Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is a multidisciplinary science and engineering center managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. At ANL, world-class researchers work alongside experts from industry, academia and other government laboratories to address vital national challenges in clean energy, environment, technology and national security.

ANL was a pioneer in the development of low temperature superconductivity and its applications, including superconducting magnets for particle accelerators and beam lines, superconducting radio frequency cavities and large high energy physics particle detectors. ANL’s diverse and dynamic research agenda spans 14 scientific divisions, 12 centers and six national user facilities. These include the Advanced Photon Source, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System.

This rich scientific environment provides researchers with an extraordinary range of cutting-edge facilities and scientific tools that support in-depth research, drive technological breakthroughs and improve the nation’s competitiveness and quality of life.