SEES Leadership


Emily Padston
The University of Chicago
Associate Director for Education, Outreach, and Community Engagement


Current Members of the Executive Committee


Bin Chen
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
User Group Committee Representative

Russell Hemley
University of Illinois Chicago
Department of Chemistry
Subaward PI (UIC)
Facility Director at National Synchrotron Light Source-II

Tony Lanzirotti
University of Chicago
GSECARS
Beamline Scientist
Facility Director at Advanced Photon Source



Brandy Toner
University of Minnesota
Department of Soil, Water and Climate
Subaward PI (University of Minnesota)
Facility Director at Advanced Light Source


Sam Webb
Stanford University
Precourt Institute for Energy
Beamline Scientist
Facility Director at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

Donald Weidner
Stony Brook University
Mineral Physics Institute; Department of Geosciences
Subaward Co-PI (Stony Brook University)

Matthew L. Whitaker
Stony Brook University
Mineral Physics Institute; Department of Geosciences
Beamline Scientist
Subaward PI (Stony Brook University)

Quentin Williams
University of California Santa Cruz
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Subaward PI (UC Santa Cruz)
Facility Director at Advanced Light Source