In the world of science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is synonymous with “excellence.” It fosters groundbreaking fundamental science that enables transformational solutions for energy and environment challenges, using interdisciplinary teams and by creating advanced new tools for scientific discovery. Research areas include Biosciences, Computing Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Energy Sciences, Energy Technologies, and Physical Sciences.

Berkeley Lab’s User Facilities provide stateoftheart resources for scientists across the nation and around the world. About 10,000 researchers a year use these facilities, representing nearly one third of the total for all Department of Energy Office of Science User Facilities. These include the Advanced Light Source (ALS), Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Molecular Foundry, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), and the Scientific Networking Division Energy Sciences Network (ESnet).