Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate

The Directorate Advisory Committee for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate 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
Scott Collis
Atmospheric Scientist and
Department Head
Geospatial Computing,
Innovations and Sensing
Argonne National Laboratory
James Diggans
James Diggans
Distinguished Scientist, Bioinformatics and Biosecurity
Twist Bioscience Corporation
Richard Dixon
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
John Kuriyan
Dean of Basic Sciences and Professor of Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Ari Patrinos
Ari Patrinos
BESSD Scientific Advisory Committee Chair
Chief Scientist, Novim
Rosangela Sozzani
Rosangela Sozzani
Associate Professor
North Carolina State University