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Michael S Hahn
Unit/Program Communicator, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
BioI'm a communicator with a love for storytelling and a master's degree in history.
At SLAC, I write stories about people. Before then, I worked with educators, administrators, students, artists and scientists to communicate their experiences to diverse audiences.
The arc of my career spans communications, publishing, higher education, fine arts and oral history. It's led to meaningful and challenging work in places like Los Angeles, the Bay Area and Chicago. -
Sheikh Rubaiat Ul Haque
Postdoctoral Scholar, Photon Science, SLAC
BioRubaiat received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from the University of Tokyo in 2017. He then moved to the University of California San Diego where he finished his PhD in Physics under Professor Richard Averitt in 2023. During his PhD, he performed time-resolved broadband terahertz spectroscopy on excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5 where he demonstrated light-induced terahertz parametric amplification mediated by phonon squeezing. He has also worked on the optical control of plasmonic modes in semiconducting metamaterials. Currently, Rubaiat is a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University working with Professors Tony Heinz and Aaron Lindenberg on the strong light-field dynamics of low-dimensional materials. His research interests also include cavity QED and Floquet engineering of quantum materials.
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Britt Hedman
Professor of Photon Science
BioHedman’s research program is focused on the development and applications of x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies using synchrotron radiation, with a scientific emphasis primarily on study of the electronic and structural aspects of metal ion active sites in bioinorganic and biological systems. A common theme is to investigate how structure at molecular and macromolecular levels relates to function.
A major long-term focus has been the active site of the enzyme nitrogenase, and the various nitrogenase metal clusters, including elucidating the electronic and geometric structure of those that are formed and changed along their biosynthetic pathways. Other systems of systematic studies include iron-sulfur cluster containing enzymes, blue and multi-copper proteins, heme-copper oxidases, and iron-containing oxidases. Methods developments include x-ray absorption spectroscopy (edge and extended fine structure - or EXAFS), including the application of multiple-scattering analysis in EXAFS studies of metal clusters relevant to bioinorganic systems, the development of methodology for polarized single crystal x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and methodology and instrumentation development for soft- through hard-energy XAS.
Hedman received her B.S and B.A. in Chemistry, M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry, and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Umeå, Sweden. She was Assistant Professor (equivalent) in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Umeå before coming to Stanford, initially as Senior Academic Scientific Staff, followed by appointed as Professor (Research) in 2002, and Professor of Photon Science in 2007. -
Christian Heide
Postdoctoral Scholar, Photon Science, SLAC
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current research focuses on light-matter interactions on extremely fast time scales (femto- and attoseconds). This includes ultrafast current injection and the generation of high harmonics in two-dimensional materials like TMDCs and layered heterostructures.
