Biological Sciences Division
Staff Awards & Honors

April 2006

Ray Wildung Joins Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee

Ray Wildung

Congratulations to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Ray Wildung on his appointment by the Secretary of Energy to the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee. BERAC provides advice to the Director of the Office of Science on the many complex scientific and technical issues that arise in the development and implementation of the biological and environmental research program.

Ray, a past recipient of DOE's prestigious E.O. Lawrence Award, was nominated to this Committee because of his research experience and accomplishments in building a fundamental understanding of the long-term behavior of environmental contaminants from energy development and nuclear-defense activities. Ray will be asked to provide advice based on his expertise in the fields of soil science, microbiology, geochemistry, and environmental remediation.