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 Thousands of tiny snapshots reveal the evolution of a copper catalyst that can convert CO2 into valuable chemicals and fuelsBerkeley Lab, SLAC scientists crack decades-old puzzle in CO2-to-fuel conversionResearchers use SLAC’s synchrotron to monitor how one protein’s evolution could affect transmission of avian flu to and between humans Sharpening our cosmic focusNew study reveals how to make prescribed forest fires burn safer and cleanerPreparing for the greatest cosmic movie ever made