Dr. Chi Chang Kao

Biography

Chi-Chang Kao works on developing experimental methods that exploit the unique properties of high-brightness storage rings and X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFEL), with applications in materials science. He is currently engaged in using X-ray scattering in combination with high magnetic fields to study high-temperature superconductors, as well as inelastic X-ray scattering for the study of materials using XFEL and X-ray methods for energy applications. Kao served as the fifth director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory from November 2012 to February 2023. Previously, he worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory for 25 years in a variety of positions, including five years as chairperson of the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS). He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2006 and named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010 for his contributions to resonant elastic and inelastic X-ray scattering techniques in the application of materials physics and for his leadership at NSLS.

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