Argonne National Laboratory

Awards & Recognition

Argonne scientists honored for AI-powered solar cell breakthrough

Argonne scientists and global partners win top chemistry honor for AI-powered breakthroughs that accelerate solar cell discovery and reshape materials science.

An unexpected destiny: Julie Smagacz, leader in administrative and operations support

Her mentors and friends at Argonne equipped her to have lasting impacts on the lab.

Argonne physicist receives Feynman Prize for excellence in nanotechnology experimentation

The Foresight Institute is recognizing Hla for his research on molecular machines and motors, atomically precise rotation of rare-earth complexes and analysis of a single atom with X-rays.

Argonne scientist elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society

Argonne scientist recognized with prestigious fellowship.

Yue Cao: Unlocking new materials with physics and X-ray science

Physicist Yue Cao in the Materials Science division conducts experiments with the Advanced Photon Source and other X-ray facilities to understand the behavior of materials and enable scientists to create more energy-efficient devices.

Mel Delpech: A civil engineer building up future scientists

Civil engineer and educator Mel Delpech believes that students are the future. She supports the entrepreneurship internship program at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.

Argonne’s Ilke Arslan named fellow of the Microscopy Society of America

Most recently, Arslan’s research has focused on building an ultrafast electron microscope at the Center for Nanoscale Materials.

Using supercomputers to help companies advance clean energy technologies

Through DOE’s High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation initiative, Argonne will partner with Ford Motor Company, Capstone Green Energy, Lakril Technologies and Power Manufacturing to help accelerate the development of clean energy technologies.

Argonne to receive new funding to develop quantum networks

Quantum networks could one day have a transformative impact on scientific research, financial transactions and national security.

Department of Energy funds new center for decarbonization of steelmaking

Center to develop cost-effective method for decarbonized manufacturing for steelmaking without a blast furnace.

Tomas Polakovic develops the next generation of superconducting particle detectors

Superconducting nanowires have a variety of applications in nuclear physics and cosmology, says the Argonne Fellow.

Speaking my language: Robert Winarski’s background helps him coordinate beamline installation for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade

The APS Upgrade project includes the construction of several new beamlines, but every existing beamline will be improved as well. Winarski is the man overseeing all of that work.