Photon Sciences Directorate Science Advisory Committee (SAC)

Charter

The Photon Sciences Directorate Science Advisory Committee (SAC) is advisory to the Associate Laboratory Director (ALD) for the Photon Sciences Directorate at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The SAC has the responsibility to provide recommendations on all scientific and policy issues that bear on the full and effective utilization of the BNL Photon Sciences Directorate facilities and on future developments required to maintain the scientific productivity of the BNL Photon Sciences Directorate programs at the highest possible level.

In order to ensure that present and future scientific facilities and programs of the Photon Sciences  Directorate are of the highest quality, the SAC will review and advise on the following primary issues:

• Planning for current and future scientific facilities and programs
• Policies relevant to user access and utilization of scientific facilities
• Proposals for major experimental facilities and programs
• Performance and management of facilities and programs in terms of scientific output and utilization

The SAC will maintain, primarily through the expertise of its membership, close ties with the scientific community. They will advise the ALD on directions that will best meet the future needs of the scientific community and to insure successful interactions with the user community.

The members will be appointed by the ALD based on nominations from the user community, directorate staff, and BNL management. The membership of the SAC will be balanced to provide expertise in major science programs, technical developments, and facilities and program management. Membership on the SAC will be for a three-year term, renewable by mutual consent. The chair of the SAC will be appointed by the ALD for a three-year term. One representative from each recognized BNL Photon Sciences  user organization will be an ex-officio member of the SAC.

In general, the full SAC will meet twice a year. The ALD, in consultation with the chair of the SAC, can call additional SAC meetings as necessary. Deliberations of the SAC will be confidential. A member of the SAC will not take part in deliberations if his/her participation would create or appear to create a conflict of interest. Delegates are not allowed to substitute for SAC members at SAC meetings.

The output of the SAC will consist of a report of their findings and recommendations conveyed in an oral briefing of the ALD and other directorate staff at the conclusion of each SAC meeting and in a written report submitted shortly after each SAC meeting and which will be made public.

Membership
 

Meetings

• Science Advisory Committee Meeting, March 15-16, 2012
• Science Advisory Committee Meeting, April 4-5, 2011
• Science Advisory Committee Meeting, August 12-13, 2010
  • Summary SAC Report

SAC Study Panel Reviews, 2011

• Materials Science and Engineering Study Panel, November 17-18, 2011
• Biological and Medical Sciences Study Panel, December 1, 2011
• Spectroscopy and Spectromicroscopy Study Panel, December 6, 2011

SAC Study Panel Reviews, 2010

2010 SAC Review

• Biological and Environmental Chemistry Study Panel, July 7-8, 2010
• Materials Science Study Panel, July 12-13, 2010
• Advanced and Engineering Materials Studies Study Panel, July 13-14, 2010
• Condensed Matter Physics Study Panel, July 19-20, 2010
• Structural Biology Study Panel, July 20-21, 2010
• Structural Chemistry and Catalysis Study Panel, July 21-22, 2010
• Imaging and Microscopy Studies Study Panel, July 29-30, 2010

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