The Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center, located in Hardin Valley, about eight miles from ORNL’s main campus, pulls together ORNL’s work in electricity.

We hope you enjoy the following introductions to the scientific leaders who will be guiding ORNL into the future.

From Denmark to Japan, the UK, France and Sweden, Ken Andersen has worked at neutron sources around the world.

Cynthia Jenks leads ORNL’s Physical Sciences Directorate with a research portfolio spanning basic and applied initiatives across materials sciences, chemistry, nanoscience and physics.

As the world grapples with climate change, there’s never been a more exciting, urgent time to be working in nuclear energy. 

Nichols is ensuring ORNL remains a global leader by growing programs in quantum computing and networking and evolving the lab’s computational portfolio to accommodate the coming data revolution.

Decarbonization is just one of many initiatives Sun is focused on in her role leading ORNL’s largest applied science directorate.