The scientific director of ALBA has been elected vice-president of the ESRF Council

During the 60th meeting of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Council, held last 25th November, Miguel Ángel García Aranda, scientific director of the ALBA Synchrotron, has been elected vice-president of the ESRF Council. García Aranda will combine his position at the ESRF Council with his current position as scientific director of ALBA from the 1st January 2014.

Miguel Ángel García Aranda, PhD in Chemistry at the University of Málaga, will bring his wide experience in the field of synchrotron radiation to the ESRF Council from the 1st January 2014.  The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is the 3rd generation European synchrotron with an annual budget of 97 M€. Nowadays, it is finishing its I upgrade phase while it is programming a II upgrade phase, which includes a new storage ring to low the emittance from 4000 to 150 picometres.