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Mike Parker is a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory project manager and a domain lead on the PNNL PolicyAI Team. On the PolicyAI team, he serves as a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) expert and domain lead for applications. He has been involved with the editing, writing, and formatting of NEPA documents since 2005. Parker has also served as managing editor and as a technical communications specialist for the PNNL Communications Division. In his managing editor role, Parker was on the forefront of the AI movement, seeing the value in using large language models to assist writers and editors in their craft. To that end, he helped deploy an AI-based document content analyzer to help authors better communicate with their intended audience. 

Before starting at PNNL in 2005, he worked as a technical specialist for Energy Northwest and in the advertising department of The Tennessean, a newspaper in Nashville, TN. Parker is an innovative, detail-oriented manager with comprehensive understanding of people management, project management, and the tactical work required for successful project management. He encourages colleagues to innovate, create, and pave their own roads. In his spare time, he records and publishes original music.

• Project Management
• National Environmental Policy Act
• Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
• Document Architecture
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Technical Editing and Writing
• Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop
• Article Writing and Editing
• Chicago Style
• Journalism
• Songwriting

• BS in English language and literature, Central Washington University

Horawalavithana Y.S., S. Munikoti, S. Sharma, H.D. Phan, M. Halappanavar, K. Pazdernik, and A.L. Miracle, et al. 06/07/2024. "Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Improve Permitting Outcomes and Efficiency." Abstract submitted to AWS Summit 2024, Washington, District Of Columbia. PNNL-SA-195966.

Bernat A., S.N. Wagle, Y.S. Horawalavithana, S. Munikoti, S. Sharma, D.B. Lilienthal, and T.J. Vega, et al. 12/09/2024. "A GenAI Geospatial Web Application Charting NEPA Environmental Reviews." Abstract submitted to American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2024, Washington, D.C., United States. PNNL-SA-201662.

Munikoti S., M.J. Parker, D.M. Nally, G.U. Panapitiya, and Y.S. Horawalavithana. 06/06/2024. "Streamlining Environmental Permitting: The Power of Generative AI in Comments Processing." Abstract submitted to Techfest 2024, Richland, Washington. PNNL-SA-196536.

Sharma S., A. Bernat, S.N. Wagle, D.M. Nally, M.J. Parker, S. Munikoti, and Y.S. Horawalavithana. 10/22/2024. "SearchNEPA: A GenAI-Powered NEPA Environmental Data Platform." Abstract submitted to DOE Data Days, Livermore, California. PNNL-SA-203284.

O'Neil T.K., R.H. Krieg, and M.J. Parker. 2019. "PNNL Technical Support of NRC Environmental Projects." PNNL-SA-149488. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. [Unpublished]

Phan H., A. Acharya, R. Meyur, S. Chaturvedi, S. Sharma, M.J. Parker, and D.M. Nally, et al. 2024. "Examining Long-Context Large Language Models for Environmental Review Document Comprehension." In Examining Long-Context Large Language Models for Environmental Review Document Comprehension. PNNL-SA-199339.

Sharma S., Y.S. Horawalavithana, S. Munikoti, S.N. Wagle, M.J. Parker, D.M. Nally, and A. Acharya, et al. 2024. "NEPATEC1.0: First Large-Scale Text Corpus of National Environmental Policy Act PDF Documents." PNNL-SA-199568.

Munikoti S., H.D. Phan, A. Acharya, S. Sharma, D.B. Lilienthal, G.U. Panapitiya, and S.N. Wagle, et al. 2024. "NEPAQuest: Open-sourced AI Environmental Policy Question and Answering Benchmark." PNNL-SA-197764.

Munikoti S., S. Sharma, G.U. Panapitiya, H.D. Phan, M.J. Parker, D.M. Nally, and A.L. Miracle, et al. 05/06/2024. "Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Approaches to Improve Permitting Outcomes and Efficiency." Presented by S. Munikoti at NAEP 2024 Annual Conference & Training Symposium,  Minneapolis, Minnesota. PNNL-SA-198043.

Munikoti S., M.J. Parker, D.M. Nally, G.U. Panapitiya, A.L. Miracle, and Y.S. Horawalavithana. 06/06/2024. "Streamlining Environmental Permitting: The Power of Generative AI in Comment Processing." Richland, Washington. PNNL-SA-199095.

Sharma S., D.M. Nally, M.J. Parker, S. Munikoti, and Y.S. Horawalavithana. 06/28/2024. "NEPATEC1.0: First Large-Scale Text Corpus of National Environmental Policy Act PDF Documents." Presented by S. Sharma, D.M. Nally at Lowercarbon Capital AI Hackathon, San Francisco, California. PNNL-SA-200118.

Michalak P., R.G. Schaaf, J.R. Jackson, D.M. Nally, C.A. Condon, and M.J. Parker. 2024. PNNL Review of Federal and State Agency Regulatory Streamlining Practices. PNNL-36490. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Sharma S., Y.S. Horawalavithana, S. Munikoti, S.N. Wagle, M.J. Parker, D.M. Nally, and A. Acharya, et al. 2024. NEPATEC 1.0 Dataset Card for HuggingFace. PNNL-36100. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Sharma S., D.M. Nally, M.J. Parker, S. Munikoti, and Y.S. Horawalavithana. 2024. NEPATEC1.0: First Large-Scale Text Corpus of National Environmental Policy Act PDF Documents. PNNL-36124. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. [Unpublished]

Parker M.J., D.M. Nally, G.U. Panapitiya, A. Acharya, A.L. Miracle, H.D. Phan, and S. Munikoti, et al. 2024. Testing Artificial Intelligence Tools to Streamline the Public Comment-Review Process for NEPA Environmental Reviews. PNNL-35927. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Bence R.L., I. Bociu, C.N. Conrad, C.A. Counts, H.F. McClendon, S. Montgomery, and J.M. Niemeyer, et al. 2024. draft Environmental Assessment for Maritime Environmental Data Sampling System. PNNL-36000. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. [Unpublished]

Soulek A.B., R.A. Athalye, A.C. Bampton, G.R. Breneman, K.A. Cort, K.M. Fowler, and D.J. Hostick, et al. 2013. Comparison of ASHRAE Energy Standards for the Design of High Performance Army Buildings - Final. PNNL-22239. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

McDowell B.K., C.D. Ross, D.M. Anderson, J.M. Becker, J.P. Duncan, D.L. Edwards, and E.P. Kennedy, et al. 2017. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Environmental Assessment. PNNL-26488. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

O'Neil T.K., G.P. O'Connor, E.E. Hickey, R.S. Butner, M.J. Parker, J. Craig, and J. Reign. 2011. Environmental Information Volume: Cultural Resources Section. PNWD-4268. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Soulek A.B., R.A. Athalye, A.C. Bampton, G.R. Breneman, K.A. Cort, K.M. Fowler, and D.J. Hostick, et al. 2013. Comparison of ASHRAE Energy Standards for the Design of High Performance Army Buildings. PNNL-22187. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

McDowell B.K., D.M. Anderson, J.M. Becker, J.P. Duncan, D.J. Edwards, D.L. Edwards, and E.P. Kennedy, et al. 2017. Richland Campus Future Development EA. PNNL-26288 Rev. 1. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Miracle A.L., T.L. Anderson, D. Appriou, J.E. Cabe, K.A. Cort, J.P. Duncan, and T.D. Hardy, et al. 2017. An Environmental Approach for Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Floating Solar Array Renewable Energy Projects on Army Installations. PNNL-26149. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Ross C.D., B.K. McDowell, D.M. Anderson, J.M. Becker, J.P. Duncan, D.L. Edwards, and E.P. Kennedy, et al. 2017. Richland Campus Future Development EA. PNNL-26288. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

McDowell B.K., K.D. Leigh, R.H. Krieg, D.M. Anderson, J.M. Becker, E.P. Kennedy, and P.D. Meyer, et al. 2018. Draft Environmental Impact Statement for an Early Site Permit (ESP) for the Clinch River Nuclear Site. PNNL-27254. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.