Allan Konopka, Lab Fellow and director of microbiology in PNNL's Biological Sciences Division, is one of 3 scientist elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for outstanding scientific achievement.
Richard D. Smith, Battelle Fellow and chief scientist in the Biological Science Division at PNNL, is one of 3 scientist elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for outstanding scientific achievement.
Ronald Thom, marine ecologist at PNNL's Marine Sciences Lab in Sequim, Wash., is one of 3 scientist elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for outstanding scientific achievement.
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RICHLAND, Washington - 3 scientists from the D.O.E.'s Pacific Northwest National Lab have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. They join other scientists and engineers from across the state who have been acknowledged for outstanding scientific achievement. As members, they will review and assess initiatives and provide state policymakers with scientific counsel.
The academy was created in 2005 and is made up of in excess of 100 members from diverse academic disciplines and industries, including aerospace, agriculture, computer science, energy, engineering, ecology and transportation.
The newly elected WSAS members and the sections that elected them are: Allan Konopka, Biological Sciences, Richard D. Smith, Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Ron Thom, Biological Sciences.
Allan Konopka
Konopka is a Lab Fellow who serves as director of microbiology in PNNL's Biological Sciences Division. He leads PNNL's Microbial Communities Initiative in the development of novel technologies to develop a mechanistic understanding of microbial community ecology.
Konopka has extensive experience in environmental sciences and in issues regarding undergraduate and graduate university education. He has published several materials related to undergraduate education in microbiology and has authored in excess of 100 peer-reviewed publications. Konopka earned his doctorate and master's degree at the University of Washington.
Richard D. Smith
Smith is a Battelle Fellow and chief scientist in the Biological Science Division at PNNL, where he conducts life sciences and biological research. His contribution in the fields of proteomics, mass spectrometry and separations science led to advances in health, energy, the environment and national security. He is an adjunct faculty member at Washington State University, the University of Utah and the University of Idaho. He has presented at in excess of 350 national and international scientific meetings, has authored in excess of 750 publications, holds 39 patents and has received 9 R&D 100 Awards for his innovations. Smith earned a doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of Utah.
Ronald Thom
Thom is a marine ecologist based at PNNL's Marine Sciences Lab in Sequim, Wash., and is acknowledged internationally for restoration of damaged coastal ecosystems. He developed effective techniques for salvaging and restoring eelgrass beds that have become a model for restoration. Thom's systematic assessment method for shoreline management was the model for prioritizing management actions to conserve and restore nearshore ecosystems. His approach has been applied throughout the U.S. and Mexico. Most recently, Thom assisted South Korea in coastal restoration and is developing a research arrangement with a Chinese university on coastal ecosystem restoration. Thom earned his doctoral degree in fisheries at the University of Washington.
Pacific Northwest National Lab is a D.O.E. Office of Science national Lab where interdisciplinary teams advance science and technology and deliver solutions to America's most intractable problems in energy, the environment and national security. PNNL employs 4,700 staff, has an yearly budget of nearly $1.1 billion, and has been managed by Ohio-based Battelle since the lab's inception in 1965. Follow PNNL on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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