Award Archive

A PNNL team led by Mike Moran and Jennifer Su-Coker, were recognized by DOE for outstanding contributions to sustainability, including accomplishments in managing pollution, waste, energy, water and vehicle fleets.  (Posted 11/7/2011)

Wei-Jun Qian, Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate, was named winner of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his work in proteomics. The PECASE is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers who are at the start of their careers. Wei-Jun and his fellow PECASE winners will be honored at a White House ceremony Oct. 14.

Wei-Jun, who came to PNNL in 2002, is developing more accurate methods using mass spectrometry to measure protein concentrations, which fluctuate as cells go about their daily tasks. He's also exploring novel ways to detect how and when certain proteins undergo modifications, such as when some protein functions are turned on or off. This information can help make the biological production of biofuels and other bioproducts more efficient. It also can help improve the way diseases are diagnosed and expand understanding of how diseases progress.  (Posted 9/1/2011)

Reid, Jim and Yasuo have been recognized by DOE-NE Assistant Secretary Peter Lyons for their efforts in support of DOE's response and assistance to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant incident in Japan.

In letters presented to the three staff members, Lyons praised their work on several tasks, including assistance to improve the flow and integration of data from the plant, support to DOE's Emergency Operations Center, and helping to ensure efficient coordination of national laboratory capabilities. Lyons noted DOE's response to the incident is an example of how DOE and staff can quickly come together to help address an international challenge.

The National Security Directorate's Burt Johnson and Bruce Reid also were recognized by Lyons.  (Posted 9/1/2011)

Two scientists from PNNL will receive Early Career Research Awards from DOE to advance the fields of underground contaminant cleanup and computer modeling. Each researcher will receive grants totaling $2.5 million over five years.

The two PNNL awardees are:
Matthew Marshall, Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, who will use the grant to study microbial biofilms, which are large communities of bacteria growing on other surfaces. Learning more about the chemical composition of microbial biofilms could also improve understanding of how contaminants are transported underground.

Alexandre Tartakovsky, Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, who will use the grant to develop new, simplified models to simulate complex molecular processes on powerful supercomputers. The goal is to improve computer modeling, which is widely used in scientific research, so that larger problems can be simulated faster and more accurately.

They are among 65 researchers who were selected this year from a pool of about 1,150 applicants. The Early Career Research Program is designed to bolster the nation's scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early years, when many scientists do their most formative work. The program is funded by DOE's Office of Science.  (Posted 5/1/2011)

Glenn Hammond was named recipient of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) INCITE (Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment) Award—an award of computer simulation processing time for innovative projects that would be impossible or impractical to observe in the natural world.

Glenn, partnering with researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is conducting the project, "Ultrascale Simulation of Basin-Scale CO2 Sequestration in Deep Geologic Formations and Radionuclide Migration using PFLOTRAN." His team was awarded 15 million processor hours on ORNL's Cray XT supercomputer, Jaguar.  (Posted 4/1/2011)

PNNL received recognition for its support in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico.

Members of the PNNL team that calculated oil flow rates from the damaged Macondo Well were recognized with a letter from the DOE Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy James Markowsky. He wrote, "The level of detail and analysis that your final report embodies is truly impressive and a tribute to the power of the DOE's national labs to come together with a broad disciplinary team to address a national challenge."

The PNNL team members were Phil Gauglitz, Lenna Mahoney, Jim Fort, Judith A. Bamberger, Jeremy Blanchard, Jagan Bontha, Chrissy Charron, Carl Enderlin, Bill Kuhn, Perry Meyer, Yasuo Onishi, Dave Pfund, Dave Rector, Dana Ruane, Mark Stewart, Don Trent , Beric Wells, and Thomas Yokuda, all with the Energy and Environment Directorate, and Bill Dey, Operational Systems Directorate.

Phil also was presented the U.S. Geological Survey Director's Award for his efforts leading the PNNL Gulf Oil Leak Team. USGS Director Marcia McNutt wrote, "The Nation was privileged to have a cadre of such dedicated and capable Government, academic, and independent scientists to call upon during this disaster."  (Posted 2/1/2011)

Mart Oostrom has been appointed as a Wiley Research Fellow at EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory. The appointment specifically recognizes Mart's past, present and future planned efforts to work with EMSL users and further develop the Subsurface Flow and Transport Laboratory (SFTL).

In addition to leading projects in the SFTL, a DOE user facility catering to scientists interested in flow and transport experiments, Mart is a co-author of the numerical research simulator STOMP (Subsurface Transport Over Multiple Phases).  (Posted 1/1/2011)

The research of PNNL scientists Bob Dahowski, Casie Davidson, and Jim Dooley was featured at the U.S. State Department's highly interactive exhibit at the COP16 Climate Change Negotiations held in Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 29-Dec. 10, 2010. The State Department's presentation was designed to spotlight ongoing U.S. climate science and climate mitigation research.

PNNL teamed with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics in a five-year study of the potential for deploying CO2 transport and storage technologies in China's fast-growing industrial economy. The breakthrough work has greatly improved the scientific community's understanding of the potential for large-scale deployment of CO2 storage in China to combat climate change.

PNNL provided research highlights and graphics to StormCenter Communications Inc., who developed and delivered the exhibits and presentations on behalf of the U.S. State Department. According to StormCenter president Dave Jones, the presentations exceeded the State Department's expectations.

In an email sent to PNNL staff Dave noted that, "Many people said that the U.S. had the best science presentations and that no one else from any other nation that had exhibits came close to having engaging content and science with regard to climate change." He added that "The head of the U.S. State Department Press Office... said that our demonstrations were being discussed in the actual negotiations."  (Posted 1/1/2011)

Congratulations to Dr. Andy Felmy, PNNL Laboratory Fellow, on being selected as a William R. Wiley Fellow at the Department of Energy's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL). Felmy was selected based on recognition of his strong contributions to this user facility. The Wiley Research Fellows program recognizes scientists who make significant contributions to EMSL outside of their individual research efforts.

Felmy is a nationally recognized expert on the thermodynamics of aqueous electrolytes and actinide species. He was EMSL's Chief Science Officer from 2005-2009 and remains heavily engaged in planning its future investments and science themes. Felmy leads the EMSL Radiochemistry Advisory Committee for a new radiochemistry capability that will provide counsel on how it could advance EMSL's science themes; enhance scientific impact through capability development, integrate with other user facilities, and operate safely.

Scientists named as Fellows actively participate in developing plans and strategies to guide EMSL's instrument and capability investments, science themes, and user activities. Fellows also are consultants for EMSL users and advocates for the user program. The Fellows program is named after William R. Wiley, the former director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, who first conceived the idea of a DOE Office of Science molecular sciences user facility and whose advocacy led to its creation. More information is available online.  (Posted 1/1/2010)

Scientists from PNNL and Switzerland's University of Zurich received 20 million hours of computing time to answer fundamental questions about catalysts, thanks to the 2011 INCITE Leadership Computing award. Managed by the DOE Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, the awards provide large, computationally intense projects with time on certain supercomputers. The acronym INCITE stands for Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment. This is the second INCITE award PNNL has received.

Using the Cray XT at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the team will investigate processes that occur at the liquid/air interface of titanium-and nickel-based catalysts. Specifically, the team will perform intense calculations to accurately estimate reaction free energetics, the internal forces that drive a reaction towards equilibrium, in complex chemical environments. The researchers believe this work will show that the combination of electronic structure, statistical mechanics, and leadership-class computing will assist in controlling and creating catalysts that are essential for renewable energy.

On this INCITE award, the team members are Shawn Kathmann, Simone Raugei, Roger Rousseau, and Greg Schenter, all of Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, and Juerg Hutter and Joost VandeVondele of the University of Zurich. The team is led by Christopher Mundy, also of Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate.

This INCITE award and our previous one establish PNNL as a player in large-scale calculations for computational chemistry, said Bruce Garrett, director of Chemical and Materials Sciences at PNNL.  (Posted 11/1/2010)

Jamie Holladay is the recipient of a 2010 Annual Merit Review Award from DOE's Hydrogen Program. As the awardee in the Production and Delivery category, Jamie was recognized for his outstanding contributions as part of DOE's Fuel Cell Technologies Hydrogen Production and Delivery Team, including the development of the Hydrogen Production Roadmap - Technology Pathways to the Future.

Each year, hydrogen and fuel cell projects funded by DOE's Hydrogen Program are reviewed for their merit. This year's awards were presented at the Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting, June 7 - 11, in Washington, D.C.

Guang Lin, a computational mathematics researcher in the Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been selected to receive a 2010 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) award.

The ALCC program allocates up to 30% of the computational resources at the Leadership Computing Facilities at Argonne, Oak Ridge, and NERSC and for special situations of interest to the Department with an emphasis on high-risk, high-payoff simulations in areas directly related to the Department's energy mission in areas such as advancing the clean energy agenda and understanding the Earth's climate, for national emergencies, or for broadening the community of researchers capable of using leadership computing resources.

Lin's proposal "Stochastic Nonlinear Data-Reduction Methods with Detection & Prediction of Critical Rare Events" will be allocated five million processor hours over the next year on the Jaguar supercomputer located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The project focuses on extracting and reducing data from massive volumes of information to quantify and reduce the uncertainty in the climate models. If successful, this research project will have a revolutionary impact on how scientists analyze petascale, noisy, incomplete data in complex systems and ultimately lead to better future prediction and decision-making.  (Posted 7/1/2010)

Congratulations to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Dr. Wei-Jun Qian for receiving an Early Career Research Award from the Department of Energy. He will develop a suite of quantitative proteomics technologies to gain understanding of the spatial and temporal regulation of cellular functions. Funding for this 5-year research grant is under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Qian will receive $500,000 a year to cover year-round salary plus research expenses.

In this project, called "Spatial and Temporal Proteomics for Characterizing Protein Dynamics and Post-Translational Modifications," PNNL researchers will demonstrate the effectiveness of the technology suite on environmental eukaryotes-organisms whose cells contain complex structures inside the membranes-such as Aspergillus niger, a fungus that plays an important role in biofuel production and global carbon cycling.

Qian has been at PNNL since 2002. His research involves developing and applying novel mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics approaches for accurate and sensitive quantification of protein dynamics in cells, tissues, and biofluids. He is currently focusing on developing more sensitive targeted protein quantification based on selected reaction monitoring (SRM)-mass spectrometry to complement global proteomics discovery. His work has enabled broad applications in various biological systems, and a number of the developed technologies have been applied to study cell signaling and biomarker discovery involved in different diseases such as diabetes.  (Posted 6/1/2010)

Congratulations to Dr. Grant Johnson of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Dr. Xiao Lin of the Fritz Haber Institute on being selected as the first recipients of the Pacific Northwest Distinguished Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Through the fellowship program, they will receive funding to conduct their catalysis research at PNNL for the next 2 to 3 years.

"We believe strongly in building the next generation of scientists and in advancing the frontiers of science," said Dr. Steven Ashby, deputy director for science and technology at PNNL. "I'm pleased we'll be able to expose these scientists to the unique capabilities, instrumentation and experts at PNNL while we also learn from their new ideas."

Johnson completed his doctorate in chemistry at Pennsylvania State University . There, he focused on analyzing the use of different types of oxygen in reactions stemming from metal oxide catalysts. At PNNL, Johnson's research will focus on using mass spectrometry to create new catalytic materials.

Lin has most recently worked as a Humboldt Fellow at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Germany. He received his Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. While at PNNL, Lin will develop a molecular-level understanding of how metals catalyze reactions involving carbon monoxide and dioxide. These reactions are vital to supplying energy, global warming, and the chemical industry.

In 2009, PNNL created the Pacific Northwest Distinguished Post-Doctoral Fellowship to attract outstanding researchers and build the future of scientific leadership for the Laboratory. These post-doc fellows receive a competitive salary, benefits, and relocation expenses. In addition, they have the potential to receive extra funding for travel and conferences. Both will conduct research at the Department of Energy's EMSL, a national scientific user facility at PNNL  (Posted 3/1/2010)

Three scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive an Early Career Research Award from the Department of Energy, including funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for five-year research grants. All three researchers will receive grants for at least $500,000 a year to cover year-round salary plus research expenses.

The three PNNL researchers receiving this award and their grant titles are:

• Wendy Shaw, "Catalyst Biomimics: A Novel Approach in Catalyst Design," funded by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences
• William Gustafson, "Reducing Scale Dependence of Physics Parameterization for Global Cloud Resolving Climate Models," funded by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research
• Uljana Mayer, "Targeted Imaging Probes for Systems Biology," funded by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research.

As part of the DOE's new Early Career Research Program, this new effort is designed to bolster the nation's scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early years, when many scientists do their most formative work.

To be eligible for an award, a researcher must be an untenured, tenure-track assistant professor at a U.S. academic institution or a full-time employee at a DOE national laboratory, who received a Ph.D. within the past ten years.

Awardees were selected from a pool of 1,750 university- and national laboratory-based applicants. Selection was based on peer review by outside scientific experts.  (Posted 2/1/2010)

Congratulations to Dr. Hongjun Jin, a biochemistry postdoctoral fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, who won a U.S. Department of Defense postdoctoral fellowship for breast cancer research. In this 3-year, $250K project, he will determine post-translationally modified biomarkers for the early detection of breast cancer. The research will further strengthen PNNL's protein microarray platform.

Thousands of top breast cancer postdoctoral researchers from across the U.S. applied for this fellowship, out of which 43 were recommended for funding. Jin, who joined PNNL in 2008, received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Texas A&M University and bachelor's degrees in Radiochemistry and Medicine from Lanzhou University and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, respectively.  (Posted 2/1/2010)

Scientists from PNNL and two Swiss institutes received 12 million hours of supercomputing time, thanks to the 2010 INCITE Leadership Computing award from DOE. Now, the team will be able to continue running calculations that explain the physics of reactions in bulk and at interfaces.

"Understanding the reactions that occur in the vicinity of interfaces have far-reaching implications in many disciplines," said Christopher Mundy, Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate. Furthermore, the supercomputers will be put to use to elucidate how water behaves around ions at the air/water interface. The results of these studies will be used as leverage to help scientists control processes for hydrogen storage, biofuel production and other reactions.

The members of this research team are Christopher Mundy, Roger Rousseau, Greg Schenter and Shawn Kathmann, all of Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate; Allesandro Durioni of IBM Research-Zurich and Joost VandeVondele of the University of Zurich.

The INCITE award grants access to supercomputers to model complex processes and analyze large data sets. The team received a total of 12 million hours on two DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Research supercomputers: the Cray XTs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the IBM Blue Gene/P at Argonne National Laboratory.

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Three scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive an Early Career Research Award from the Department of Energy, including funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for five-year research grants. All three researchers will receive grants for at least $500,000 a year to cover year-round salary plus research expenses.

The three PNNL researchers receiving this award and their grant titles are:

• Wendy Shaw, "Catalyst Biomimics: A Novel Approach in Catalyst Design," funded by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences
• William Gustafson, "Reducing Scale Dependence of Physics Parameterization for Global Cloud Resolving Climate Models," funded by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research
• Uljana Mayer, "Targeted Imaging Probes for Systems Biology," funded by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research.

As part of the DOE's new Early Career Research Program, this new effort is designed to bolster the nation's scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early years, when many scientists do their most formative work.

To be eligible for an award, a researcher must be an untenured, tenure-track assistant professor at a U.S. academic institution or a full-time employee at a DOE national laboratory, who received a Ph.D. within the past ten years.

Awardees were selected from a pool of 1,750 university- and national laboratory-based applicants. Selection was based on peer review by outside scientific experts.  (Posted 2/1/2010)

Jerry Johnson, PNNL Chief Information Officer (CIO), was named one of the Top 50 Government CIOs by Information Week. This is Information Week's first-ever compilation of top CIOs in federal, state and local government.

This is not a recognition that was applied for or for which there was a formal nomination process. Rather it's based on the feedback from the network of government CIO peers that Jerry routinely interacts with. Jerry is the only CIO from a DOE national lab among the Top 50.  (Posted 9/1/2009)

Beat Schmid recently was honored with two awards by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. These two awards recognize Beat's leadership contributions to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program, a DOE multi-laboratory, interagency program for global climate change research. The awards honored Beat's three-year terms as a member of the ARM Climate Research Facility Science Board and as leader of the ARM Program's Aerosol Working Group.

Dr. Beat Schmid, foreground, points out a feature on a research aircraft used in ARM field

The Science Board is composed of highly respected ARM-supported scientists and the external climate research community. During his term, Schmid reviewed large user facility proposals and made funding recommendations. Dr. Wanda Ferrell, Program Director of the ARM Climate Research Facility, included these words on the plaque: "Your contribution has established a solid foundation for ensuring that the best quality science is conducted at the ACRF."

The Aerosol Working Group comprises national and international climate experts whose research is quantifying the impact of aerosols on clouds that affect the Earth's climate system. Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer, Acting Associate Director of DOE's Office of Science, included these words on the award: "Because of your dynamic leadership, the Working Group has made a significant scientific contribution to the ARM program's aerosol science and climate community at large." Beat received the Working Group award at the annual ARM Science Team Meeting in April.  (Posted 4/1/2009)

Kevin Rosso received the Best Paper from a National Laboratory Award at the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Geosciences Symposium. The symposium brought together 50+ U.S. experts in geosciences and related fields to discuss ongoing and future research. Every year, the symposium's committee of observers awards two best paper awards: one to a national laboratory researcher and one to a university researcher.

The award-winning paper Rosso presented was on redox transformations of the iron oxide hematite. Rosso showed that under certain conditions interfacial electron transfer can couple to bulk conduction of electrons yielding transformation to unique crystal morphologies. These results with iron oxide are relevant to water quality, corrosion science, soil evolution, and environmental cleanup.

Rosso is active in the scientific community, having authored or co-authored 90+ peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He is a frequent speaker at universities and international symposia. In addition, he is a life fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and a member of the Geochemical Society and the American Chemical Society. The symposium was held March 12-13, 2009, in Annapolis, Maryland.  (Posted 3/1/2009)

They were honored for their extraordinary achievement in identifying and neutralizing cyber threats to the DOE. The ceremony recognizes a number of department employees for their outstanding leadership, accomplishments, commitment to excellence and contributions benefiting the organization and our nation.  (Posted 1/1/2009)

Tom Cook and a team of others were awarded the CIA Directorate of Science & Technology's 2008 John A. McCone Award. The award honors agency employees who bring science and technology to bear on the nation's most challenging intelligence problems. It is presented to teams or individuals whose dedication and accomplishments exemplify the tradition of the Directorate of Science and Technology – deep technical expertise, disciplined program management, and responsiveness to mission. The award acknowledges the importance of teamwork, creativity, innovation, initiative, risk-taking, persistence and determination.  (Posted 1/1/2009)

Larry Runyon received the Deputy Director's Award for Individual Excellence at the second annual DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Award Program April 30, 2008, in Washington, D.C. Larry was recognized for his outstanding performance in executing his responsibilities as the Deputy Senior Counterintelligence Officer for the PNNL Counterintelligence Program, and in particular, for his diligence, aggressiveness, thoroughness and overall professionalism demonstrated during his investigation of two high-profile cases of national impact that ultimately became models for the entire DOE counterintelligence community.

Larry's efforts over the last six-plus years investigating the two unique, complex and high-profile CI cases, and his ultimate application of the facts developed in those cases into a successful case study workshop were the basis for the award  (Posted 5/1/2008)

A physical chemist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers - the highest honor given by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers who are beginning their careers.

Julia Laskin was honored for her leadership in the field of gas-phase ion chemistry and mass spectrometry of large complex molecules that is critical for development of new analytical techniques for improved chemical characterization of synthetic and natural polymers, petroleum, biofuels and other complex samples in biology, environmental science, drug discovery and counter-terrorism. Her internationally recognized research in fundamental reaction kinetics and ion surface reactions provides a basis for understanding the mass spectrometry of high molecular weight compounds and preparation of novel biomaterials.

"These awards reflect our belief that the representatives of the new generation of scientists and engineers honored today are meeting demanding scientific and technical challenges with superior leadership, knowledge and insight," Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman said. "I'm pleased to recognize the extraordinary scientific and technical achievements represented by the awardees' contributions."

Interim Laboratory Director Mike Kluse said he is pleased that for the second year in a row, a PNNL staff member is being honored with this award. "The PECASE awards recognize young scientists at the frontiers of their disciplines," he said. "Julia is a leader whose research contributes to vital DOE missions through significant advancements in biological and environmental science, medical research and counter terrorism."

Laskin is a senior research scientist in the Chemical & Materials Sciences Division of PNNL's Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate. She earned a master's degree in physics from the Physico-Mechanical Division of the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute in Russia in 1990, and a doctorate in physical chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel in 1998. She started at PNNL as a postdoctoral research associate in 2000 and has been a research scientist with the Laboratory since 2003.

Each Presidential award winner received a citation, a plaque and a commitment for continued funding of their work from their agency for five years. Laskin is one of four DOE national laboratory staff members receiving the PECASE award this year.  (Posted 11/1/2007)

Richard Davis (left), Chair of the EMI Special Interest Group Steering Committee, presents Cliff Glantz with an award for exceptional service during the group's annual meeting in May 2007.

On May 9, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researcher Cliff Glantz was presented with a special recognition award at the annual meeting for the Department of Energy's Emergency Management Issues - Special Interest Group. In front of about 250 colleagues, Cliff was given the award for sustained outstanding services to the EMI Special Interest Group, "particularly in his role as chair of the Subcommittee on Consequence Assessment and Protective Action [SCAPA] and for exceptional contribution to the DOE Emergency Management Program in general."

For the past five years, Cliff has chaired the SCAPA, which became a part of the EMI Special Interest Group three years ago; prior to that it was an independent DOE committee. Through its working groups, the SCAPA provides DOE and its contractors with technical information and recommendations for emergency preparedness to assist in safeguarding the health and safety of workers and the public. Cliff became involved in these organizations through his work developing consequence assessment models and participating as a meteorologist and hazards assessment team member in the Hanford Emergency Operations Center.

Cliff is a staff scientist in the Applied Atmospheric Sciences Group of the Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division. His emergency preparedness work is supported by the DOE Office of Emergency Management and Policy (NA-41), the Hanford Emergency Preparedness Program, and the Laboratory's Facilities and Operations Directorate.  (Posted 7/1/2007)

John Zachara, a scientist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been recognized by DOE with the prestigious E.O. Lawrence Award. The Lawrence Award honors scientists and engineers at mid-career for exceptional contributions in research and development that support DOE and its mission to advance the national, economic and energy security of the United States.

Zachara is the sixth PNNL scientist to win the DOE award since its inception in 1959. He will be honored by Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman at a ceremony in late March in Washington, D.C. DOE announced the eight winners earlier today.

Lawrence Awards are given in each of the following seven categories: Chemistry; Environmental Science and Technology; Life Sciences (including Medicine); Materials Research; National Security; Nuclear Technology; and Physics. Zachara was honored in the Environmental Science and Technology category. Each Lawrence Award recipient receives a $50,000 honorarium as well as a citation signed by the Secretary of Energy and a gold medal bearing the likeness of Ernest Orlando Lawrence.

Zachara is the senior chief scientist for environmental chemistry in the Chemical and Materials Sciences Division of PNNL's Fundamental Sciences Directorate. His research has focused on chemical interactions of toxic metals and radionuclides with mineral surfaces and microorganisms that control the rate at which these contaminants move through soils, sediments and groundwater. He has published more than 125 scholarly articles on these subjects. Zachara also has been instrumental in bringing teams of top scientists to Hanford to collaborate with PNNL and Hanford scientists to resolve complex issues of subsurface contaminant migration.

Zachara earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Bucknell University in 1973, a master's degree in soil and watershed chemistry from the University of Washington in 1979, and a doctorate in soil chemistry from Washington State University in 1986. He has been at PNNL since 1979.  (Posted 2/7/2007)

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Laboratory Fellow Jim Fredrickson was appointed Chief Scientist of the U.S. Department of Energy's Genomics: Genomes to Life (GTL) program. This is a new position created by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) at DOE in September 2005. As Chief Scientist, Dr. Fredrickson provides scientific leadership and guidance in coordination with the GTL Program Manager and other BER staff. His responsibilities include representing the GTL program's science at scientific meetings, with contributions to the scientific literature, and in interactions with national associations such as the National Academy of Sciences and the American Society for Microbiology.

Some of Fredrickson's activities and accomplishments in this new role include the following:

• Co-organizer of the DOE Biomass to Biofuels Workshop hosted by BER and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy December 6-9 in Rockville, Maryland. At the workshop, he gave a talk on "GTL Crosscutting Science Applied to Biomass." He is currently contributing to the final workshop report.

• Participant in the National Academies Committee review of the GTL program in September. He presented the program's progress and potential and challenges it faces. He was instrumental in helping BER prepare key material that addressed specific questions by the committee.

• Planning of and participation in the Joint Genomics: GTL Contractor-Grantee Workshop IV and Metabolic Engineering Working Group Interagency Conference on Metabolic Engineering 2006 February 12-15 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Fredrickson works closely with the DOE Program Manager and GTL scientists and is helping define GTL performance metrics, milestones, and expected outcomes. He also assists in preparing updated versions of the GTL Science Plan/Roadmap, which define the scientific direction and goals of the program.  (Posted 2/1/2006)

Andy Ward received the Office of Fossil Energy Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Mentor Award. He was recognized for his loyal and dedicated service beyond the call of duty while serving as a mentor to college minority students focused in geology.

As a mentor, Andy established personal relationships with five interns over the summers of 2004 and 2005. He helped them develop long-term management skills, provided opportunities for students to interact with scientists from various backgrounds, and maintained regular interaction and consistent support.  (Posted 1/1/2006)

Yanwen Zhang, a materials physicist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, today received the 2005 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers -- the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. Zhang and 55 other recipients were honored by President Bush earlier today and received their awards from John Marburger, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

To be eligible for the presidential award, Zhang first had to be selected by the Department of Energy for its Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award. As a PECASE recipient, Zhang receives a committment from DOE's Office of Science to continue funding the research for which the award was given for five years.

Zhang's research focuses on interactions of energetic ions with solid materials and how those interactions can be applied to the analysis and study of those materials. Zhang developed a novel way of measuring the energy loss of atomic particles as they pass through materials. Accurate measurements of such energy loss were a long-standing problem until Zhang successfully used high-resolution, time-of-flight spectroscopy to determine energy loss over a continuous range of energies.

Because energy loss of high-energy particles is fundamental to irradiation effects, radiation detection, and electronic device manufacturing, Zhang's discoveries have potential applications in nuclear power, national security, nuclear waste management and energy efficient electronics. Zhang, whose research is supported by DOE's Office of Basic Energy Sciences, is a staff scientist in the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a scientific user facility at PNNL.

The presidential award embodies the high priority placed by the government on maintaining the leadership position of the United States in science by producing outstanding scientists and engineers who will broadly advance science and the missions important to participating agencies, such as DOE.

The award also recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership in scholarship, service and education.

With more than 100 publications and several long-term international research collaborations, Zhang is recognized for her contributions in ion-solid interactions, irradiation effects and ion beam techniques. She also is active in several professional societies, has received many international scientific and academic awards and is involved in educational activities and community service.

She routinely hosts visiting scientists at EMSL's ion-beam user facility, lectures on topics related to ion beam physics, mentors post doctoral fellows, graduate students, summer undergraduates and high school interns, serves on Ph.D. committees, assists local middle schools with Chinese translations, and serves as a judge for local science fairs.

Zhang holds two doctorate degrees - one in engineering physics from Lund University in Sweden and another in science from Beijing Normal University in China.  (Posted 7/27/2006)

(Argonne National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and others). Marianne Mintz and Michael Wang of Argonne National Laboratory; Margaret Mann, Johanna Levene, and Matthew Ringer of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Marylynn Placet of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Mike Rutkowski of Parsons Engineering; Steven Lasher and Kurt Roth of TIAX; Brian James of Directed Technologies, Inc.; Dan Mears of Technology Insights; and Joan Ogden of the University of California, Davis, received the 2005 Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program Award for Excellence in R&D in May. The team of scientists and engineers was recognized for advancing the analysis capabilities of hydrogen production and distribution. Their efforts resulted in an H2A model that provides a clear and transparent methodology, enabling DOE to evaluate various technology options for producing and delivering hydrogen and make decisions in an unbiased manner.

The award was presented at the 2005 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation of the U.S. DOE Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program. The peer-review meeting was held on May 23 - 25, 2005, in Arlington, Virginia. PNNL's role was to assist in the development of the lifecycle costing methodology and develop appropriate financial and feedstock price forecasts for use in the analysis.  (Posted 10/1/2005)

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researcher and Laboratory Fellow John Hauer received one of the Bonneville Power Administration's highest honors, the BPA Award for Exceptional Public Service.

Hauer is an internationally recognized expert in power system monitoring, analysis and control. After retiring from BPA in 1994, Hauer joined PNNL and continued his pioneering work in improving power system reliability. Although semi-retired from PNNL, Hauer still is active on BPA and Department of Energy projects.

For example, Hauer has been instrumental in the creation and implementation of technologies to reduce blackouts, such as the one experienced by the eastern United States and Canada in August 2003.

The award is part of BPA's 2005 Administrator's Excellence Awards program. It recognizes "outstanding achievements by employees whose innovation, initiative, superior service or courageous acts have made exceptional contributions to BPA's mission, the electric utility industry or to the local community." The Bonneville Power Administration, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Energy.

Hauer is a 1961 electrical engineering graduate of Gonzaga University and received a Ph.D. in controls systems from the University of Washington in 1968. He is a licensed professional engineer and a life fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers.  (Posted 8/22/2005)

Richard Moss, director of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Office in Washington D.C., and a staff scientist of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has received the Distinguished Associate Award from the Department of Energy. The award, designated and signed by Spencer Abraham, former Secretary of Energy, recognizes Moss "for his outstanding leadership and individual efforts in global and climate change research and his dedication in helping to integrate ... agency research and develop the Strategic Plan for these combined programs." The award was presented at a ceremony in January by Dr. Raymond Orbach, director of DOE's Office of Science.

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program is the nation's foremost national research program focusing on changes in climate and related environmental systems. The program integrates research from 13 participating federal agencies and departments, and has an annual budget of approximately $1.8 billion.

The Distinguished Associate Award is the highest award for employees of DOE-owned, contractor-operated facilities, such as PNNL. Winners must be nominated by DOE program managers and cannot apply for the honor.

In addition to his role of director of the program office, Moss also holds an appointment as staff scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute which is managed by the University of Maryland - College Park and PNNL. From 1993-1998, he served as director of the Technical Support Unit of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - impacts, adaptation and mitigation working group. He has served as a lead author and general editor of several IPCC assessments, special reports and technical papers.

Moss has also served as program officer at the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme in Stockholm, Sweden, where he co-authored a report on human drivers of land use and land cover change. Moss served on the faculty of Princeton University from 1989 to 1991. He currently chairs the Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis of the IPCC and serves on the editorial board of Climatic Change Magazine. He was named a fellow of the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program in 2001 and was a member of the editorial board of Annual Review of Energy and the Environment from 1994-1999.

He earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Carleton College in Minnesota in 1977, and master's and doctorate degrees in public and international affairs from Princeton University in 1983 and 1987, respectively.

PNNL (www.pnl.gov) is a DOE Office of Science laboratory that solves complex problems in energy, national security, the environment and life sciences by advancing the understanding of physics, chemistry, biology and computation. PNNL employs 3,900, has a $650 million annual budget, and has been managed by Ohio-based Battelle since the lab's inception in 1965.  (Posted 1/31/2005)

Aaron Diaz, a staff scientist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been selected to receive two distinct honors for his work in homeland security.

The first is the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC). Diaz is the first PNNL staff member to receive this honor, and joins other 2004 winners from IBM, Hewlett Packard and Argonne National Laboratory. Diaz is being recognized for both his technical accomplishments as well as his extensive contributions of community service in the greater Hispanic community.

The second is the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation's (CCFF) Homeland Security Award. Diaz is being recognized in the field of border/transportation security for his scientific research and engineering development of nondestructive and noninvasive ultrasonic technologies.

At PNNL, Diaz led the development of ultrasonic measurement techniques that have resulted in the invention of the Acoustic Inspection Device, a technology being commercialized for use by border patrol agents around the United States. This technology also won an R&D 100 Award and a Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Technology Transfer in 2003.

Diaz has been an invited speaker at numerous scientific conferences, and has continued that speaking role for minority student audiences ranging from elementary to post-graduate level. He has been active in the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the International Society for Optical Engineering and the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. Additionally, he continues to make regular visits to his hometown of Toppenish, Wash., where he encourages high school students to pursue studies in science.

Diaz demonstrates the Acoustic Inspection Device, a technology that provides a noninvasive evaluation of sealed containers (7"x5" 300 dpi image available from PNNL's Photo Library)

He earned a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1989, and has more than 30 publications and technical reports to his credit.

Diaz will receive the HENAAC award during the 16th Annual HENAAC Conference on Oct. 8, in Pasadena, Calif., at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, a venue that also has hosted the Emmys and the Oscars. He will receive the CCFF Homeland Security Award on Oct. 11 — Columbus Day — at a ceremony held at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.

HENAAC (www.henaac.org) was established in 1989 to highlight the achievements of Hispanics in engineering, science, technology, and math; to motivate and educate more students to pursue careers in these fields; and to increase the role the Hispanic community plays in maintaining America's status as the world's technology leader. Contributing partners to the HENAAC mission include universities, NASA and the National Academy of Engineering.

CCFF (www.columbusfdn.org) was established by Congress in 1992 as an independent federal agency to "encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind." Governed by a Presidential appointed Board of Trustees, the Foundation seeks to nurture and recognize pioneering individuals and programs which reflect the visionary spirit and pioneering heritage of Christopher Columbus through competitions.  (Posted 9/28/2004)

Thomas Ackerman, Battelle Fellow and Chief Scientist for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, has been awarded the National Aeronautics & Space Administration’s Distinguished Public Service Medal. This is the highest honor NASA awards to anyone who was not a Government employee when the service was performed. The award is granted only to individuals whose distinguished accomplishments contributed substantially to the NASA — mission. Dr. Ackerman has been intimately involved with the NASA earth science activities for many years. In addition, he has served on several NASA review boards and panels over the past 15 years.

Ann Lesperance, Senior Research Scientist II, Environmental Technology Directorate, has been awarded the Environmental Protection Agencys Bronze Medal. Ms. Lesperance was presented this award by EPA for developing a Statement of Cooperation between EPA and Environment Canada on protecting and managing Puget Sound/Georgia Basin—an international ecosystem shared by both countries. She currently works with the EPA Region X Administrator and the Washington State Director of Ecology on Hanford Cleanup issues. She also advises and mentors business students engaged in international business studies at the University of Washington.

Dave Senor has been elected to serve on the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) National Scientific User Facility (NSUF) User's Working Group Executive Committee. Dave's involvement in irradiation experiments at the ATR makes him well suited as a member of the five-person committee.

The ATR NSUF is a DOE user facility located at the Idaho National Laboratory. Nuclear energy researchers collaborate through the ATR NSUF to make advancements in basic and applied nuclear research and development to address the nation's energy security needs  (Posted 2/1/2011)

Deb Frincke joins the GovInfoSecurity Advisory Board, bringing a research perspective to the editorial content on this highly visible website for Information Security professionals. GovInfoSecurity.com is an educational portal specializing entirely on information technology risk management. GovInfoSecurity has 15,000 registered users, representing all walks of government, primarily senior management and technical personnel from local, state and federal agencies of the U.S. government.

Deb Frincke is a Chief Scientist in Cyber Security at PNNL, and is the Initiative Leader on the Information and Infrastructure Integrity Initiative. The goal of this research is to extend the Laboratory's research and development capability related to the resilience of large-scale digital computer and control infrastructures, the communications within those infrastructures, and the soundness of information contained/ transported by the infrastructures.  (Posted 11/1/2010)

Congratulations to Dr. James Morris, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on his recent appointment as Chair of the Central Department of Energy Institutional Review Board, or CDOEIRB, DOE's national Institutional Review Board. Ms. Kathy Ertell, PNNL Operational Systems, was also appointed to the board. The CDOEIRB reviews and approves all DOE complex-wide human research.

The CDOEIRB assures that risks to human participants involved in DOE beryllium-related studies, the Former Worker Medical Screening Program, and future research involving emerging issues and/or technologies under the board's purview are minimized and reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits. The board also assures that the rights and welfare of study participants are protected in accordance with applicable Federal regulations, state laws, DOE directives, existing ethical principles, and professional practice standards.

Morris has chaired PNNL's Institutional Review Board since 2007. He holds a Ph.D. in immunology, and has conducted research in biological monitoring and modeling at PNNL since 1973. Ertell manages PNNL's Human Research Protection Program, holds a M.S. in environmental health, and has 20 years of experience in environmental and occupational health research and consulting.  (Posted 5/1/2010)

In support of Homeland Security programs, Dave Atkinson and Dave Thurman have been appointed leadership roles in multi-lab, aviation security working groups established in response to the December 25 airline bombing attempt. Dave Atkinson is co-leading the emerging technology team of the Interagency Aviation Security Working Group. Dave Thurman is a key member of a multi-lab data & information analysis team supporting the National Counterterrorism Center.  (Posted 1/1/2010)

Dr. L. Ruby Leung, a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist who has long been at the forefront of climate modeling research, was recently elected to serve on the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC), where she will provide advice on a continuing basis to the Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy, on the many complex scientific and technical issues that arise in the development and implementation of the biological and environmental research program.

Leung is widely considered one of the top few researchers in the United States and the world in regional climate modeling, and is internationally recognized for her research on regional climate change and the hydrological cycle. In alignment with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) missions, her innovations cross scientific disciplines to advance the state of the art in predicting climate change and its regional impacts. By delivering more accurate and geographically specific insights for making decisions and taking action, her work has helped DOE and the scientific community to address some of the toughest problems in climate science.

Dr. Leung has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Meteorological Society. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters; her research on climate change impacts has been featured in Science, Popular Science, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and many major newspapers.

The Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee advises the Secretary of Energy and Director, Office of Science, on biological and environmental science issues of concern. BERAC is responsible for periodic reviews of and recommendations for elements of the Biological and Environmental Research (BER) Program; providing advice on competing long-range plans, priorities, and strategies; giving guidance on appropriate levels of funding to develop priorities and strategies; and maintaining balance between competing elements of the BER Program.  (Posted 12/1/2009)

The Department of Energy has named Cheryl Cejka, technology commercialization director at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), executive board chair of the agency's Technology Transfer Working Group.

The group is creating a policy framework to streamline technology transfer activities such as licensing at all DOE national laboratories. Laboratory-developed technologies can be used in commercial products after being licensed to outside businesses. The working group's members are from across the DOE's national laboratories.

Cejka has led PNNL's portfolio development and investment, intellectual property management and technology commercialization activities for eight years. PNNL's annual returns from intellectual assets have increased since then. Cejka also oversaw the creation of many technology licensing arrangements, which resulted in new business ventures based on PNNL technologies. Many of these transactions received national recognition for excellence in technology transfer.  (Posted 1/1/2009)

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Dr. Bruce D. Kay recently accepted appointment to the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. This committee helps solve complex scientific and technical issues for Basic Energy Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Through BES, researchers expand the scientific foundations for energy technologies and understand and mitigate the environmental impacts of energy use.

As a part of the 25-member committee, composed of experts from academia, national laboratories, and other institutions, Kay will provide recommendations on research and facilities priorities, appropriate balance among scientific disciplines, and collaboration among research institutes and industries. Undersecretary for DOE's Office of Science Dr. Raymond Orbach selected Kay for this assignment.

Kay was chosen for his internationally recognized leadership in the chemical sciences. His research at PNNL examines condensed phase chemical kinetics and molecular dynamics aimed at gaining a detailed physical understanding of the molecular-level interactions responsible for phase transitions and catalytic chemical reactions. A Fellow of the American Physical Society, AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Kay has written more than 120 journal articles and technical reports and given nearly 200 invited lectures at forums around the world  (Posted 2/1/2008)

Jae Edmonds was appointed by the U.S. Department of Energy as Chief Scientist for the Integrated Drivers and Systems Responses (IDSR) program within the Office of Science's Climate Change Research Program. As the Chief Scientist, Edmonds will provide leadership and advice on integrated assessment to the IDSR program.

Through its support and management of scientific research, the IDSR program provides insights into the interaction of multiple facets of climate change that would not be available from disciplinary research alone. The IDSR program also develops tools that enable economic analysis and scenario development, and provides a framework in which greenhouse gas emissions, climate, climate change impacts, and adaptation to climate change can be simultaneously and consistently examined. One of the principle components of the IDSR program's research portfolio is the development and exercise of integrated assessment models. These models are core decision support tools that can assist decision makers in the determination of safe levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. They achieve this by formally representing the various determinants of greenhouse gas emissions, including demographic, economic, energy, and land use decision making, as well as through representations of the atmosphere, climate, oceans, and climate impacts and adaptation in an internally consistent framework.

A senior staff scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Jae is also a Laboratory Fellow and Chief Scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration between the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of integrated assessment of climate change and the examination of interactions between energy, technology, policy and the environment.  (Posted 9/1/2007)

Darrell Fisher was named as Scientific Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's Isotope Program. In this role, Darrell will bring together the capabilities, resources and requirements of the medical isotope community and national laboratories to address the nation's near- and long-term isotope needs, including cancer treatments, miniature power systems, and other applications.

Darrell, who will continue with his work leading the Laboratory's Radioisotopes Program, was selected because of his outstanding research and work in the scientific community, including the American Nuclear Society, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, and the Health Physics Society.  (Posted 1/17/2007)

Al Ankrum was selected as program coordinator for a consortium of four national labs that have joined efforts to provide technical assistance to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for new reactor licensing. The four laboratories are PNNL, Brookhaven, Oak Ridge and Argonne, and they anticipate substantial involvement in reviewing and evaluating the construction/operating license applications for as many as 20 new nuclear power reactors in the United States over the next few years. The estimated level of effort is about $80 million. Nineteen companies have announced they will seek licenses to build new power plants in the United States, with the first applications to be submitted to NRC in late 2007. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman recently announced that DOE would provide $2 billion in federal risk insurance to companies applying to build nuclear power plants, part of a package of government incentives designed to encourage the building of the country's first nuclear reactors since the 1970s. "This is a positive sign for nuclear energy domestically after more than 30 years without construction of a new reactor in this country," says Al, who is PNNL's relationship manager for the NRC.  (Posted 10/18/2006)

Ray Wildung has been appointed by the Secretary of Energy to the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee. BERAC provides advice to the Director of the Office of Science on the many complex scientific and technical issues that arise in the development and implementation of the biological and environmental research program. Ray, a past recipient of the DOE E.O. Lawrence Award, was nominated to this committee because of his research experience and accomplishments in building a fundamental understanding of the long-term behavior of environmental contaminants from energy development and nuclear-defense activities. Ray will be asked to provide advice based on his expertise in the fields of soil science, microbiology, geochemistry and environmental remediation.

The DOE Secretary's Award of Excellence in Project Management was presented to the team responsible for managing completion of the Physical Sciences Facility project.  (Posted 4/2/2012)

NRC lauded the PNNL staff member efforts during the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station mandatory hearing.  (Posted 3/7/2012)

Jim Dooley, Senior Staff Scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute , was invited to provide his insights at a major public meeting of the White House Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage. The event gave the public the opportunity to provide input on what actions the government should take in the near, mid- and long-term to accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, and Deputy Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Bob Perciasepe attended the meeting and delivered remarks.

The Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage, co-chaired by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, is developing a plan to overcome the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage within 10 years. The plan is due to President Obama in August 2010. The Task Force is also working on recommendations to bring 5 to 10 commercial demonstration projects online by 2016.

Dooley, an internationally recognized expert on this class of greenhouse gas emissions mitigation technologies, was selected to speak to the Task Force at this public meeting because of his extensive knowledge on carbon dioxide capture and storage and the role of this class of technologies in addressing climate change. Dooley was both a Lead Author and the Cross-Cutting Chairman for Market Deployment for the 2005 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. He is also the Associate Editor for the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, the first peer-reviewed journal to focus on carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies.

The meeting occurred on May 6, 2010, in Washington, D.C.  (Posted 6/1/2010)