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 SLAC and Stanford researchers advance understanding of a key celiac enzymeNew AI approach accelerates targeted materials discovery and sets the stage for self-driving experiments Rubin Observatory will detect thousands of brown dwarfs, unlocking Milky Way mysteriesSLAC’s high-speed electron camera uncovers a new ‘light-twisting’ behavior in an ultrathin material SLAC researchers pioneer new methods in ultrafast science for sharper molecular moviesWilliam Chueh named new director of Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy