John L. Sarrao

John Louis Sarrao (born February 1, 1967) is an American physicist. He is the deputy director for science, technology, and engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1][2] As of 2 October 2023, he will become the sixth director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory[3]

Photo of Sarrao in 2013
Sarrao in 2013

Education

In 1993, Sarrao received his PhD in physics from the University of California Los Angeles following a M.S. in physics from UCLA in 1991 and a B.S. in physics from Stanford University in 1989.[4][5]

He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science;[6] the American Physical Society;[7][8] and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[9]

Career

He is the principal architect of LANL’s Dynamic Mesoscale Material Science Capability (DMMSC).[10][11]

He is a board member of the Technology Research Collaborative (TRC).[12]

Sarrao's research includes quantum computing.[13]

On June 7, 2018, Sarrao presented Congressional Testimony for the House Science, Space & Technology Committee Subcommittee on Energy on topics including electric grid research and big data.[14]

Honors and awards

In 2013, he was awarded the United States Department of Energy’s Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for his research in Condensed Matter and Materials Science: “For the discovery and study of new materials, especially those based on Plutonium, advancing understanding of unconventional magnetic and superconducting states in strongly correlated f-electron condensed matter systems.”[15]

He was honored for his discovery and study of new materials, especially those based on Plutonium, that advance understanding of novel magnetic and superconducting states in strongly correlated f-electron condensed matter systems.[16][17] The complexity of strongly correlated materials, resulting from coupling among charge, spin, and lattice degrees-of-freedom, allows the emergence of new states and new phenomena, helping promote the development of useful and novel functional materials.[18]

References
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  2. Hedden, Adrian. "New Mexico partners with Los Alamos, Sandia national labs to develop 'clean' hydrogen power". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  3. "Deputy Director, Science, Technology, and Engineering".
  4. "Leadership Team, Triad National Security, LLC".
  5. "Physical Sciences alumni, UCLA".
  6. "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  7. "List of American Physical Society Fellows (2005)".
  8. "John L. Sarrao, American Physical Society Fellow".
  9. "Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellowship Membership (Active Fellow)".
  10. "Dynamic Mesoscale Material Science Capability".
  11. Barnes, C.W.. ... (2014). "The science of dynamic compression at the mesoscale and the Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes (MaRIE) project". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 500. 500 (9): 092001. Bibcode:2014JPhCS.500i2001B. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/500/9/092001. S2CID 109792180.
  12. Reporter, Los Alamos (2019-10-07). "John Sarrao Named To State Technology Research Collaborative Board". Los Alamos Reporter. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  13. Waters, Richard (2018-02-05). "Early quantum computing investors see benefits". Financial Times. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  14. Sarrao, John Louis (2018-06-04). "Prepared Statement of Dr. John Sarrao, Principal Associate Director, Science, Technology & Engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory". doi:10.2172/1440505. OSTI 1440505. S2CID 115287921. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. "The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, John L. Sarrao, 2013".
  16. Sarrao, J.L. ... (2015). "Superconductivity in plutonium compounds". Physica C: Superconductivity and Its Applications. 514 (15): 184–188. Bibcode:2015PhyC..514..184S. doi:10.1016/j.physc.2015.02.031.
  17. Sarrao, J.L. ... (2007). "Superconductivity in Cerium- and Plutonium-Based '115' Materials". Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 76 (5): 051013. Bibcode:2007JPSJ...76e1013S. doi:10.1143/jpsj.76.051013.
  18. Sarrao, J.L. ... (2003). "Discovery of plutonium-based superconductivity". Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 15 (28): S2275–S2278. Bibcode:2003JPCM...15S2275S. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/28/368. S2CID 250871411.
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