The User Executive Committee (UEC) represents the needs and views of users to the EMSL director. It is composed of elected representatives who are or were recently users of the facility. The UEC consults EMSL user surveys and input from the staff and administration of the facility to make recommendations for improvements or changes.
The UEC’s responsibilities include:
- Provide a clear channel for the exchange of information and advice between EMSL users and management
- Provide a formal vehicle for EMSL users to transmit concerns and recommendations to the EMSL director
- Design and oversee the EMSL user meetings
- Provide advice and recommendations to the EMSL director on how to facilitate effective use of EMSL
- Nominate active users for future membership to the committee
Member of the UEC welcome comments, concerns or suggestions about EMSL operations or science at any time. Members and their contact information are listed below:
- Paul G. Tratnyek (Chair), Oregon Health & Science University [email]
- Simon R. Bare, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory [email]
- Jeffrey G. Catalano, Washington University in St. Louis [email]
- Mary Gilles, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [email]
- Steven Hallam, University of British Columbia, Life Sciences Institute [email]
- John V. Hanna, University of Warwick [email]
- Matthias Hess, University of California, Davis [email]
- Anne Johansen, Central Washington University [email]
- Tiffany Kaspar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [email]
- Daniel Knopf, Stony Brook University [email]
- Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [email]
- Michael Sadowsky, University of Minnesota [email]
- Louis A. Sherman (Chair Elect), Purdue University [email]
- Blake A. Simmons, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [email]