John L. Sarrao

John L. Sarrao
Sarrao in 2013
6th Director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Assumed office
October 2, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byChi-Chang Kao
Alma materStanford University (BS)
University of California Los Angeles (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
ThesisResonant ultrasound spectroscopy( RUS) study of the structural phase transition in lanthanum-strontium copper oxide (La(2-x) Sr(x) CuO(4)) (1993)
Doctoral advisorW. Gilbert Clark

John Louis Sarrao (born February 1, 1967) is an American physicist. He was the deputy director for science, technology, and engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory. As of 2 October 2023, he became the sixth director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory