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.

A decade-long evolution in making omics data easier to analyze earns widespread recognition.

PNNL recently led a team effort that secured external accreditation for the Office of Radiological Security Radiological Security Awareness and Response Communications Workshop.

PNNL was invited to participate on an expert panel with scientists, law enforcement officials, addiction experts, public health officials, and families.

Dušan Veličković, a PNNL mass spectrometry imaging scientist received a $2.1 million grant to develop techniques to understand how changes in carbohydrate structure affect human health.

Ljiljana Paša-Tolić, a PNNL fellow, is the recipient of the 2024 International Mass Spectrometry Foundation’s Jochen Franzen Award. 

Three PNNL-affiliated researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society.

Making it on CrystEngComm’s HOT list, the article, “Designing scintillating coordination polymers using a dual-ligand synthetic approach,” highlights research on existing materials that are non-traditional scintillators.

Glenn Fugate was selected to serve on the American Chemical Society's Science Committee.

Joshua Adkins and Jamie Lo will lead PMedIC, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oregon Health & Science University’s joint research institute.

Katalenich was selected to attend the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2023 Symposium—an honor given to only 100 early-career engineers annually.

Brian Milbrath, a physicist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was selected as a new Task Leader for the PrepCom’s Working Group B.

PNNL chemist Christopher Anderton recently named president-elect of the Imaging Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS). In this new position, he will help lead the merge of IMSS with a European-based society, currently underway.

Manish Sharma, a physicist at PNNL, has been nominated to serve on the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Executive Committee.

Mowei Zhou, a chemist with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, is speaking at the ACS spring conference on his latest protein discoveries for a plant that could transform biofuels production.

PNNL forensic toxicologist has been invited to serve on a committee of experts charged with improving U.S. strategies for preventing, countering, and responding to chemical terrorism threats.

In a book chapter exploring blockchain applications, Sarah Frazar explores use of distributed ledger technology for international nuclear safeguards.

Nuclear Engineer Jacob Benz was inducted into the Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers, recognizing notable alumni for service, community, and leadership.

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.