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Former PNNL researcher wins E.O. Lawrence Award
Dr. Sunney Xie
A former researcher at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of six winners of the Department's prestigious 2009 E.O. Lawrence Award. Dr. Sunney Xie of Harvard University received the chemistry award. The Lawrence Award was established in 1959 to honor the memory of Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron (a particle accelerator). There are also two national laboratories named in his honor. Each award winner receives $50,000 and a gold medal and will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. this year.
