Business, industry, and government careers were a focus of the PNNL-led Mathematics Research Communities conference.

Energy storage expert Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang was honored by DOE with a Distinguished Achievement Award.

Arun Veeramany furthers the field of risk, reliability, and resilience in civil and mechanical engineering in his new role as an American Society of Civil Engineers-American Society of Mechanical Engineers journal editorial board member.

Parallel graph neural networks identify protein-ligand 3-D structural interactions to aid in protein function prediction and drug discovery.

Anika Halappanavar’s research into COVID-19 misinformation earned her recognition by the Washington State Academy of Sciences as one of the state’s top high school researchers.

PNNL catalysis expert Yong Wang has assumed an associate editor role for the Chemical Engineering Journal.

PNNL’s Jie Xiao and Yuyan Shao are serving two-year terms on the executive committee of the Pacific Northwest section of The Electrochemical Society, which was chartered in October 2020.

Researchers have been investigating if machine learning techniques could be used to help create novel beers.

PNNL is highlighting scientific and technical experts in the national security domain who were recently promoted to scientist and engineer Level 5, one of PNNL’s most senior research roles.

PNNL bioenergy expert Dan Gaspar was awarded the R.A. Glenn Award for Best Paper at the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting on August 24.

A team of PNNL researchers are looking at how to evaluate robustness and accountability, fairness, and transparency of artificial intelligence models used to detect and quantify deceptive content online.

More than 30 PNNL interns contributed to the Airport Risk Assessment Model, a web-based tool that helps airport security stakeholders prioritize resource allocations.

PNNL bioenergy expert Justin Billing has contributed expertise to a newer standard designed to ensure the safety, performance, and sustainability of prefabricated fecal sludge treatment units.

Svitlana Volkova, chief scientist for decision intelligence and analytics at PNNL, was invited as a panelist at the SIAM International Conference on Data Mining

Aaron Luttman, a mathematician and senior technical advisor at PNNL, was invited as a guest speaker during the 2021 National Math Festival.

PNNL data scientists Svitlana Volkova and Emily Saldanha, along with former PNNL intern Pamela Bilo Thomas, will publish their research on online information spread in Nature's Scientific Reports.

Michael Henry, a senior data scientist at PNNL, has accepted a joint appointment at the Texas A&M University RELLIS Center for Applied Research and Experiential Learning.

PNNL data scientists Henry Kvinge and Ted Fujimoto presented their research on few-shot learning and reinforcement learning, respectively, at workshops during the 2021 AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

As a member of the NAM board of directors, Brett Jefferson, PNNL data scientist, will help lead the professional association’s mission to advance mathematical excellence of underrepresented minorities.

Joseph Williams, PNNL Seattle Research Center director, was elected chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer’s Seattle section.