John L. Sarrao | |
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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 |
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]