Joint
Appointments

Joint appointment relationships with universities are valuable vehicles for research collaboration, teaching, and mentoring. PNNL now has more than 100 joint appointments with 26 partner institutions in the United States and abroad. Joint appointments extend PNNL’s research capabilities in many ways:

  • facilitating collaboration with leading experts, no matter where they are based
  • providing access to specialized instrumentation and other research tools at PNNL and partner institutions
  • cultivating future scientists and engineers by offering educational, internship, and fellowship opportunities to talented students.

PNNL currently has joint appointment agreements with the following:

  • Auburn University
  • Brigham Young University
  • Brown University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Iowa State University
  • Northeastern University
  • Ohio State University
  • Oregon Health & Science University
  • Penn State University
  • Purdue University
  • Queensland University of Technology
  • University of Arkansas
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • University of Oregon
  • University of South Carolina
  • University of South Florida
  • University of Utah
  • University of Washington
  • Utah State University
  • Virginia Tech
  • Washington State University
  • Western Washington University

Joint appointments are flexible arrangements open to faculty at partner institutions and to PNNL technical staff. For additional information, contact Suresh Baskaran, Director of Research Partnerships, at (509) 375-6483 or suresh.baskaran@pnnl.gov.