ALS Doctoral Fellowships in Residence
The Advanced Light Source (ALS), a division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is a national user facility that generates intense x-ray radiation for scientific and technological research. As the world's first third-generation synchrotron radiation source, the ALS offers outstanding performance in the VUV-soft x-ray energy range and excellent performance into the hard x-ray region. The facility welcomes researchers from universities, industries, and government laboratories around the world. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Applications to Shape the Future of Synchrotron Radiation Science
Synchrotron radiation is now an established tool in many areas of physical and biological science. The ALS Doctoral Fellowships will allow beginning researchers to work at the frontier of synchrotron radiation research and to help advance state-of-the-art applications.
The Fellowships enable students who have passed their Ph.D. qualifying or comprehensive verbal and written exams (generally third-year students) to acquire hands-on scientific training and develop professional maturity for independent research. Applicants must be full-time, currently enrolled students in a Ph.D. program in the physical or biological sciences, pursuing thesis research based on the use of synchrotron radiation.
The fellowships are offered as one-year appointments with the possibility of renewal. Successful applicants will be compensated with a $18,000 annual stipend. Additionally, fellows will be matched with an on-site mentor (generally a beamline scientist) and have access to ALS resources, including beamtime. Fellows are expected to present their results at a meeting or as a seminar at the end of the fellowship year.
Applications are due by July 31, 2009 for an appointment to coincide with the following academic year.
Interested applicants should submit a completed application form, a two-page description of their research plan, a resume with publications list, and two to three letters of reference by e-mail to areza@lbl.gov, by fax to (510) 486-7863, or by mail to
ALS Doctoral Fellowship in Residence
c/o Adriana Reza
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road, M/S 6R2100
Berkeley, CA 94720
Individuals from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
2008-09 Fellowship winners
The selection committee selected the following award recipients for the 2007-08 academic year:
David Esteves (University of Nevada, Reno)
Muhammad Hossain (University of British Columbia)
Ningdong Huang (Stanford University)
Xiaosong Liu (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Lynelle Takahashi (University of California, Berkeley)
Janel Uejio (University of California, Berkeley)
Lewis Wray (Princeton University)
Xiaowei Yu (Stanford University)These exceptional Ph.D. students have been selected to perform a major part of their thesis work at the ALS during a one-year appointment covering the 2008 - 2009 academic year. year.
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