ALS User Meeting Awards

See the 2012 ALS User Meeting Award Winners

The ALS Users' Executive Committee invites ALS users and staff to submit nominations in recognition of the people who have made significant contributions to the scientific and user support programs at the ALS. Nominations may be made for any or all of the following awards by filling out the attached form(s) and sending them to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

• David A. Shirley Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement at the ALS
  David Shirley was a Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley and Director of LBNL from 1980 to 1989, and was instrumental in having the Advanced Light Source built.  He is now retired from the lab.
  
  
• Klaus Halbach Award for Innovative Instrumentation at the ALS
  Klaus Halbach was a senior staff scientist at LBNL who pioneered the development of undulators using permanent magnets, and other innovations in accelerator physics.  Even though he retired from LBNL in 1991, he remained active in lab projects and student training until his death in 2000. 
  
  
• Tim Renner User Services Award for Outstanding Support to the ALS User Community
  Tim Renner was a beamline scientist at the ALS who died at an early age, and who during his career touched everyone that knew him with his caring attitude to others and his larger-than-life personality. This award recognizes the services of others across the ALS organization who, like Tim, have made outstanding contributions to the ALS User Community.

Nominations are due the first week of September. The nominations will be judged by the Users’ Executive Committee. For more information about the awards and the nominating process, please contact Awards Committee co-chairs This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

View the 2011 User Meeting Award Recipients.