Los Alamos National Laboratory
September
Four Los Alamos scientists named as 2017 Laboratory Fellows
Donald Burton, Stephen Doorn, Manvendra Dubey and Turab Lookman named 2017 Laboratory Fellows. - 9/28/17
Hunt is over for one of the ‘Top 50 Most-Wanted Fungi’
Scientists have characterized a sample of “mystery” fungus collected in North Carolina and found its home in the fungal tree of life. - 9/28/17
Los Alamos gains role in High-Performance Computing for Materials Program
Companies to compete for inclusion, workshop in October - 9/21/17
Pew! Pew! Curiosity’s ChemCam zaps a half million Martian rocks
ChemCam instrument aboard Mars Curiosity rover passes milestone - 9/21/17
Los Alamos recognized as top diversity employer
For the second straight year, the Laboratory was recognized as a top diversity employer by LATINA Style and STEM Workforce Diversity magazine. - 9/19/17
Bidding farewell to Cassini mission that explored Saturn
Scientists led the development of two scientific sensors on NASA’s spacecraft Cassini. - 9/14/17
Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico
Beloved at Los Alamos for decades, no one has better understood and supported the essential and enduring national security mission of Los Alamos better than Senator Pete Domenici. - 9/13/17
Carlsten, Nguyen and Sheffield win Free-Electron Laser Prize
The honor is an international recognition of key technologies that originally developed at Los Alamos in the 1980s and 1990s. - 9/6/17
Los Alamos Laboratory Director Charles F. McMillan to retire at end of year
McMillan informed employees that he intends to step down as Laboratory Director at the end of this calendar year. - 9/5/17
Discovery of boron on Mars adds to evidence for habitability
The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet. - 9/5/17
News Releases - 2017
Fast Facts
Total employees: 11,956
Triad National Security, LLC: 8,327
Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 298
Compa, Staff and support contractors: 513
Students: 1,368
Unionized craft workers: 1,050
Post doctoral researchers: 400
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 34.7 square miles of DOE-owned property.
1,280 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 9 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $14.2 billion
FY17:
63% Weapons programs
10% Nonproliferation programs
4% Safeguards and Security
7% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
3% Energy and other programs
9% Work for Others
Triad and students only
37% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 43.5
64% male, 36% female
44% minorities
64% university degrees
27% hold undergraduate degrees
19% hold master’s degrees
18% have earned a PhD
145 R&D100 awards
34 E.O. Lawrence Awards
9 Presidential Early Career Awards
3 Glenn Seaborg Medals
Edward Teller Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM
98 miles; 1 hr, 51 min.
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As of Dec. 6, 2018
