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. Faculty 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 LZ sees surprising result in search for dark matterScientists capture first molecular-level images of water reorganization during a reaction crucial for lifeGiving solid-state batteries a squeeze keeps them from short-circuitingSuperCDMS SNOLAB begins preliminary phase of dark matter huntSLAC researchers uncover copper's surprising melting behavior at extreme temperatures SLAC researchers make movie of the first steps in a chemical reaction