SLAC Faculty Affairs Office The SLAC Faculty Affairs Office is responsible for implementing University policy regarding appointments and promotions, salary setting, leaves, endowed chair appointments, and other matters of an academic nature. Particle Physics & Astrophysics Faculty Photon Science Faculty Faculty Affairs News and Events WHAT'S NEW Latest Faculty News News Welcome John Sarrao to SLAC Photon Science Department! View all news Lastest Science News NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory installs LSST Camera on telescope SLAC scientists created the most powerful ultrashort electron beam in the worldA new way to selectively combust contaminants streamlines ethylene productionSolving the case of the missing platinumSLAC to develop fusion energy target technology as part of DOE Fusion Innovation Research Engine Collaboratives Researchers record ultrafast chorus dance of electrons on super-small particle