The 2022 Berkeley Lab Research SLAM was held on Thursday, September 22nd, at Berkeley Lab's Cafeteria Patio. The culminating live event was co-hosted by Sinead Griffin, Staff Scientist at the Material Sciences Division, and Bashir Mohammed, Computational Systems Engineer in the Scientific Data 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 Sarah Gleeson, ESA. Second place went to Mohammed Ombadi, EESA. Third place went to Aparajitha Srinivasan, BSA. The People's Choice Award winner was Ying Wing, BSA. 

Sarah, Mohammed, and Aparajitha will advance to the regional Bay Area Research SLAM on October 20 to compete against the finalists from Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Sandia National Labs, and SLAC National Lab.