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![Jian Peng](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Jian%20Peng_0.jpg?h=3db67544&itok=qXDxKnYR)
![Faye Koenigsmark](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Koenigsmark_0.jpg?h=13420c7e&itok=Q7r3UIhG)
"Through my research on mercury fate and transport, I’ve become aware of the inequitable impact of environmental exposures on communities of color and low-income communities."
![Jason Hirschey](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Hirschey_0.jpg?h=6bbec05a&itok=PrKLMEfa)
"I believe data-driven and empirical decision-making is crucial for bettering the world."
![Gabriela Schröder](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Schroder_0.jpg?h=dcb86f5a&itok=yK4wslU8)
"Proteins are fascinating machines whose potential can be harnessed for unique chemistry."
![Airway beacon shed](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-11/beacon%20thumb.jpg?h=b91f4a21&itok=4sTx-sD6)
Early U.S. airmail pilots, particularly those flying at night or in bad weather, faced serious navigational challenges until the Post Office commissioned the Transcontinental Air Mail Route, a network of airway beacons designed to guide pilots across the largely featureless nighttime landscape.
![Katy's Kitchen](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-06/Time%20Warp%20thumbnail.jpg?h=6f271c77&itok=KI4O1fix)
In 1948, the government erected a funny-looking building in the woods between ORNL and the Y-12 Plant (now the Y-12 National Security Complex). Named Installation Dog, it was a concrete bunker built into the side of a hill, with a vault that would do a bank proud.
![Oak Ridge National Laboratory entrance sign](/themes/custom/ornl/images/default-thumbnail.jpg)
This year, three ORNL scientists will receive grants for $500,000 per year for five years through the Early Career Research Program of DOE's Office of Science to cover salary and research expenses.