For release: Sept. 1, 2004

Contacts: 
Alan Goldman, 294-3585
Tom Barton, 294-2770
Steve Karsjen, 294-5643

GOLDMAN NAMED AMES LAB
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION DIRECTOR

Ames, IA – Ames Laboratory Director Tom Barton today announced the appointment of Dr. Alan Goldman
as division director for Science and Technology at Ames Lab. Goldman’s appointment is effective September
1, 2004. He replaces Dr. David Hoffman, who recently retired from the position.

Goldman was chairman of the Iowa State University Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1999 to
2002 and also served as the interim director of Iowa State University’s International Institute of Theoretical
and Applied Physics. Goldman began his career at ISU and Ames Laboratory in 1988 as an ISU assistant
professor in Physics and an Ames Lab associate physicist. Currently, he is a professor at ISU and a senior
physicist at the Ames Laboratory. Goldman received his bachelor’s degree in 1979, his master’s degree in
1980 and his PhD. in 1984 from State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was an associate scientist
at Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1984-1988.

Goldman’s background is in X-ray- and neutron-scattering techniques for the study of the structure and
dynamics of condensed matter. Research interests include magnetic X-ray- scattering measurements of
magnetic phase transitions, the structure and disorder in icosahedral phase alloys, and the interplay between
magnetism and superconductivity in superconductors. Goldman is also credited for fostering Ames Lab’s
ongoing efforts in quasicrystal research. Since 1994, he has been the director of the Midwest Universities
Collaborative Access Team, a group of scientists from eight universities and one German institute. Under
his leadership, MUCAT set up an undulator beam line in the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National
Laboratory to study materials and their properties. Goldman is the author of approximately160
publications.

In his new position, Goldman will provide direction to Ames Laboratory’s program directors in new science
initiatives. In making the announcement, Barton said, “Alan has the knowledge, skills and entrepreneurial
nature to help strengthen the Laboratory’s research activities in a broad spectrum of scientific arenas.”

Ames Laboratory is operated for the Department of Energy by Iowa State University. The Lab conducts research into various areas of national concern, including energy resources, high-speed computer design, environmental cleanup and restoration, and the synthesis and study of new materials.

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