Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The lab's Molecular Foundry and surrounding buildings
Motto	Bringing science solutions to the world
Established	August 26, 1931 (1931-08-26)
Research type	Scientific research and energy technologies
Budget	US$1.495 billion (2023)
Director	Katherine Yelick
Staff	3,804
Students	800
Location	1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, United States 37°52′33″N 122°14′55″W
Campus	200 acres (81 ha)
Affiliations	United States Department of Energy
Operating agency	University of California
Nobel laureates	17
Website	lbl.gov

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL, Berkeley Lab) is a federally funded research and development center in the hills of Berkeley, California, and Oakland, California, United States. Established in 1931 by the University of California (UC), the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by the UC system. Ernest Lawrence, who won the Nobel prize for inventing the cyclotron, founded the lab and served as its director until his death in 1958. Located in the Berkeley Hills, the lab overlooks the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.