Chi-Chang Kao will assume the position as director of SLAC on Nov. 1.
Stanford Report, October 24, 2012 Chi-Chang Kao, an associate laboratory director at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, has been named as the lab's fifth director, Stanford University President John Hennessy announced today. Kao will succeed Persis S. Drell, who announced her intention to step down from the position late last year. He will formally assume his position as director on Nov. 1, 2012. "A committee conducted an international search to find SLAC's next director for nearly 10 months and considered dozens of candidates before making recommendations," Hennessy said. "In the end, it was clear to us that the best candidate for the job was clearly the one already at SLAC. Chi-Chang is both a respected scientist in X-ray science known globally for his accomplishments and a proven leader, someone who can energetically lead the laboratory's excellent faculty and staff and chart a bold course for SLAC's scientific direction in the coming years." "I've had the pleasure of working directly with Chi-Chang for two years since he assumed the role of associate lab director for the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) here at SLAC," Drell said.
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