Scientific experts in the research community review and score beamtime proposals submitted to CHESS for their scientific merit. These reviews are crucial to identify the most impactful science that can be done at our facility. To determine how CHESS can improve the reviewer experience, we asked the proposal reviewers to take a brief survey. 68% of the reviewers respond and a summary of the results is shown below. Thanks to all CHESS reviewers for participating in the survey and reviewing proposals for CHESS!

Diego Soto, a chemistry major at University of Puerto Rico and research assistant at UPR’s Molecular Sciences Research Center, is taking the switch to online learning in stride. His spring semester was conducted largely online, Diego says it was good practice for the PREM summer program.

CHESS recently hosted the first of a series of workshops associated with the NSF-funded 'In-situ Studies of Rock Deformation' Research Collaborative Network (RCN).