Photon Science Seminar Series brings together scientists from SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Photon Science and Accelerator directorates, including researchers from the Center for Sustainable Energy through Catalysis and two joint SLAC-Stanford institutes: the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences and the Pulse Institute for Ultrafast Energy Science.

The seminar series’ main goals are to stimulate scientific exchange within the photon science community at SLAC, and to make people aware of both the science that’s underway using the SSRL and LCLS machines and the capabilities they offer.

Speakers are invited by these representatives: Giacomo Coslovich, LCLS, Adi Natan, Photon Science, James Cryan, PULSE, Mianzhen Mo, and Makoto Hashimoto.

Archive of Photon Science Seminar Series

 
Date Seminar Title
Photon Science Seminar: "How well do we really understand the matter side of light-matter interactions?" Joseph Subotnik, Princeton University
Bonus Photon Science Seminar: "Transient changes of x-ray optical constants of XFEL generated warm dense matter," Nina Rohringer, DESY
Photon Science Seminar: "Connecting Ultrafast Spectra to Ultrafast Dynamics," Ben Levine, Stony Brook University
Photon Science Seminar: "Fast and Furious: Ultrafast Collisional Dynamics in Plasmas," Sam Vinko, Oxford University
Photon Science Seminar: "Visualizing and optimizing material pathways," Dr. Aaron Lindenberg, SLAC
Photon Science Seminar: "Atomistic Modeling of Fusion Materials with Enhanced Accuracy," Mary Alice Cusentino, Sandia National Lab
Photon Science Seminar: "Supression of the metal-to-insulator transition and jamming transition revealed in metal-oxides by nano-focused and coherent x-rays," Nicolo D'Anna, UC San Diego
Photon Science Seminar: "High-power femtosecond lasers and XUV sources enabled by advanced non-linear technologies," Robert Riedel, CEO and Co-Founder of Class 5 Photonics
"Current and future efforts in measuring far-from-equilibrium properties using single shot THz spectroscopy" Prof. Ben Ofori-Okai, SLAC
Photon Science Seminar: "Probing local lattice distortions by resonant total x-ray scattering," Valeri Petkov
 
Attending a Lecture

The lectures take place every Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. in SLAC’s Building 901 Redtail Hawk conference room. Every presentation will be preceded by 15 minutes of informal discussion over cookies and coffee, and will be followed by time for anyone in the audience to share recent results or exciting experimental techniques.

If you do not have a SLAC badge, please contact Kaitlyn Layaoen. She will notify SLAC Security that you are attending a lecture and send you directions to the conference room.

SLAC is located at 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA. 94025. Please visit our Maps and Directions page for driving directions to the laboratory.

If you have specific questions or concerns about attending a lecture, please contact Mia Song.

Recorded Lectures

Access recorded events from previous lectures.

Nominating Speakers for the Photon Science Seminars

If you are interested to help the committee in developing the program for the seminar series, you can submit nominations for Photon Science Seminar Speakers through this online form. You will need to use your Stanford credentials to log into the form.