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.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists envision new research frontiers at the intersection of biology and AI

Emilie Purvine, a chief data scientist at PNNL, was elected as a council member at large of the American Mathematical Society.

Maria Glenski has been recognized with the 2025 Gold Stevie Award for Mentor/Coach of the Year in the government or nonprofit category.

Delivering excellence in power systems and electric grid advancement earns two PNNLers the association’s top distinction.

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

Aaron Luttman and Jonathan Forman represented PNNL at the high-profile "Risk and Reduction Science and Policy Forum" organized by Johns Hopkins University and supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

Jonathan Barr, senior systems engineer at PNNL, was recently invited to co-present on a panel at the Texas Department of Emergency Management Annual Conference.

Brown University professor and PNNL joint appointee was honored for his exceptional work in applied mathematics.

John VerWey, an advisor in the Mission Alignment group at PNNL, has recently been selected to lead a panel discussion at the inaugural Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) AI+ Compute & Connectivity Summit.

The Resilience Analysis Specialty Group is part of the Society for Risk Analysis, the premier international society for risk analysis professionals.

Lauren Charles, a chief data scientist at PNNL, showcased the vital research coming out of her program at The National Academies Forum workshop in Washington, D.C., January 15–16, 2025.

PNNL's ASSORT model will help airports balance passenger screening and security risks with throughput. It also quantifies risks for different traveler types and optimizes checkpoint operations, improving efficiency while enhancing safety.

A series of conference panels recently explored how new and evolving technologies can support emergency managers’ responsibilities.

Sergei Kalinin, a joint appointee at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and PNNL, and Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang, a PNNL Lab Fellow, are part of the 2024 class of National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

His expertise in data science and commitment to open science will drive dataset dissemination and advance collaborative global research efforts.

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

PNNL chief data scientist Lauren Charles participated in a science-focused panel linked to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Samrat Chatterjee will serve on the editorial board of Risk Analysis, the flagship journal of the Society for Risk Analysis.

PNNL researchers Marisa Decillis and Luke Richards contributed to a Center for Security and Emerging Technology report, “Securing Critical Infrastructure in the Age of AI.”