The Department of Energy’s Transportation Technologies Office has issued two 2026 Annual Merit Review Awards to researchers from PNNL. Both awards recognize PNNL researchers whose work is reducing the need for critical materials.

Yong Wang will lead the Institute for Integrated Catalysis, advancing the science and technology of catalysis to address global challenges in energy resilience.

PNNL chemist Mark Engelhard has been chosen as president-elect of AVS Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing

Battelle Fellow Johannes Lercher was elected a Foreign Academician by the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences of Spain for his contributions to chemical science.

The 98th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium will be co-organized by Shuai Zhang and Jim De Yoreo.

Robert Rallo from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will direct a machine learning thrust for a new Department of Energy-funded project led by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Wendy Shaw is a new Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, honored for her leadership role and impacts on the chemical sciences.

Six PNNL projects were selected as part of the Department of Energy’s Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research.

Chemical Engineer Yong Wang explains the influence and opportunity for joint appointments. Wang maintains one of the longest joint appointment tenures at PNNL.

Wendy Shaw begins an initial two-year term on the Advisory Board of Chemical Society Reviews.

Radha Kishan Motkuri lends skill and knowledge to co-lead special edition journal.

Johannes Lercher receives award from the North American Catalysis Society and the European Federation of Catalysis Societies.

A PNNL research team has been recognized by the American Chemical Society with its Award for Affordable Green Chemistry.

The American Chemical Society Richland Section has been recognized by its national organization with the Best Overall Section Minority Affairs award for 2022.

Wendy Shaw begins an initial two-year appointment to the editorial advisory board of Sustainable Energy & Fuels.

Joint appointee Jenny Yang named an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

PNNL Senior Scientist Jamie Holladay has been named a Distinguished Inventor of Battelle.

PNNL chief research engineer Rob Dagle has been named 2021 PNNL Inventor of the Year.

PNNL Laboratory fellow Dave Heldebrant has been selected as a 2022 fellow by the American Chemical Society.

Three PNNL bioenergy experts have received adjunct appointments at Washington State University (WSU), working closely with the WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute and students.