Alan Fisher
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Years at Stanford
30
Honored
2025
What is one fun fact about you?
It helps to be thin and short (5'6") when crawling under and around accelerator beamlines.
What is one thing that you like about working at Stanford?
It takes a large, dedicated team to make SLAC run and to build new projects. I enjoy working on that team, from the accelerator tunnel to the control room.
Tell us briefly about an event, project, program or initiative you were involved with at Stanford that you're most proud of.
Commissioning a new accelerator is the culmination of years of designing and building. I've been involved with several rounds of commissioning. One that comes to mind is getting the first electron-positron collisions in the PEP-2 rings. I was up all night and most of the next day getting the timing right to have the beams collide in the detector.
What is one of your favorite memories while working at Stanford?
I've taken my family to see some of our SLAC facilities, but when I was doing some collaborative work at CERN I also took them to see the ATLAS detector on the Large Hadron Collider just before it got started.
Leave your Legacy: What piece of guidance would you give a new hire at Stanford?
At least for SLAC, don't be daunted by the flood of training classes, procedures, and paperwork. You'll get to work on entirely new facilities that will lead to new discoveries.
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