Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
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Notes
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was formally approved for construction in 1962, and it began research in 1966. Although a part of Stanford University, it is distinct from the physics department there. Many faculty have worked in both locations. In 2008, the U. S. Department of Energy renamed the facility the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, wherein "SLAC" has no explicit meaning.
Online Resource: Listen to an audio clip of Wolfgang Panofsky discussing the process of getting Congressional approval to build SLAC.
Laboratory Directors
- 1961–1984: Wolfgang Panofsky
- 1984–1999: Burton Richter
- 1999–2007: Jonathan Dorfan
- 2007–2012: Persis Drell
- 2012–present: Chi-Chang Kao
Faculty and Postdocs
- 1961–2007: Wolfgang "Pief" Panofsky
- 1961–1984: Director
- 1963–1989: Professor
- 1984–2007: Director Emeritus
- 1962–present: Richard Taylor
- 1962–1968: Experimental Physicist
- 1968–1970: Associate Professor
- 1970–2003: Professor
- 2003–present: Professor Emeritus
- 1963–present: Burton Richter
- 1963–1967: Associate Professor
- 1967–present: Professor
- 1982–1984: Technical Director
- 1984–1999: Director
- 1963–present: Sidney Drell
- 1963–2002: Professor of Physics
- 2002–present: Professor Emeritus
- 1963–present: Martin Perl
- 1963–2004: Professor of Physics
- 2004–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1964–1967: Jeremiah Sullivan, Research Associate
- 1967–1968: Helen Quinn, Research Associate in Physics
- 1971–present: Charles Prescott
- 1971–1980: Staff Member
- 1980–1984: Associated Professor of Physics
- 1984–2006: Professor of Physics
- 2006–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1977–present: Helen Quinn
- 1977–1978: Visiting Scientist
- 1978–1979: Research Associate
- 1979–2003: Member, Scientific Staff
- 2003–2010: Professor
- 2010–present: Professor Emerita
- 1978–present: Jonathan Dorfan
- 1978–1984: Staff Physicist
- 1984–1989: Associate Professor
- 1989–present: Professor
- 1994–1999: Associate Director
- 1999–2007: Director
- 2007–present: Director Emeritus
- 1979–1980: Alan Guth, Research Associate
- 1980–1982: Joseph Polchinski, Research Associate
- 1989–1998: James "BJ" Bjorken, Theoretical Physicist
- 1991–present: Zhi-Xun "ZX" Shen
- 1991–1996: Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science
- 1996–2000: Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science
- 2000–present: Professor of Applied Physics and Photon Science
- 2010–present: Chief Scientist
- 2000–present: Joachim Stöhr
- 2000–2005: Deputy Director, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
- 2005–2009: Director, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
- 2009–present: Director, Linac Coherent Light Source
- 2002–present: Persis Drell
- 2002–present: Professor
- 2007–2012: Director
- 2012–present: Director Emerita
- 2003–present: Steven Kahn, Professor of Physics
