Re: Announcement for a faculty director of SNF

SNF Lab Members, Faculty, and Staff:

I'd like to thank Yoshio for his kind words and support, and thank the
entire SNF staff for their effort, commitment, and friendship during my
brief tenure as Interim Director.

I join Yoshio in welcoming Roger as the SNF Faculty Director, and trust
that everyone will be as supportive of his efforts as you have been of mine.

Thank you again and Happy Holidays to all,

John

> Dear all,
>
> After the organizational change which we made in the beginning
> of this academic year, there have been significant improvements made in the
> SNF operations in terms of equipment performance and uptime. Many
> thanks should go to John Shott as the Interim Director for his hard
> work and dedication over the past several months, with the help of the
> SNF staff and a number of senior students, postdocs, and research
> associates.
>
> Now it is time to have a Faculty Director of SNF, as we
> begin the search for a new staff position, the Operations Director.
> Prof. Roger Howe has agreed to serve in this capacity of SNF
> Faculty Director effective immediately and he will work closely with
> John and the SNF faculty users as the point of contact. Roger reports to
> Dean Jim Plummer.
> While I will handle the other responsibilities of the NNIN Stanford site,
> e.g., the NNIN/NSF relationship and reporting, computational support,
> education, SEI, nanosafety, workshops, coordination with Nano-Center
> and SNL, Roger will focus on any organizational development and
> staffing improvement of SNF in order for us to prepare for the
> forthcoming NNIN recompetition -- coming just down the road in 2013.
>
> Please join me welcoming Roger to his new role as SNF Faculty Director.
>
> Cheers and wishing you all a happy holidays and a prosperous New Year!
>
> Yoshio
>