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![Jagjit Nanda](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-11/nanda%20thumb.jpg?h=f6e53e53&itok=euJULGN5)
Electricity powers our lives, and ORNL researchers are deeply involved in every aspect of the electricity ecosystem.
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Our society’s ability to transition to clean energy technologies depends, to a great extent, on having adequate supplies of the materials needed to manufacture components that will be ubiquitous in a clean energy economy — particularly batteries and electric motors.
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To make electric vehicle charging even easier than filling up a car with gas, ORNL researchers have demonstrated a range of wireless charging solutions for stationary vehicles and are nearing completion of a new system to charge EVs while they’re in motion.
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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.
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We hope you enjoy the following introductions to the scientific leaders who will be guiding ORNL into the future.
![Ken Andersen](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2021-11/Andersen%20thumb.jpg?h=357047e4&itok=lZ9SlkfY)
From Denmark to Japan, the UK, France and Sweden, Ken Andersen has worked at neutron sources around the world.
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Cynthia Jenks leads ORNL’s Physical Sciences Directorate with a research portfolio spanning basic and applied initiatives across materials sciences, chemistry, nanoscience and physics.