Distinguished R&D staff member Mark Lumsden leads the Spectroscopy section in ORNL’s Neutron Scattering Division. He came to ORNL in 1999 as a Eugene P. Wigner Fellow and joined the Laboratory’s research staff in 2001. Mark has been a leading force in the development of ORNL’s inelastic neutron scattering capabilities at the Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor. He has been integral to the development of the scientific instrument and experimental plans for the proposed Second Target Station at the SNS and played an important role in establishing ORNL’s leadership in neutron scattering science and research in quantum materials.
Mark received his doctorate from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society and the Neutron Scattering Society of America. He received the Gordon Battelle Award for scientific research in 2011. As a role model and mentor, he leads a team of 29 highly motivated scientists and postdocs.