Haskel, a group leader at the Advanced Photon Source, will represent Argonne as part of the Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program’s 2025 cohort
MARCH 13, 2025
The program builds the Department of Energy national laboratory leaders of the future.
The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP) has announced the selection of fellows for its 2025 cohort. Representing the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in the program will be Daniel Haskel, a group leader in the lab’s X-ray Science Division.
OSELP is managed by the National Laboratory Directors’ Council (NLDC), a group made up of directors of DOE national laboratories.
Haskel leads the Magnetic Materials group at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a DOE Office of Science user facility at Argonne. The group is responsible for operations and R&D activities at four X-ray beamlines, including a new feature beamline under commissioning as part of a comprehensive upgrade to the APS. That beamline, Polarization Modulation Spectroscopy, will advance research in energy-efficient materials and quantum technologies.
“Daniel is an important leader within the scientific staff at the APS, and his knowledge and ideas will no doubt enrich this latest OSELP cohort and its mission.” — Jonathan Lang, Director, X-ray Science Division, Argonne
The 2025 cohort includes representatives from all 17 DOE national laboratories. Haskel was chosen to represent Argonne after a lab-wide internal selection process. Candidate nominations are assessed by a committee of former national lab directors and former senior DOE officials, and accepted into the program by the NLDC.
“Daniel’s selection to OSELP is certainly well deserved,” said Jonathan Lang, director of the X-ray Science Division. “Daniel is an important leader within the scientific staff at the APS, and his knowledge and ideas will no doubt enrich this latest OSELP cohort and its mission.”
As the premier leadership development program of the NLDC, the Oppenheimer program is dedicated to preparing the national lab leaders of tomorrow. Throughout the year, the cohort will visit several DOE labs and develop strategic think-pieces as part of an effort to immerse its fellows in the scope and intricacy of the national laboratory system. The goal of the program is to cultivate leaders that will have long-term impacts throughout the complex.
“I am delighted to have the opportunity to learn more about the broader DOE national laboratory complex,” Haskel said. “Each laboratory is unique yet driven by the common mission of solving the most pressing scientific and technological problems of our times. It is a privilege to be able to get a closer look at the inner workings of such an incredibly impactful resource for the nation.”