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The MagLab is funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida.

User Facilities
User Facilities

The MagLab has seven user facilities located across our three campuses. Every year more than 1,800 researchers use our facilities - most at no cost to them - and publish more than 400 peer-reviewed publications.

High B/T
Magnets & Instruments Measurement Techniques Magnet Schedule High B/T Staff High B/T Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
DC Field
Magnets & Instruments
Measurement Techniques Magnet Schedule DC Field Staff DC Field Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
ICR
Instruments Techniques Applications ICR Software Magnet Schedule ICR Staff ICR Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
EMR
Instruments Measurement Techniques Sample Types EMR Software Magnet Schedule EMR Staff EMR Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
Pulsed Field
Magnets & Instruments Measurement Techniques Pulsed Field Software Magnet Schedule Pulsed Field Staff Pulsed Field Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
NMR-MRI/S
Instruments
Capabilities & Techniques
Solid-State NMR Solution-State NMR MRI/S Magnet Schedules NMR-MRI/S Research NMR Software AMRIS/UF Staff NMR/FSU Staff
User Resources
User Resources

Special resources are available to users, including access to our highly experienced support staff, customized tools, training, financial support, housing assistance and more.

Magnet Schedule

Magnet time is awarded via a competitive proposal process. See who is scheduled on magnet systems across the lab.

User FAQs

Find answers to common questions about applying for magnet time, preparing for experiments and other practical user information.

Data Management Plans

Learn more about the MagLab's data management, including plans specific to each facility.

Planning your Experiments
Measurement Techniques Magnet Search User Brochure User Policies Funding Opportunities

Request Magnet Time

Want to use high magnetic fields to elevate your research? Learn how to submit a proposal to get access to the world’s highest field magnets free of charge.
Doing Your Experiment
Experiment Support Onsite and Remote User Timeline/logistics Reporting & Acknowledgement Shipping Samples Travel & lodging & Visa
User Safety
User Committee
Users Executive Committee DC Field/High B/T Advisory Sub-Committee EMR Advisory Sub-Committee ICR Advisory Sub-Committee NMR/MRI Advisory Sub-Committee Pulsed Field Advisory Sub-Committee
Research
Research

MagLab researchers understand how high magnetic fields lead to big discoveries, whether it’s our robust in-house research teams or the more than one-thousand visiting scientists who conduct experiments here annually.

Research Initiatives

High field research answers fundamental questions on materials and new technology, energy, health, and the environment, helping to create a brighter future

Industry
Patents and Products How to work with the MagLab

Publications

Peruse the more than 400 MagLab publications a year in peer-reviewed journals and the other published products that result from research conducted here.

Science Highlights

The most promising and cutting-edge research summarized from around the lab.
Research Groups
Condensed Matter
Cryogenics
Geochemistry
Research Groups
Center for FAIR & Open Science
Center for Rare Earths, Critical Minerals, and Industrial Byproducts
Magnet Development
Magnet Development

The MagLab is home to the Magnet Science & Technology (MS&T) group and the Applied Superconductivity Center (ASC). Together, these groups work to develop powerful magnet technology and the strongest superconducting magnets in the world.

Magnet Projects

See the specs for the upcoming magnets in development now at the MagLab.

Probe Projects

Probes make high field science possible. Learn more about the new probes under development at the lab.
Magnet Science & Technology
Research Areas Facilities & Capabilities Collaborations MS&T Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
Staff
Applied Superconductivity Center
Research Areas Facilities & Capabilities Plots ASC Research
- Publications
- Science Highlights
Staff Platypus Project Image Gallery
Education

Education

The MagLab has a strong commitment to education, providing programming across all academic levels: K-12, technical, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral.

Education research
Publications Science Highlights

Education Staff

Our experienced educators use their experience in the classroom to inform research on barriers for women and underrepresented minorities in STEM.

College Students
REU Internship

K-12 Students
SciGirls Summer Camp MagLab Camp TESLA High School Externship/Internship Learn about Electricity & Magnetism

Teachers
Field Trips and Tours Visits Plan a Lesson Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Teacher Workshop
News & Events

News & Events

Read our latest news and features stories, watch a quick video, or see upcoming events.

News

MagLab in the News

Our facility and the science that happens here earns coverage by journalists around the world.

Feature Stories
Health Research Energy Research Materials Research / Quantum Magnet Technology / Magnet Making Environment Collaboration Outfielders STEM Education

Events
MagLab Full Calendar For Scientists For Education/the Community Public Tour

Media Resources
Brand and Logo Expert We've Got Your Back(ground) Multimedia Galleries
About
About

The largest and highest-powered magnet lab in the world, the National MagLab hosts more than a thousand visiting scientists a year. Researchers use our facilities for free, advancing understanding of materials and new technology, energy, health, the environment, and even the universe.

Around the Lab
Meet the Magnets Meet the Users Meet the Probes What is that? What Goes in the Magnets Virtual Tour MagLab Dictionary

Contact & Connect

Stay in touch with the MagLab and sign up to receive monthly updates about our cutting edge research, events, and educational activities.

Visit the Lab

Plan a visit to the world's largest and highest-powered magnet lab?

Safety

MagLab considers safety a core value, with a comprehensive set of programs designed to ensure the safest possible conditions for faculty, staff, users, and visitors.
Organization
Advisory Committees
Lab Leadership History
- Timeline
- In Memoriam
Policies & Procedures Organizational Chart Lab Wide Support Teams
Facts & Figures
Annual Report World Records By the Numbers MagLab Q&A Awards Economic Impact Sustainable Science

Funding

The National MagLab is proudly funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida making all taxpayers stakeholders in our science.

Flagship Magnets

Some of the strongest magnets in the world, including resistive, pulsed, superconducting and hybrid.
Careers

Careers

From research positions in physics, engineering, chemistry, biology and more, to positions on our lab wide support teams, we offer exciting career opportunities.

Job Opportunities

Want to join Team Tesla and work at the MagLab? Check out these open faculty, postdoc and staff positions.

Life at the Lab

What’s it really like to work at the MagLab? Learn more about the amenities, community and quality of life at our three sites.

Benefits

MagLab employees enjoy competitive benefit packages and other perks.

Staff Search

Looking for a specific contact at the National MagLab, try our staff search.

Meet our Scientists/Staff

Our scientists have rich stories and backgrounds. Get to know some of them deeper.

Mentorship

Mentorship is a way of life at the MagLab. Learn about formal and informal mentorship programs nurturing our next generation of employees.

Ion Cyclotron Resonance Facility

Scientist using the 9.4 Tesla FT-ICR MS

Pairing mass spectrometry with high magnetic fields for a range of research applications.

This facility is charged with developing and exploiting the unique capabilities of Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry, and leads the world in instrument and technique development as well as novel applications of FT-ICR mass spectrometry.

The facility features directors for instrumentation, biological applications, environmental, petrochemical applications, and user services as well as a machinist, technician and numerous rotating postdocs who are available to collaborate and/or assist with projects.

ICR Numbers

3 Magnets

10 Techniques

Trained User Support Scientists

Located at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL.

Get a Closer Look

21 Tesla FT ICR Superconducting magnet

Instruments

Scientist adjusting the 9.4 Tesla FT-ICR MS 155mm

Techniques

Magnet Schedule

User using the 9.4 Tesla FT-ICR MS 220mm

Research

MagLab Scientist running experiment on the 9.4 Tesla FT-ICR MS 220mm

Staff

Graduate Staff reviewing data

Applications

MagLab scientist analyzing data

ICR Software

Featured Research

Science Highlights

Gas-phase fragmentation mass spectra (MS/MS) show bad (top right) and good (bottom right) materials for carbon fiber production. Bad materials have many single-core, high-molecular-weight hydrocarbons and sulfur-containing molecules, which don't make stable carbon fibers.

Chemistry and Properties of Carbon Fiber Feedstocks from Bitumen Asphaltenes

Chacon Patino, M.L.; Neumann, A.; Ruger, C.P.; Bomben, P.G.; Friederici, L.; Zimmerman, R.; Frank, E.; Kreis, P.; Buchmeiser, M.R.; Gray, M.R., Energy Fuels, 37 (7), 5341-5360 (2023)

Read the Science Highlight or check out the full publication online.

A phase diagram categorizing material behavior under high magnetic fields.

Discovery of the Reverse Quantum Limit

Mizzi, C.A.; Kushwaha, S.K.; Rosa, P.F.S.; Phelan, W.A.; Arellano, D.C.; Pressley, L.A.; McQueen, T.M.; Chan, M.K.; Harrison, N., Nature Communications, 15 (1), 1607 (2024)

Read the Science Highlight or check out the full publication online.

Residual specific heat vs inverse magnetic field (H−1) at T=0.58K and Φ=45°.

Magneto-Quantum Oscillations Measured in Insulator Samarium Hexaboride

LaBarre, P.G.; Rydh, A.; Palmer-Fortune, J.; Frothingham, J.A.; Hannahs, S.T.; Ramirez, A.P.; Fortune, N.A., Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 34 (36), 36LT01 (2022)

Read the Science Highlight or check out the full publication online.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

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How to Request Magnet Time

Our magnets are open to all scientists - for free - via a competitive process and we accept proposals through out the year.

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Prepare documentation

A proposal and prior results report are required.

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Create a user profile

New user registration, returning users simply need to log in.

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Submit a request online

Upload files and provide details about the proposed experiment.

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Report your results

After your work is completed, you are asked to report to the laboratory, in a timely manner.

Note: We've created several templates to help users successfully apply for magnet time - ICR General Proposal Template, Biological Applications template, and Report Prior Results Template.

Key Contacts

Chris Hendrickson

Facility Director

For information regarding facilities, magnet time requests and scheduling.

Manager, ICR User Program

For information regarding measurements and facilities.

Chief Scientist for Ion Cyclotron Resonance

For information on ICR.

Fellow users who are experts on the use of ICR Facility are also available to answer questions.

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