2025 SLAM Finalists

Claire Doody

Postdoctoral Researcher

Energy Physical and Life Sciences 

Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Anne Villacastin

Postdoctoral Researcher

Biosciences

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Syed Saqline

Energy Technologies 

"What Works When the Grid Fails? Hydrogen"

Thasneem Frousnoon

Biosciences

"Trash to Treasure: Building Resilient Yeast Minifactories"

Yashwanth Balaji 

Energy Sciences

"Shielding Quantum Computers from Cosmic Chaos"

Louisa Barama 

Geophysical Monitoring Program 

Quake or Boom? Harnessing Scattered Energy for a Safer World 

Keegan Orr

Physical and Life Sciences

"How Lasers Can Help You Deliver a Pizza Anywhere in Under 20 Minutes"

Rahul Jain

Physical and Life Sciences

"A Star is Born-But How Long Did it Take?"

Kruttika Phadke

Biological, Radiation, and Signature Science, Technology, & Engineering Center

"S.H.I.E.L.D : 

Shared Human Interactions Enabled for Lethal Diseases"

Chris Wentland

Computation and Analysis for National Security Center

"Pinatubo Probabilities: 

Statistics for Modern Climate Security"

Prasaad Milner

Biological, Radiation, and Signature Science, Technology, & Engineering Center

"Our Cells Are Sealed: 

Protecting living cells against CRISPR-based tampering "

Jenny Smith

Technology Innovation Directorate

"From Burst Mode to Breakthroughs: Real-Time Selection for Big Science"

Sathya Jagadeesan

Energy Sciences Directorate

"Storing Green Energy in Rust"

Kewei Zhao

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

"How Metals Make Life Work"