DOE taps new director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028712
Science : The Department of Energy has named Steven Ashby, a computational mathematician, as the next director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Before joining PNNL in 2008 as its deputy director for science and technology, Ashby worked for more than 20 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. PNNL, the second largest of DOE’s 10 national laboratories, has a $1 billion budget, with funding from not only DOE’s Office of Science but also the National Nuclear Security Administration and other sources. Ashby says the lab’s primary mission is to “understand, predict, and control complex adaptive systems,” including the climate, electrical infrastructure, and national security.
