10:00-10:45 AM Biophysics of DNA and the physics of pattern formation

Anna Lappala, Email: lappala@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu

Research Associate in Genetics, Harvard University

Karissa Sanbonmatsu, Email: kys@lanl.gov

Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

10:00-10:45 AM LETS GO ON A TOUR!!!! You don't need to be a doctor to save lives

Eva Birnbaum, Email: eva@lanl.gov

Program Manager, Chemist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Ellen Margaret O'Brien, Email: emobrien@lanl.gov

Physicist, Nuclear Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory

LANL’s Isotope Production Facility (IPF) is an intermediate energy proton bombardment facility at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), configured to maximize production of high purity and high specific-activity isotopes. With a high current (250 mA) beam of 100 MeV protons incident on a water-cooled stack of three targets, IPF is well suited to produce specific long-lived isotopes in solid targets. Targets are processed at the nearby Hot Cell Facility and the isolated isotope products are shipped to customers for medical and industrial use, as well as for research into future applications. Currently, beam time is primarily used for the production of ⁸²Sr and ⁶⁸Ge, both of which are utilized for medical imaging via positron emission tomography (PET).

11:00-11:30 AM Waste Chemistry

Ellen Gammon, Email: ellen.gammon@em-la.doe.gov

Waste Technical Services manager, Engineering and Waste Manager at N3B Los Alamos

Nancy McAllister, Email: Nancy.McAllister@em-la.doe.gov

Transuranic Waste Management director, Project Manager at N3B Los Alamos

11:30-12:00 AM Systems Engineering

Heather Bottom, Email: had2106@gmail.com

Systems EngineerJet Propulsion Laboratory

12:00-12:15 PM Meet VIP

Marcey Hoover, Email: mlhoove@sandia.gov

Currently Acting Executive Director and Chief Human Resources Officer of Sandia National Laboratories

Director of the Energy and Homeland Security Program Management Center at Sandia National Laboratories

Dr. Marcey Hoover is Director of the Energy and Homeland Security Program Management Center at Sandia National Laboratories. She began her career at Sandia in 1995 as a member of the technical staff and has since held multiple leadership positions across the institution in areas critical to our nation's security posture.

Dr. Hoover has held elected positions within the American Society for Quality's Statistics Division and has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumni of Purdue University. She received her bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Michigan State University, and her master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in mathematical statistics from Purdue University.

13:00-13:30 PM Exoskeletons & Anthropomorphic Skeletons

Alex Miera, Email: ammiera@sandia.gov ammiera@wpi.edu

Sandia National Labs Student Intern

13:30-14:00 PM Development projects While working at pRad

Amy Tainter, Email: atainter@lanl.gov

Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory

10:00-10:45 AM Robotics Vehicle Range tour

Alex Miera, Email: ammiera@sandia.gov ammiera@wpi.edu

Sandia National Labs Student Intern

Christy Gilbert, Email: clgilbe@sandia.gov

11:30-12:00 AM Pocket size nuclear reactors?

Athena Sagadevan Email: athenaas@lanl.gov

Nuclear Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory

12:45-13:00 PM Meet VIP

John Sarrao

Principal Associate Director at LANL for Science, Techniology and Engineering

13:00-14:00 PM When Your world is in the nano

Stacy Copp Email: stacy.copp@uci.edu

Material Science & Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics , University of California Irvine

https://copplab.eng.uci.edu/lab-members/stacy-copp/

Anna Gonzalez Rosell Email: annag4@uci.edu

Anna Gonzàlez Rosell earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Institut Químic de Sarrià – Universitat Ramon Llull in 2019. In her bachelor’s thesis, she investigated the development of aqueous graphene suspensions as a member of the Group of Materials Engineering (GEMat). Anna is a recipient of a Balsells Fellowship. Her main research interests include nanoclusters and polymers, and her current research focuses on discovering new DNA-stabilized silver clusters in the near-infrared spectral region. In her free time, Anna enjoys practicing sports and being outdoors with friends.

Eshana Bethur Email: ebethur@uci.edu

Eshana earned her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Rutgers University in 2020. For her senior project, Eshana worked on accurately measuring the quantum yield of organic semiconductor thin films in the O’Carroll Research Group. Her current project in the Copp lab focuses on understanding how silver-mediated DNA base pairing can expand DNA nanotechology. When she’s not doing research, Eshana enjoys scenic hikes and a good book .

10:00-10:30 AM When Your world is in the nano

Laurel Winter Email: lwinter@lanl.gov

User Program Director, Pulsed Field FacilityLANL, Pulsed Field Facility

https://nationalmaglab.org/user-facilities/pulsed-field-facility/staff-pulsed-field?view=personnel&id=LaurelWinter

https://nationalmaglab.org/about

10:30-10:45 AM Meet VIP

Steve Buelow Email: lwinter@lanl.gov

User Program Director, Pulsed Field FacilityLANL, Pulsed Field Facility

11:30-12:00 PM Meet VIP

Christian Wong Email: hawaiisciencemuseum@gmail.com

Director of Hawaii Science and Technology Museum

Books recommended

Theory Z Management, William Ouchi

Talent is Overrated, Geoff Colvin

Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande