who won the Physics Nobel Prize in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron, believed that the biggest scientific challenges are best addressed by teams and is credited with launching the modern era of multidisciplinary, team science.Today, Berkeley Lab ranks among the world's top research institutions, and conducts basic and applied unclassified research across six key scientific disciplines: biosciences, computing sciences, physical sciences, energy sciences, Earth and environmental sciences, and energy technologies.The Lab employs nearly 4,000 staff members, about 1,700 of whom are scientists and engineers who develop sustainable energy and environmental solutions, create useful new materials, advance the frontiers of computing, and probe the mysteries of life, matter, and the universe. More than 500 are undergraduate and graduate students -scientists just beginning their research journey.A $1.1 billion science and technology powerhouse, Berkeley Lab, which has been managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science since its inception, is still shaping the world in fundamental ways.