Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate Scientific Advisory Committee provides guidance regarding the strategic direction and alignment of the directorate with current and future needs of the Department of Energy and the country.

Lisa Ainsworth

Lisa Ainsworth

Research Plant Physiologist
USDA Agricultural Research Service

Scott Collis

Atmospheric Scientist and
Department Head
Geospatial Computing,
Innovations and Sensing
Argonne National Laboratory

James Diggans

Distinguished Scientist, Bioinformatics and Biosecurity
Twist Bioscience Corporation

Richard Dixon

Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus
University of North Texas

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Jeffrey Dukes

Senior Staff Scientist
Department of Global Ecology
Carnegie Science

John Kuriyan

Dean of Basic Sciences and Professor of Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Ari Patrinos

BESSD Scientific Advisory Committee Chair
Chief Scientist, Novim

Rosangela Sozzani

Rosangela Sozzani

Associate Professor
North Carolina State University