For the American West, this summer served up reminder after stark reminder of the urgent need to address the country’s water security. The drying up of the Southwest’s most important river–the Colorado River which is the source of water for one in 10 Americans–is more than enough to sound the alarm. But far worse: As…
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Research scientist Haruko Wainwright is being celebrated for her role in helping Berkeley Lab provide exceptional mentorship of the next generation of STEM professionals. Wainwright is one of six scientists being recognized this summer for their unique contributions as mentors through the various internships offered by Berkeley Lab: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI), the…
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Berkeley Lab’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development program has informed recipients across the laboratory of new and renewed funding for their projects beginning in October. In EESA, ten individuals will receive funding for new and continuing projects. All EESA projects are named below. Berkeley Lab’s LDRD program exists because the United States Congress has allowed federal Laboratory…
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George Moridis, a senior scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division, has been awarded an Honorary Membership in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements. Limited to just 0.1% of SPE’s total membership, Honorary Membership in the SPE is the highest honor the nonprofit global professional society presents to an individual.…
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Research Scientist Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos co-authored an opinion piece for the San Diego Union-Tribune which details how fiber-optic seismometers have come to transform earthquake measurements in recent years, and how an ongoing dark fiber experiment in Imperial Valley has recorded a recent swarm of earthquakes occurring in the area. She co-wrote the piece with two seismologists from…
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EESA research scientist Mengsu Hu was selected as a future leader of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) in 2020. Watch a video of her describing her work that is part of a new series of Youtube videos recently initiated by Hu with the support of the ARMA Board of Directors to enhance the scientific visibility…
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This week EGD Research Scientist Michael Whittaker (pictured above at left) is participating in the 2021 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, as part of the UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellowship program. Whittaker and Berkeley Lab postdocs Lindsay Bassman (CSA) and Marlene Turner (PSA) are attending virtual lectures and interactive sessions with 40 Nobel laureates from…
Read MoreA team composed of researchers from the BES Geoscience group in EGD, the Advanced Light Source, and the University of Utah, has constructed a brand-new X-ray nanotomography instrument at beamline 11.3.1 at the ALS. The researchers look forward to the instrument becoming a valuable resource for Earth and materials scientists in EESA and beyond. Above: The…
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This interview was conducted and written by Ruby Barcklay and first appeared on Berkeley Lab’s internal websites. Charuleka Varadharajan, a research scientist in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Area (EESA), was interested in the nexus of environmental science and computation even as an undergraduate at the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai. Her thesis explored…
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These maps show radiation dose rates in the Fukushima evacuation zone and former evacuation zone over time. At left is data from 2014, at middle is data from 2015, and at right is data from 2016. There is a visible reduction in the areas with higher dose concentrations from 2014 to 2016 – higher concentrations…
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