Other Awards and Honors
2009 Awards
Carbon capture shows major potential in China (announced 10/1/2009)
PNNL Researchers Honored by Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (announced 10/1/2009)
Jim Thomas Receives Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation 2009 Homeland Security Award (announced 9/1/2009)
Ted Poston earns 2009 Battelle Community Spirit Award (announced 8/1/2009)
Bonnie Williams Recognized with 2009 National Mentor Award (announced 8/1/2009)
Alexandre Tartakovsky Wins Presidential Early Career Award (announced 7/1/2009)
Bill Weber Named Distinguished Alumnus by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (announced 6/1/2009)
Kim Fowler Receives LASER Science Education Advocate Award (announced 5/18/2009)
Janos Szanyi Wins Fulbright Fellowship to Conduct Catalytic Research in Hungary (announced 4/1/2009)
Sotiris Xantheas Receives Humboldt Award to Collaborate in Germany (announced 4/1/2009)
Xin Sun Receives Alumna Award (announced 3/1/2009)
Jerry Posakony elected Eminent Member of Eta Kappa Nu (announced 1/1/2009)
PNNL Team Selected for 2009 Incite Award - Earns 4 Million Hours on Supercomputers to Study Water's Chemistry (announced 1/1/2009)
2009 Elected Positions and Offices
Ted Bowyer Appointed Member on National Academy of Sciences Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Panel (announced 8/1/2009)
Irv Schultz Nominated to NRC Committee on Tetrachloroethylene (announced 6/1/2009)
Dick Smith Named Editor-in Chief of Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics (announced 6/1/2009)
Joshua Adkins Named to NIH Study Section (announced 5/1/2009)
Liem Dang Serves as a Guest Editor of Special Issue of Physical Chemistry Journal (announced 5/1/2009)
Steven Wiley Invited to Join National Research Council Review Panel (announced 2/1/2009)
Todd Halter Appointed to SciDB Advisory Board (announced 2/1/2009)
Eric Richman Joins Canadian Task Group on Lighting and Electrical Power (announced 1/1/2009)
Yanwen Zhang joins Editorial Board of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research (announced 1/1/2009)
Kelly Sullivan Elected to Governing Board of Council for Chemical Research (announced 1/1/2009)
Bruce D. Kay Invited to Join Journal of Chemical Physics Editorial Board (announced 1/1/2009)
Wenning Liu Appointed to the Editorial Board of Advances in OptoElectronics (announced 1/1/2009)
2009 Impact on Scientific Community
Frank Greitzer Invited to Present at National Academies Workshop on Usability, Security, and Privacy of Computer Systems (announced 7/1/2009)
Jason Zhang Invited to write a chapter for the Handbook of Battery Materials (announced 7/1/2009)
Marvin Warner Selected to Attend the 2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (announced 6/1/2009)
Jim Amonette Writes Chapter in New Biochar Book (announced 6/1/2009)
PNNL's Tony Janetos Co-authors White House Climate Report (announced 6/1/2009)
Yuehe Lin Co-Edits Nanotechnology Book (announced 5/1/2009)
Tim Scheibe Chosen Darcy Distinguished Lecturer (announced 5/1/2009)
Xiao-Dong Zhou Leads Organization of Important Symposium at Electrochemical Meeting (announced 5/1/2009)
Jason McDermott Plays Major Role in Book Publication (announced 4/1/2009)
Julia Laskin Honored in Prestigious Russian Journal (announced 3/1/2009)
Yanwen Zhang to Serve as Guest Professor at Peking University (announced 3/1/2009)
Bill Morgan Named Scientific Director of NASA Summer School (announced 2/1/2009)
Changing Paradigm of Data-Intensive Computing Makes Journal Cover (announced 1/1/2009)
Wayne Martin Recognized as One of America's 2008 Most Accomplished African American Engineers (announced 1/1/2009)
2008 Awards
Wei-Jun Qian Named "Rising Star" by Genome Technology (announced 12/1/2008)
Kevin Rosso named Virginia Tech Collefge of Science's Outstanding Alumnus (announced 12/1/2008)
PNNL Researchers Earned Top Honors at SuperComputing Conference (announced 11/1/2008)
Alan Waltar Receives World Nuclear Association (WNA) Award for "Distinguished Contribution to Peaceful Worldwide use of Nuclear Technology" (announced 9/1/2008)
Gary Spanner Named Outstanding Alumnus of the Year by CBC Foundation (announced 9/1/2008)
Subhash Singhal receives the 2008 Grove Medal (announced 8/1/2008)
EMSL researcher to receive International Immunology's Outstanding Merit Award (announced 7/1/2008)
Aircraft Operations Receive Gold Standard Recognition (announced 7/1/2008)
Yong Wang awarded 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award (announced 6/1/2008)
Zhenrong Zhang Receives M.T. Thomas Award for Postdoctoral Research (announced 5/1/2008)
Dick Weller Earns Honorary Professorship for International Scientific Collaboration (announced 4/1/2008)
Yanwen Zhang Invited to Attend Prestigious Kavli Symposium in Germany (announced 3/1/2008)
Ron Walters receives National Intelligence Medal of Achievement (announced 1/1/2008)
2008 Elected Positions and Offices
Jason Tomlinson to Lead Interagency Coordinating Committee for Airborne Geosciences Research and Application (announced 12/1/2008)
Michael Dupuis Appointed to Journal of Physical Chemistry Advisory Board (announced 11/1/2008)
Dave Koppenaal to Serve on International Advisory Board for New Journal (announced 11/1/2008)
John McCoy elected vice president of regional network consortium (announced 11/1/2008)
Baer Named Reviews Editor for Journal (announced 10/1/2008)
Steven Baker Appointed Chair of ANSI N 13.6 Working Group (announced 10/1/2008)
Jim Dooley Appointed Associate Editor of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Journal (announced 10/1/2008)
Steven C. Baker Appointed Chair of ANSI N 13.6 Working Group (announced 10/1/2008)
Mike Schwenk appointed to board of directors for Washington Technology Center (announced 9/1/2008)
Steven Wiley appointed to Burroughs Wellcome Fund Advisory Committee (announced 7/1/2008)
Katrina Waters Appointed to Editorial Board of Toxicology Journal (announced 7/1/2008)
Yuehe Lin Named to Second Term on Advisory Board for Chemistry Journal Talanta (announced 7/1/2008)
Paul Stansbury Elected President of the American Academy of Health Physics (announced 5/1/2008)
Tom Metz Named to Proteomic Insights Editorial Board (announced 5/1/2008)
Blaine Metting Appointed to Fourth Term on Oregon Bioscience Association Board (announced 5/1/2008)
Moe Khaleel Appointed to Editorial Board of Computers, Materials, & Continua (announced 4/1/2008)
Subhash Singhal appointed to Executive Advisory Board (announced 2/1/2008)
2008 Impact on Scientific Community
Justin Teeguarden on NRC Nanomaterial Report Committee (announced 12/1/2008)
Singhal Named Founding Member of Washington Science Academy (announced 11/1/2008)
Scott Baker appointed by NAS as delegate of U.S. National Committee to the International Union of Microbiological Societies (announced 9/1/2008)
Bruce Garrett Advises National Science Foundation Program (announced 8/1/2008)
Institute of Physics recognizes article by Scott Chambers for potential to advance frontiers of materials research (announced 7/1/2008)
Tony Janetos on climate change impacts (announced 7/1/2008)
Eric Smith Selected for Prestigious NAE Symposium (announced 7/1/2008)
Yanwen Zhang invited to 2008 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (announced 6/26/2008)
Justin Teeguarden Named to NAS Nanoscience Review Committee (announced 5/1/2008)
Bruce Napier Contributes to NAS Committee Report (announced 5/1/2008)
Ian Gorton Provides Leadership for Special Edition of Computer Magazine (announced 4/1/2008)
James Dooley give Capitol Hill Briefing on Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies (announced 4/1/2008)
Kevin Rosso Writes Crystal Chemistry Article for International Journa (announced 3/1/2008)
Tom Sanquist appointed as human factors expert to National Academy of Engineering Panel (announced 2/20/2008)
Steven Wiley Pens Monthly Column for The Scientist (announced 2/1/2008)
Liz Stephens Liz Stephens Honored for Engineering Achievements and Contributions to MESA Program (announced 2/1/2008)
2007 Awards
Jack Slicks receives Director's Award for Individual Excellence from DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (announced 12/1/2007)
Wayne Martin Named Black Engineer of the Year for Community Service (announced 11/5/2007)
Doug McMakin wins Christopher Columbus Homeland Security Award (announced 10/15/2007)
Dale Anderson wins Frank Wilcoxon Prize for best practical application paper in Technometrics (announced 10/1/2007)
Lee Burger wins Glen T. Seaborg Award for Contributions to Actinide Separations (announced 9/12/2007)
Moe Khaleel Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Computational Engineering and Fuel Cell Technologies (announced 8/1/2007)
Subhash Singhal Wins Esteemed Fuel Cell Technology Award (announced 8/1/2007)
Elizabeth Stephens named most promising Hispanic engineer (announced 8/1/2007)
Robbie Tidwell receives Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers' Champion of Excellence Award (announced 7/1/2007)
Stephen Tratz wins first-place in 2007 SemEval international competition (Computational Linguistics) (announced 5/1/2007)
Awards presented for outstanding education contributions (announced 4/1/2007)
Stephen Tratz wins first-place in 2007 SemEval international competition (Computational Linguistics) (announced 4/1/2007)
PNNL Staff Honored for Energy Smart Technologies (announced 4/1/2007)
Ram Devanathan Receives Prestigious Invite to International Engineering Symposium (announced 3/1/2007)
Lai-Sheng Wang Receives 2006-2007 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award (announced 2/18/2007)
Nano-Tech Team Wins Environmental Business Journal Award for Sensor (announced 1/17/2007)
2007 Elected Positions and Offices
Jeff Stevenson Appointed Associate Editor by the American Ceramic Society (announced 12/7/2007)
Charles Long Appointed to The Open Ocean Engineering Journal Editorial Advisory Board (announced 12/1/2007)
Mariah Zabriskie named standing chair to the National GEM Consortium Executive Committee (announced 11/30/2007)
Mark Engelhard Appointed Associate Editor for Surface Science Spectra (announced 11/5/2007)
Kelly Sullivan Elected to Council for Chemical Research (announced 11/5/2007)
Lai-Sheng Wang Appointed to Editorial Board for The Journal of Physical Chemistry (announced 11/5/2007)
Dick Smith Elected to HUPO Council (announced 10/15/2007)
Nik Qafoku to Serve Three-Year Term as Associate Editor on Editorial Board of the Soil Science Society of America Journal (announced 6/1/2007)
James R. Campbell appointed Associate Professor of Global Health at George Washington University School of Global Health and Health Services (announced 4/1/2007)
Wayne Hess to Serve on Editorial Board for Laser Chemistry (announced 4/1/2007)
Darrell Fisher to Advise Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the Use of Medical Isotopes (announced 3/21/2007)
Jim Dooley Appointed to Program Committee on Greenhouse Gas Technologies (announced 3/12/2007)
Vanessa Bailey Joins Editorial Board of Soil Biology and Biochemistry (announced 3/8/2007)
Vanessa Bailey Joins Editorial Board of Soil Biology and Biochemistry (announced 3/8/2007)
Metting Named Chair of International Scientific Network (announced 2/23/2007)
Michel Dupuis Named Specialist Editor for Computer Physics Journal (announced 2/23/2007)
Governor appoints Gary Spanner to 3-year term on Sirti board of directors (announced 1/22/2007)
Jonathan Young appointed to the National Research Council Standing Committee on Operational Science and Technology Options for Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices. (announced 1/8/2007)
Yanwen Zhang Receives Guest Professor Appointment at Peking University (announced 1/1/2007)
2007 Impact on Scientific Community
Don Stevens identified as one of top innovators and entrepreneurs for 2007 (announced 12/17/2007)
Dick Smith named to Scientific American 50 list of outstanding leaders (announced 12/10/2007)
Chuck Long Co-author on "Hot" Paper about Solar Brightening (announced 11/5/2007)
PNNL Researchers Contribute to Nobel Peace Prize for Climate Change Awareness (announced 10/25/2007)
Leung, Janetos, and Edmonds Invited to National Academies Workshop on Climate (announced 10/19/2007)
Sotiris Xantheas Selected for Prominent Theoretical Chemistry Lecture (announced 10/1/2007)
Dale Anderson was awarded the Frank Wilcoxon Priz (announced 10/1/2007)
Steve Ghan invited to speak at Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry (announced 9/10/2007)
Pak Chung Wong participates in international seminar on information visualization (announced 9/1/2007)
Jerome Fast invited to speak at the Gordon Research Conference (announced 8/1/2007)
Sotiris Xantheas Receives Marie Curie Fellowship - International Award to Share Expertise Abroad (announced 7/1/2007)
Subhash Singhal Appointed to National Academies' Committee (announced 7/1/2007)
PNNL Staff Members Help Shape Global Understanding of Climate Change (announced 6/1/2007)
Bob Scherpelz Receives Award for Article in Russian Publication (announced 6/1/2007)
PNNL Scientist Selected for National Engineering Symposium (announced 6/1/2007)
Thallapally and McGrail Article Places in April's Top Ten accessed on Chemical Communications' website (announced 5/25/2007)
Paul Bredt and Terri Stewart Pave the Way for DOE Roadmap (announced 5/1/2007)
Xiao-Dong Zhou Presented Nanomaterials Knowledge at International Forum (announced 4/1/2007)
Shawn Kathmann invited to contribute to the new perspectives issue of Theoretical Chemistry Accounts (announced 4/1/2007)
PNNL receives award from International Symposium on Spectral Sensing Research (announced 4/1/2007)
Biosensor Article Made Analytical Chemistry's Most Cited List (announced 4/1/2007)
Roy Gephart invited by the National Academies to participate in workshop on radiation contamination and remediation issues (announced 4/1/2007)
Two Journal Articles Make ACS Most-Cited List (announced 3/1/2007)
Tony Janetos Helps National Research Council Outline Future of Space-Based Earth Observations (announced 1/1/2007)
2006 Awards
Peggy Vasquez selected in national competition for America's Next Top Administrative Professionals (announced 12/1/2006)
Battelle Fellow Subhash Singhal Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology (announced 10/1/2006)
Lai-Sheng Wang Receives 2006 Humboldt Research Award (announced 10/1/2006)
PNNL Researcher Receives Highest Fuel Cell Honor
Schoenbein Medal honors achievements of Subhash Singhal
(announced 8/1/2006)
Olga Anna Kuchar Selected to Participate in National Academy of Engineering 2006 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (announced 6/1/2006)
PNNL Scientist Lead Organizer for Workshop to Identify Future Steps for Next Generation of Regional Climate Modeling (announced 6/1/2006)
Wayne Martin Named One of Top Minorities in Science of 2006 (announced 5/1/2006)
Abrefah Receives Emerald Honors Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments (announced 5/1/2006)
Ann Miracle Joins Editorial Board of International Publication (announced 1/1/2006)
2006 Elected Positions and Offices
Don Baer Named to Editorial Advisory Board of Surface and Interface Analysis (announced 12/1/2006)
Bruce Napier to Advise Environmental Protection Agency (announced 11/1/2006)
Young Appointed to National Research Committee on Improvised Explosive Devices (announced 11/1/2006)
Steve Ghan Appointed to Journal of Geophysical Research Editorial Board (announced 11/1/2006)
Steven Wiley Joins National Institutes of Health Scientific Review Panel (announced 10/1/2006)
Benoit Mandelbrot Decorated as Officer in National Order of the Legion of Honor (announced 9/1/2006)
Carbaugh Shaping National Policy to Monitor and Decontaminate People after a Nuclear Event (announced 8/1/2006)
PNNL Researcher Seeks to Enhance Human and Technology Interactions (announced 8/1/2006)
Jim Fredrickson Appointed to NRC Committee (announced 7/1/2006)
János Szanyi Appointed to Editorial Advisory Board of Catalysis Letters (announced 7/1/2006)
Jim Dooley Appointed to Editorial Board for International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control (announced 6/1/2006)
Ellis Appointed to Canadian NMR Advisory Board (announced 6/1/2006)
Chartrand Elected Vice President of InfraGard's Evergreen Chapter in Washington State (announced 4/1/2006)
Bruce Napier to Chair Committee for National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (announced 3/1/2006)
Richard Benedick Appointed to National Research Council Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments (announced 3/1/2006)
2005 Awards
Yuehe Lin and C0-Authors Receive Award for Highly Cited Electrochemistry Article (announced 12/1/2005)
Wayne Martin Named One of Top Minorities in Research Science (announced 11/28/2005)
Yong Wang Joins Editorial Board of Catalysis Today (announced 11/1/2005)
Jonathan Young Appointed Member of National Research Council Committee (announced 11/1/2005)
Ron Thom Meets with National Research Council to Protect Eroding Shorelines (announced 10/1/2005)
PNNL's Ram Devanathan Selected to Participate in National Academy of Engineering 11th Annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (announced 8/17/2005)
Dr. Leonard K. Peters, Director of PNNL, Selected to Receive Oak Ridge Associated Universities Outstanding Leadership Award (announced 3/9/2005)
2005 Elected Positions and Offices
Doug Ray Joins National Academy Chemical Sciences Roundtable (announced 12/1/2005)
Michel Dupuis Elected to International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (announced 7/7/2005)
Fuel Cell Pioneer, Subhash Singha, Elected to National Academy of Engineering (announced 2/16/2005)
2004 Awards
Scott Chambers Selected as 2004 Recipient of E.W. Mueller Award for Outstanding Research in Surface Science (announced 8/1/2004)
2003 Awards
Sotiris S. Xantheas Awarded Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (announced 5/22/2003)
Richard Johanson Earns Two Safety Certifications (announced 3/17/2003)
2003 Elected Positions and Offices
Steve Wiley Chosen to Participate in National Academies' Inaugural Keck Futures Initiative Conference (announced 12/2/2003)
Cynthia Bruckner-Lea Selected to Participate in National Academy of Engineering Ninth Annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (announced 9/17/2003)
Jonathan Young Selected as Member of Newly Formed National Research Council Committee (announced 4/3/2003)
Yasuo Onishi Appointed to Committee on Understanding Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects (announced 3/9/2003)
Dr. Novella Bridges Named One of Eight "Young Observers"
2002 Awards
Subhash Singhal Receives Invited Professorship Award (announced 1/1/2002)
2002 Elected Positions and Offices
Joel Pounds Appointed to Canada Research Chairs' College of Reviewers (announced 5/1/2002)
SK Sundaram Appointed "Visiting Scholar" at Harvard University (announced 5/1/2002)
Richard Benedick Elected to American Academy of Diplomacy (announced 1/1/2002)
2001 Awards
Single-molecule Spectroscopy Among 101 Most Important Scientific Discoveries (announced 6/1/2001)
2001 Discover Magazine Awards
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation Award Winner-Timed Neutron Detector-Richard Craig
Health Category - Combined Optical/Magnetic Resonance Microscope-Robert Wind
1999 Discover Magazine Awards
Winner - Transportation Category - Micro-Plasmatron Fuel Converter
Finalist - Environment Category - Mesoporous Silica for Mercury Removal-Xiangdong Feng
1997 Discover Magazine Awards
1996 Discover Magazine Awards
Finalist - Environmental Category - RubberCycle: Tire-Recycling Microbes-Robert Romine