Alec Sandy

• Physicist, X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 2003-current

• Senior Consultant, Princeton Consultants, 1998-2003
• Research Scientist, CMSE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994-1998
• Guest Scientist, Risø National Laboratory, 1992-1994
• Ph.D. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
• B.Sc. Physics, McGill University, 1986

• APS SAXS Proposal Review Panel, 2009-current
• Small-angle scattering Special Interest Group Member at Large, American Crystallographic Association, 2007-current
• APS construction and commissioning review panel, 2005-present

Interests

• Dynamics in materials via coherent x-ray scattering (XPCS)
• Fast area detectors and high performance computing
• Soft condensed matter
• Time-resolved small angle x-ray scattering

• I have been actively involved on the experiment floor at the APS over a span of 15 years, first as a member of a CAT responsible for designing and implementing an insertion device beamline, and more recently as an APS staff member who led the transition of a CAT beamline to an APS-operated beamline.  I have seen firsthand, therefore, the APS make recent strides in facilitating General User science.  If elected to the APSUO, I will advocate on behalf of users for continued advances in this area, especially where they relate to the need for the APS to remain a first-class facility as new third generation synchrotron facilities begin operation.  Some specifics I believe the APS can continue to improve upon for the benefit of users are superior computing and networking resources, scientific software, detectors, advanced engineering and automation and brilliance-preserving optics.