SSRL UOEC Nominations

We are currently soliciting nominations for seven positions on the SSRLUOEC in the following disciplines:

• Bio Spectroscopy/Bio SAXS (1)
• Environmental/Geoscience (1)
• Macromolecular Crystallography (1)
• Materials Science (1)
• Ultrafast Science (1)
• Graduate Student (any discipline) (2)

Members serve a three-year term, with the exception of students who may serve shorter terms and the person elected Chair, who will serve on the committee two additional years to facilitate continuity of SSRLUOEC activities.

How to Vote

Users are encouraged to vote to elect their representatives on the SSRL Users’ Organization Executive Committee by completing the on-line ballot before Monday, October 19.

Candidates are elected by the SSRL user community by majority vote. Election results will be announced at the Users’ Meeting on October 20.

All newly elected members begin their term following the Users' Meeting; the next SSRLUOEC meeting will be held on the afternoon of October 20 in the Kavli Auditorium.

Current SSRLUOEC Members

Positions to be filled in 2009 and 2010 are denoted with an asterisk (*).

	Member	Institution	Discipline
	Ben Gilbert	LBNL	Materials/Chemistry
	Yuji Arai	Clemson University	Environmental Science
*	Rebecca Fenn	Stanford University	Biospectroscopy
*	Brittany Nelson-Cheeseman	UCSC	Materials Science
	Katherine Kantardjieff	CSU Fullerton	Macromolecular Crystallography (2009/10 Chair)
*	Chris Kim	Chapman University	Environmental Science (2006/07 Chair)
*	Richard Lee	LLNL	Ultrafast Science
	Wayne Lukens	LBNL	Environmental Science (2008/09 Chair)
*	Karen McFarlane Holman	Willamette University	Biospectroscopy
*	Art Nelson	LLNL	Materials/Chemistry
	Beth Wurzberg	Stanford University	Macromolecular Crystallography
*	Monika Sommerhalter	CSU East Bay	Macromolecular Crystallography
	Robert Szilagyi	Montana State Univ.	Biospectroscopy (2007/08 Chair)
	Cathy Knotts	SSRL	Liaison

Cathy Knotts
2575 Sand Hill Road, SSRL MS 99
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Fax 650-926-3600.