DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

	Stephen R. Leone Chemical Sciences Division Director

Welcome to the web page of the Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The Chemical Sciences Division pioneers an integrated and seamless approach to chemical transformations, from atomic to macroscopic scales that underpin energy-related processes and their impact on the environment. We have developed world expertise in fundamental chemistry research in support of the Basic Energy Sciences' mission of the Department of Energy.

Theory and experiment are very closely coupled in multiple research areas, including homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, ultrafast x-ray science, atomic, molecular and optical sciences, actinide and lanthanide rare earth and critical materials chemistry, and basic gas phase and condensed phase chemical physics, related to combustion and interfacial chemistry. The division pursues research that spans the atomic to macroscopic scales and from the natural timescale of electron motions (attoseconds) to the longer timescales of relevant chemical transformations.

To fulfill our mission, the investigators and their programs operate two beamlines at the Advanced Light Source, the Chemical Dynamics Beamline and the Molecular Environmental Science Beamline, tackling relevant problems of aerosol reaction dynamics, environmental radiative forcing, fuel cell research, and bioimaging. The Division is the home to the Glenn T. Seaborg Center, which performs pioneering actinide chemistry, radioactive decorporation, and critical materials research involving lanthanide rare earth species, as well as investigations of recycle and reuse for sustainable chemistry. Division scientists play a central role in the cutting edge Next Generation Light Source free electron laser through the Ultrafast X-ray Science Laboratory. Investigators in catalysis are central to the Joint Center for Artificial Photochemistry, the solar fuels hub. Pioneering work in combustion science is key to the most efficient use of the world's precious natural resources, and work of the Division impacts sustainable energy and environment.

The Chemical Sciences Division has over 200 staff, faculty, graduate students, and postdocs, and numerous opportunities are available for research and education within the Division. The Division is part of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, adjacent to the University of California, Berkeley, campus, with laboratories both on the University campus and in specialized facilities at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Hill campus. Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory with major missions in almost all areas of Department of Energy interest. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory conducts multidisciplinary research with key efforts in fundamental studies of the universe, physics, chemistry, bioscience, nanoscience, clean energy, energy efficiency, the environment, and the use of computing as a tool for discovery. Eleven Nobel laureates are associated with Berkeley Lab, which is managed by the University of California.

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	Chemical Sciences Division Research Affiliations
	Our four core programs-Chemical Physics; The Glenn T. Seaborg Center; Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences; Catalytic Science-maintain affiliations at LBNL with the Advanced Light Source, Environmental Energy Technologies, Earth Sciences, Nuclear Sciences and Materials Sciences Divisions, and at U.C. Berkeley with the Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Physics Departments.