May 4, 2009

Senator Gillibrand Visits the NSLS

On April 17, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was welcomed to Brookhaven National Laboratory during her first visit to Suffolk County since being appointed by Governor David Paterson to the seat formerly held by Hillary Clinton. Accompanied by U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop, and newly elected Brookhaven Town Supervisor Mark Lesko, the Senator toured the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the National Institute of Standards and Technology beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source, and electron microscopy and other labs at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials. She also had time for a short discussion with Lab and DOE Site Office management and with representatives from Stony Brook University, including President Shirley Strum Kenny.

NIST researcher Dan Fischer (left) gives an overview of the science conducted at his beamline to U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Tim Bishop.

Doon Gibbs (right), Brookhaven’s Deputy Director for Science & Technology, gives U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand an introduction to the NSLS in the lobby.