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 Researchers control quantum properties of 2D materials with tailored lightRubin observatory will reveal dark matter’s ghostly disruptions of stellar streamsFirst results from DESI make the most precise measurement of our expanding universeSLAC completes construction of the largest digital camera ever built for astronomyScientists propose a new way to search for dark matterSLAC technology designed to detect dark matter could lead to a better understanding of galaxy evolution