About the Directorate
The Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) features internationally recognized research programs and capabilities in the biological, chemical, environmental, computational and materials sciences. Directorate researchers lead major R&D efforts in environmental microbiology & biogeochemistry, proteomics, experimental and theoretical interfacial chemistry, chemical analysis, climate physics & global/regional scale modeling and integrated assessment for energy and environment. We are building new programs in systems biology and biotechnology, interfacial catalysis, multifunctional materials, integrated high-performance and data-intensive computing and aerosol science.
The Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate is PNNL's primary steward for research supported by the Department of Energy's Offices of Biological and Environmental Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Fusion Energy Sciences and Nuclear Physics, all within the Department of Energy's Office of Science.
Additionally, Directorate staff perform research and development for private industry and other government agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense, and NASA. The Directorate's researchers are members of interdisciplinary teams tackling challenges of national importance that cut across all missions of the Department of Energy.
Doug Ray
Associate Laboratory Director,
Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate
