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BESAC Meeting October 2000

BESAC Meeting October 2000. News from Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division BESAC Presentation October 11, 2000 William S. Millman. BESAC Meeting October 2000. Divisional Staffing New Activities in FY2000 FY 2001 Budget Council Activities in FY2001.

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BESAC Meeting October 2000

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  1. BESAC Meeting October 2000 News from Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division BESAC Presentation October 11, 2000 William S. Millman

  2. BESAC Meeting October 2000 • Divisional Staffing • New Activities in FY2000 • FY 2001 Budget • Council Activities in FY2001

  3. Division Staffing for FY2001 New Permanent Professional Staff Dr. Walter Stevens - Biophysics Dr. Xxx Y. Zzzzz - Catalysis Open position - Biochemistry New Temporary Professional Staff Dr. Rodger Turpening - Geophysics (MTU) Dr. Julie D’Itre (Jan) - Catalysis (Pitt) Dr. Frank Tully (Jun) - Chem Phys (SNL) Continuing Temporary Professional Staff Dr. Dan Melamed - Catalysis (BNL) Dr. Henry Shaw - Geochemistry (LLNL) Dr. Sharlene Weatherwax - Biosciences (UCLA)

  4. Organization and Staffing Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division William Millman, Acting Director Karen Talamini, Program Analyst Carolyn Dorsey, Secretary Molecular Processes and Geosciences Fundamental Interactions Energy Biosciences Paul Smith (Acting) Diane Matthews Allan Laufer Sharon Bowser Gregory Dilworth Patricia Snyder Geochemistry and Geophysics Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics Plant and Microbial Biology Nicholas Woodward lRodger Turpening, MTU uHenry Shaw, LLNL (1/4 time) Gregory Dilworth James Tavares Eric Rohlfing Catalysis and Chemical Transformations Chemical Physics Biochemistry & Biophysics William Kirchhoff Eric Rohlfing Vacant (Catalysis) uDaniel Melamed, BNL lSharlene Weatherwax, UCLA Walter Stevens Photochemical and Radiation Sciences Separations and Analysis Vacant (Separations) lDick Gordon, Wash. State U. uNorman Edelstein, LBNL Mary Gress Walter Stevens Heavy Element Chemistry Facilities Operations William Millman William Kirchhoff Paul Smith Paul Smith uNorman Edelstein, LBNL lIPA uDetailee Chemical Energy and Chemical Engineering Paul Maupin Office of Basic Energy Sciences

  5. Carbon Management New Activities in FY 2000 68 University Grants 41 Laboratory FWPs Continuing Activities Initiated in FY 1999 26 University Grants 07 Laboratory FWPs Office of Basic Energy Sciences Office of Basic Energy Sciences

  6. Complex and Collective Phenomena New Activities in FY 2000 6 University Grants & Interagency Agreements 2 Laboratory FWPs 1 Proposal from Each Lab Competing For 1 New Program 1) Nanoscale Complexity at the Oxide/Water Interface 2) The Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Continuing activities initiated in FY 1999 5 University Grants 2 Laboratory FWPs Office of Basic Energy Sciences

  7. Fourth Generation Table Top Light Source Development New projects (total funding ~$1M/yr.) 1 new grant started in FY1999; 1 existing grant redirected • HHG Generation/Optimization/Utilization; Coherent Thomson Scattering • 5 new grants and 1 new lab project begun in FY2000 “The Phonon Bragg Switch” by Phil Bucksbaum and Roberto Merlin, University of Michigan “Multiphoton Quantum Dynamics & Optimal Generation of Coherent X-Ray Harmonic Emission” by Shih-I Chu, University of Kansas “Development and Utilization of Bright Tabletop Sources of Coherent Soft X-Rays” by Jorge Rocca, Colorado State University “Ultrafast Coherent Soft X-rays: A Novel Tool for Spectroscopy of Collective Behavior in Complex Materials” by Keith Nelson, MIT “100 fs X-Ray Detector” by Zenghu Chang, University of Michigan “Femtosecond X-ray Beamline for Probing Ultrafast Dynamics in Condensed Matter” by Robert Schoenlein et al., ALS Collaborative with Murnane/Kapteyn Collaboration

  8. FY 2001 Division Budget Highlights $ in Thousands Nanoscience 9,891 Nanoscience Computation 2,023 Microbial Cell 2,408 Plant Genome 576 Computational Chemistry 1,926 Nanoscience Facilites Utilization 391 Facilities Utilization -4,147 (a) ALS Upgrade (MIE, Research CE) 150 Core Research Activities CS 2,842 Core Research Activities GS -234 Core Research Activities BS -492 GPP/GPE 589 SBIR/STTR 425 Total 16,228 (a) Includes $1.0M of additional HFIR Ops funded in FY 2000 and $.9M of additional SSRL funding Office of Basic Energy Sciences

  9. FY 2001Council Activities Council for Chemical Sciences Emergent Properties and Functions in Nanoscale Chemistry 2 topics for workshops identified Single Molecule Chemistry Actinides: Linking Theory & Experiment 15 nominees to fill 6 positions Voting on best choices Council for Earth Sciences 2 topics for Workshops Proposed 3 nominees identified to fill vacancies Next Meeting First Week in April Council for Biosciences Nominees being selected Office of Basic Energy Sciences

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