Stanford University Builds Photon Science Laboratory Building

Stanford University is planning to construct the $95 million Photon Science Laboratory Building at SLAC National Accelerator Lab in Palo Alto, Calif. The project will provide a world-class collaborative research facility for SLAC and four joint institutes: the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, and the Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Institute. The three-story building will also house centralized laboratory space that will allow the existing SLAC photon science program to expand. Construction will begin on the sustainably designed facility in spring of 2015 and occupancy is expected in late 2017. SLAC National Accelerator Lab is operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.