The Science Policy Board (SPB) advises the Berkeley Lab Director on major policy issues concerning
the ALS. The SPB is composed of persons distinguished by excellence of scientific accomplishment and
experience in the administration of large scientific organizations. The SPB meets as needed, and communicates
the outcome of its deliberations to the Berkeley Lab Director. Current members of the board are
Massimo Altarelli, Elettra Sincrotone Trieste
Sam Bader
(ex-officio), Argonne National Laboratory
Paul Fleury, University of New Mexico
Franz J. Himpsel, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Stephen E. Kevan, University of Oregon
Walter Kohn, University of California, Santa Barbara
Yuan T. Lee, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Albert Narath, (Retired), Lockheed Martin Corporation
Yves Petroff, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Alan Schriesheim, Argonne National Laboratory
Robert Tjian, University of California, Berkeley
Eberhard Umbach, University of Wurzburg, Germany