The 2024 Berkeley Lab Research SLAM was held on Thursday, September 19, at Berkeley Lab's Building 50 Auditorium. Two SLAM alumni co-hosted the culminating live event, Revathi Jambunathan, a Research Scientist at the Applied Math & Computational Research Division, and Anne Villacastin, a Postdoc in the Environmental Genomics & Systems Biology Division. 

Twelve finalists took the stage to communicate their science in a clear and concise three minutes to impress the panel of esteemed judges. First place went to Yumary Vasquez from the Biosciences Area. Second place went to Gurjyot Sethi from the Energy Sciences Area. Third place went to Lisa Schlueter of the Physical Sciences Area, and the People's Choice Award went to Nicholas Dale from the Energy Sciences Area

Yumary, Sethi, and Lisa will advance to the regional Bay Area Research SLAM on October 3 to compete against the finalists from Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Sandia National Labs, and SLAC National Lab!