Search Committee Formed for APS X-ray Science Division Director
A search committee to find the next Director of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) X-ray Science Division (XSD) at Argonne National Laboratory has been formed by Argonne Scientific User Facilities Associate Laboratory Director J. Murray Gibson. This follows the July 11, 2008, announcement that former XSD Director Gabrielle L. Long would return to research on August 1, 2008, while remaining in XSD as a senior advisor.
The search committee comprises:- Dennis M. Mills, Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Argonne Scientific User Facilities (Chair) (dmm@aps.anl.gov);
- Samuel D. Bader, Associate Division Director, Argonne Materials Science Division (MSD), Group Leader, MSD Magnetic Films Group, Argonne Senior Physicist, and Argonne Distinguished Fellow (bader@anl.gov);
- Kathy Harkay, Group Leader, Accelerator Physics Group, Argonne Accelerator Systems Division (harkay@aps.anl.gov);
- Dion L. Heinz, Associate Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, James Franck Institute, and the College, The University of Chicago (heinz@uchicago.edu);
- Miles V. Klein, Research Professor of Physics and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Chair, Advanced Photon Source Scientific Advisory Committee (mvklein@illinois.edu);
- William G. Ruzicka, Director, Argonne APS Engineering Support Division (ruzicka@aps.anl.gov);
- Steven K. Streiffer, Acting Division Director, Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials (streiffer@anl.gov); and
- Stefan Vogt, physicist, X-ray Microscopy and Imaging Group, Argonne X-ray Science Division (vogt@aps.anl.gov).
A position description will be posted soon and ads will be placed in major scientific journals. Please contact the committee members with any nominations for this important position.
Gabrielle Long joined the APS in 2003 as the first Associate Division Director for XOR, and since 2006 has been the Director of the XSD. During her tenure, many talented young scientists and accomplished senior staff joined the APS as she shepherded the growth of XSD from operating 9 APS sectors to more than 16 sectors today. Her visionary scientific leadership has played a dominant role in our success and poised the APS for renewal and growth. During this time, Long has also maintained a productive research career as a user of the APS.
