two PNNL researchers elected to state Academy of Sciences
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Source: PNNL
Date: Monday, July 25th, 2011
July 25, 2011 
RICHLAND, Wash. - 2 scientists from the D.O.E.'s Pacific Northwest National Lab have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
PNNL's Jim Fredrickson and Moe Khaleel 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. With this year's election, the state academy currently has 6 PNNL members.
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.
Jim Fredrickson
Fredrickson is a Lab Fellow who works in PNNL's Biological Sciences Division. His research focuses on belowground microbes and their role in moving metals and radioactive contaminants in the subsurface. Fredrickson earned a doctorate in soil microbiology and a master's degree in soil sciences from Washington State University in Pullman.
Moe Khaleel
Khaleel is a Lab Fellow who serves as director of PNNL's Computational Sciences and Mathematics Division, which conducts research in high-performance computing, data-intensive computing, computations sciences, math, scalable data management and bioinformatics. His research focuses on computational engineering and fuel cell technology. Khaleel earned a doctorate and a master's degree in structural engineering from Washington State University in Pullman.
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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 4,900 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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