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 Slow atomic movements shed new light on unconventional superconductivityDark matter, neutrinos and drug discovery: how AI is powering SLAC science and technologyA new era for batteries: Argonne leads $50M sodium-ion innovation pushSLAC celebrates 50 years of Nobel-winning discovery in particle physicsTaming big data and particle beams: how SLAC researchers are pushing AI to the edgeHow microbes create the most toxic form of mercury