John L. Sarrao Explained

John L. Sarrao
Order:6th
Director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Term Start:October 2, 2023
President:Joe Biden
Predecessor:Chi-Chang Kao
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Fields:Physics
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Alma Mater:Stanford University (BS)
University of California Los Angeles (MS, PhD)
Thesis Title:Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy(RUS) study of the structural phase transition in lanthanum-strontium copper oxide (La(2-x) Sr(x) CuO(4))
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/docview/304049322/
Thesis Year:1993
Doctoral Advisor:W. Gilbert Clark

John Louis Sarrao (born February 1, 1967) is an American physicist. He was the deputy director for science, technology, and engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1] [2] As of 2 October 2023, he became the sixth director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory[3]

Education

In 1993, Sarrao received his PhD in physics from the University of California Los Angeles following a M.S. in physics from UCLA in 1991 and a B.S. in physics from Stanford University in 1989.[4] [5]

He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science;[6] the American Physical Society;[7] [8] and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[9]

Career

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 includes quantum 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]

Honors and awards

In 2013, he was awarded the United States Department of Energy’s Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for his research in Condensed Matter and Materials Science: “For the discovery and study of new materials, especially those based on Plutonium, 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 on Plutonium, 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deputy Director, Science, Technology, and Engineering. en-us.
  2. Web site: Hedden. Adrian. New Mexico partners with Los Alamos, Sandia national labs to develop 'clean' hydrogen power. 2022-01-19. Las Cruces Sun-News. en-US.
  3. Web site: Deputy Director, Science, Technology, and Engineering.
  4. Web site: Leadership Team, Triad National Security, LLC. en-us.
  5. Web site: Physical Sciences alumni, UCLA.. en-us.
  6. Web site: AAAS Members Elected as Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2022-01-19. www.aaas.org. en.
  7. Web site: List of American Physical Society Fellows (2005).. en-us.
  8. Web site: John L. Sarrao, American Physical Society Fellow.. en-us.
  9. Web site: Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellowship Membership (Active Fellow).. en-us.
  10. Web site: Dynamic Mesoscale Material Science Capability.. en-us.
  11. Barnes. C.W.. .... 2014. The science of dynamic compression at the mesoscale and the Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes (MaRIE) project. Journal of Physics: Conference Series . 500 . 9 . Journal of Physics: Conference Series 500. 092001. 10.1088/1742-6596/500/9/092001 . 2014JPhCS.500i2001B . 109792180 . free.
  12. Web site: Reporter. Los Alamos. 2019-10-07. John Sarrao Named To State Technology Research Collaborative Board. 2022-01-19. Los Alamos Reporter. en.
  13. News: Waters. Richard. 2018-02-05. Early quantum computing investors see benefits. Financial Times. 2022-01-19.
  14. Sarrao. John Louis. 2018-06-04. Prepared Statement of Dr. John Sarrao, Principal Associate Director, Science, Technology & Engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory. 10.2172/1440505. 1440505. 115287921.
  15. Web site: The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, John L. Sarrao, 2013.. en-us.
  16. Superconductivity in plutonium compounds . Sarrao. J.L. ... . 2015 . Physica C: Superconductivity and Its Applications . 514 . 15. 184–188 . 10.1016/j.physc.2015.02.031. 2015PhyC..514..184S . free .
  17. Superconductivity in Cerium- and Plutonium-Based '115' Materials . Sarrao. J.L. ... . 2007 . Journal of the Physical Society of Japan . 76 . 5 . 051013 . 10.1143/jpsj.76.051013. 2007JPSJ...76e1013S .
  18. Discovery of plutonium-based superconductivity . Sarrao. J.L. ... . 2003 . Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter . 15 . 28. S2275–S2278 . 10.1088/0953-8984/15/28/368 . 2003JPCM...15S2275S . 250871411 .

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