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.
PNNL chemist Sarah Saslow received the ACS Rising Star Award for her research supporting environmental cleanup, including work on legacy waste and subsurface contamination.
PNNL’s Center for the Remediation of Complex Sites inducted leaders Director David Peeler, Deputy Director Carolyn Pearce, Operations Director Christian Johnson, and advisors with multidisciplinary subsurface research expertise.
PNNL was invited to participate on an expert panel with scientists, law enforcement officials, addiction experts, public health officials, and families.
PNNL researchers continue to deliver high-quality, high-impact research on radioactive waste and nuclear materials management, earning “Papers of Note” and “Superior Paper” awards.
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.
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.
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.
