Eric Smith, a Laboratory Fellow and program manager at PNNL, was selected for induction into the Academy of Distinguished Engineers at the 2026 Oregon Stater Awards Ceremony.
A PNNL team is working to counter the negative impacts of fentanyl in the environment. Their journal article was selected this summer by the Journal of Environmental Quality as its outstanding paper of 2025.
The new Washington State Academy of Sciences electees from PNNL represent expertise in nuclear forensics, soil sciences, electricity infrastructure, and more.
Madalina Man, a legislative and regulatory specialist at PNNL, was an invited expert at the recent International Atomic Energy Agency Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review Mission for El Salvador.
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.
PNNL recently led a team effort that secured external accreditation for the Office of Radiological Security Radiological Security Awareness and Response Communications Workshop.
David Donnelly, an international compliance analyst at PNNL, recently served on a team of experts that completed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s first International Physical Protection Advisory Service mission in Kenya.
A PNNL team collaborated with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction to deliver a National Counterproliferation Finance Legal Frameworks Implementation Workshop.
PNNL was invited to participate on an expert panel with scientists, law enforcement officials, addiction experts, public health officials, and families.
Yong Wang will lead the Institute for Integrated Catalysis, advancing the science and technology of catalysis to address global challenges in energy resilience.
Peter Heine, senior advisor in the Strategic Threat Analysis group at PNNL, recently travelled to Brussels, Belgium, to support the World Customs Organization's Operation Stingray.
A team of researchers at PNNL has received the 2025 National Nuclear Security Administration CIO Award for developing an innovative solution to enhance secure communications.
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.
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.
For 50 years, the NNSA and its predecessor DOE organizations have stewarded the resources and capabilities to respond to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United States and around the world.
Battelle Fellow Johannes Lercher was elected a Foreign Academician by the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences of Spain for his contributions to chemical science.
International compliance analyst Madalina Man highlighted the history of international safeguards on a podcast by the United Arab Emirates Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation.
