PNNL

In her current position as acting deputy director for science and technology, Dr. Sullivan is responsible for stewarding Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's (PNNL's) science and technology capabilities to address critical challenges in science, energy, the environment, and national security. She also manages PNNL's institutional science and technology investments and technology commercialization activities.

Dr. Sullivan joined PNNL in 2001 and has had multiple roles at the Laboratory. She has led the Laboratory’s science and technology investment portfolio—an over $100 million annual investment portfolio for capability and business development—since April 2012. She created the Linus Pauling Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in 2009 and managed the program until 2024. She served as the interim director of institutional strategy from April to October 2015. 

Before coming to PNNL, Dr. Sullivan was a chemistry professor at Mankato State University in Minnesota and at Creighton University in Nebraska. Her research interests focused on the electronic structure of small molecules and ions.

Dr. Sullivan received a BS in chemistry from Christian Brothers College and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Texas Tech University.