SSRL/LCLS

LCLS Users' Organization Executive Committee

The LCLS Users' Organization (LCLS UO) will provide an organized framework and independent vehicle for interaction between the scientists who will use the Linac Coherent Light Source (the users) and LCLS/SLAC Management. The LCLS UO is broadly concerned with representing the interests of the LCLS users to SLAC management, so as to facilitate the availability and effective use of LCLS for the research community.

The LCLS Users’ Executive Committee (LCLS UEC) is the formal organizational unit of the LCLS UO. LCLS UEC members are elected by the members of the LCLS user community. The UOEC communicates the needs and desires of users regarding LCLS operating policies, use of LCLS, user support, and other relevant issues of concern to those engaged in research at this facility.

Download LCLS Users' Organization Charter and By-laws [WORD]

Representatives to the LCLS UEC are nominated and elected from the general user community from various disciplines including:

  • AMO Science (AMO)
  • X-ray Pump-Probe (XPP)
  • Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI)
  • X-ray Correlation Spectroscopy (XCS)
  • Soft X-ray Science (SXR)
  • Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC)

LCLS UEC members serve a three-year term, with the exception of the person elected Chair, who serves on the committee two additional years to facilitate continuity of LCLS UEC activities.

How to Vote

Users are encouraged to vote to elect their representatives on the LCLS Users’ Organization Executive Committee by completing the on-line ballot before October 18.

Candidates are elected by the LCLS user community by majority vote. Election results will be announced at the Users’ Meeting on October 19.  All newly elected members begin their term following the Users' Meeting; the next LCLS UEC meeting will be held on the afternoon of October 19 in the Panofsky Auditorium.

Current LCLS UEC Members.
Position(s) to be filled in 2010 are denoted with an asterisk (*).

Member Institution Discipline
Dick Lee LLNL (2008-2011), Chair Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC)
Linda Young ANL (2008-2011), Past Chair Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science (AMO)
* Anton Barty LLNL (2008-2010) Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI)
Todd Ditmire University of Texas (2010-2012) Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science (AMO)
Thomas Earnest LBNL (2009-2011) Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI)
Phil Heimann LBNL (2009-2011) Soft X-ray Science (SXR)
Hyotcherl Ihee KAIST (2009-2011) X-ray Pump-Probe (XPP)
Jan Luning University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France (2010-2012) Soft X-ray Science (SXR)
Art J Nelson LLNL (2009-2011) Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC)
Martin Meedom Nielsen Niels Bohr Institute (2010-2012) X-ray Pump Probe (XPP)
Oleg G. Shpyrko University of California, San Diego (2010-2012) X-ray Correlation Spectroscopy (XCS)
Mark Sutton McGill U. (2009-2011) X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy
Cathy Knotts LCLS/SSRL Liaison (Ex Officio)
Katherine Kantardjieff Cal State Pomona Macromolecular Crystallography (Ex Officio, SSRL UOEC Chair)