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ECE Seminar Sept 30: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the Linac Coherent Light Source, and Matter in Extreme Conditions

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By Jenn Ambrose

 The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boise State University invites you to attend a free public seminar hosted on Zoom. This week's seminar features Dr. Gilliss Dyer, Lead Staff Scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

September 30 @ 10:30 am 
https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/92994002201

ABSTRACT |   Founded in 1962, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has remained a world-leading research laboratory by constantly reinventing itself to pursue leading-edge science. Its most prominent user facility, the Linac Coherent Light Source, repurposed SLAC's linear accelerator to create the world's first hard X-ray free electron laser. In just over 10 years of operation, LCLS has opened up new areas of scientific inquiry by providing an exquisite probe of ultrafast atomic-scale phenomena.


A series of major upgrade projects are maintaining the prominence of LCLS amidst growing competition. Recently, LCLS has been turned resumed user operations after over a year of downtime for the LCLS-II upgrade. The LCLS-IIHE and MEC-U upgrades on the horizon will further extend the facility's scientific impact.

This talk will provide an overview of SLAC's history and scientific impact, and then zoom in on LCLS and finally the Matter in Extreme Conditions instrument.  

SPEAKER BIO |   Dr. Gilliss Dyer is a Lead Staff Scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He is Department Head and Instrument Lead of Matter in Extreme Conditions, and Chief Scientist in the Matter in Extreme Conditions Upgrade Project.


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