Final seminar talk today for IGPP director
candidates
The final in a series of talks by candidates seeking to become director of the Laboratory's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) is today.
Gary Geernaert will speak on "Air- Sea Exchange: A Survey of the History, Politics, Processes, Prameterizations and Scientific Challenges." His talk is at 10:30 this morning in the Cochiti Room of the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center. Geernaert works at the National Environmental Research Institute in Denmark.
For more information, contact Shirley Roybal at 7-0920 or see the Feb. 1 Daily Newsbulletin.
Lab developed technology being used at Salt Lake Winter Olympics
A technology developed jointly by Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories to rapidly detect criminal use of biological agents is being used at the 2002 Winter Olympics, which open today in Salt Lake City.
The Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information System, or BASIS, consists of a network of sampling units to monitor air quality and to collect and check aerosols. Collected samples are analyzed using DNA-based techniques that have been validated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
To read a National Nuclear Security Administration news release, click here.
Nominations sought for postdoctoral publication
prize in theoretical physics
The Science and Technology Base Program's University of California (STB-UC) coordination office, is seeking nominations for the postdoctoral publication prize in theoretical physics. The prize is sponsored by the Laboratory and Leon Heller and awarded every other year. It is given for for the best article in theoretical physics, published or accepted for publication after Jan. 1, 2000.
For the purpose of this award, theoretical physics is broadly interpreted to refer to any theoretical analysis of physical systems, according to Mary Anne With of STB-UC and coordinator of the prize. The article should describe work performed primarily during the tenure of the postdoctoral appointment at the Laboratory. Former postdoctoral appointees also are eligible for the prize regardless of present position.
With said any Laboratory staff member, including the postdoc being nominated, may submit a letter of support. The letter should highlight the significance and impact of the work within the chosen field. If the article has co-authors, the letter should explain what portion of the work, including the writing of the article, was performed by the candidate.
Nine copies of the nomination letter and nine reprints of the article should be submitted to With at Mail Stop M701 by 5 p.m., April 18. If the article has not yet been published, submit nine preprints plus a copy of the statement of acceptance from the journal.
Allen Hartford, STB Programs Office leader, will appoint judges for the competition with the advice of the Laboratory scientific community. In evaluating the articles, clarity of the writing will be considered along with the significance and impact of the work.
There will be an award ceremony at which time the winner will receive a certificate and $500 and will be invited to present a colloquium about the work.
For more information, contact With at 5-5306 or write to with@lanl.gov by electronic mail.
Salgado discusses leadership at seminar for state legislators
Joe Salgado, right, the Laboratory's deputy director, shares a laugh with Senate President Pro-Tem Richard Romero, D-Bernalillo, before giving opening remarks recently at a "Leadership in Turbulent Times" seminar at the State Capitol Building in Santa Fe. Some 60 state legislators attended the seminar by Harvard professor Martin Linsky. The Laboratory sponsored the seminar. The 2002 State Legislature ends its 30-day session at noon, Feb. 14. Photo by LeRoy N. Sanchez, Public Affairs
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