John Louis Sarrao (born February 1, 1967)[citation needed] 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]
John L. Sarrao | |
|---|---|
 Sarrao in 2013 | |
| 6th Director of the SLAC 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 |
Education
editIn 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][circular reference][8] and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[9]
Career
editHe 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
editIn 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]
References
edit- ^ "Deputy Director, Science, Technology, and Engineering".
- ^ Hedden, Adrian. "New Mexico partners with Los Alamos, Sandia national labs to develop 'clean' hydrogen power". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "Deputy Director, Science, Technology, and Engineering".
- ^ "Leadership Team, Triad National Security, LLC".
- ^ "Physical Sciences alumni, UCLA".
- ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "List of American Physical Society Fellows (2005)".
- ^ "John L. Sarrao, American Physical Society Fellow".
- ^ "Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellowship Membership (Active Fellow)".
- ^ "Dynamic Mesoscale Material Science Capability".
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2014JPhCS.500i2001B. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/500/9/092001. S2CID 109792180.
- ^ Reporter, Los Alamos (October 7, 2019). "John Sarrao Named To State Technology Research Collaborative Board". Los Alamos Reporter. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ Waters, Richard (February 5, 2018). "Early quantum computing investors see benefits". Financial Times. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ Sarrao, John Louis (June 4, 2018). "Prepared Statement of Dr. John Sarrao, Principal Associate Director, Science, Technology & Engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory". doi:10.2172/1440505. OSTI 1440505. S2CID 115287921.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, John L. Sarrao, 2013".
- ^ Sarrao, J.L. ... (2015). "Superconductivity in plutonium compounds". Physica C: Superconductivity and Its Applications. 514 (15): 184–188. Bibcode:2015PhyC..514..184S. doi:10.1016/j.physc.2015.02.031.
- ^ Sarrao, J.L. ... (2007). "Superconductivity in Cerium- and Plutonium-Based '115' Materials". Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 76 (5): 051013. Bibcode:2007JPSJ...76e1013S. doi:10.1143/jpsj.76.051013.
- ^ Sarrao, J.L. ... (2003). "Discovery of plutonium-based superconductivity". Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 15 (28): S2275–S2278. Bibcode:2003JPCM...15S2275S. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/28/368. S2CID 250871411.