By combining AI with molecular dynamics simulations, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new tool to more accurately predict how plants and helpful ...

SkyNano and Eonix were recruited to Knoxville through Innovation Crossroads, a Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program node at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Jay Tiley, head of the Materials Structures and Processing Section in the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the 2026 ...

Joshua Vaughan leads ORNL’s Manufacturing Robotics and Controls Group at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Standing on the dusty pitching mound at a college ...

Nuclear energy is a leading option to power space exploration, but its success depends on reactors that can operate autonomously. To help make that vision a reality, ORNL has built a non-nuclear test ...

Christopher W. Schadt an environmental microbiologist in the Biosciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with expertise in the influence of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi and archaea) on ...

Dr. Ilias Belharouak is a Corporate Fellow and the Head of the Electrification Section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. He is also a Professor at the Bredesen Center for ...

Andrew G. Stack focuses on understanding how minerals form and react with their surrounding solutions. He is the PI of the Basic Energy Sciences Geosciences project at ORNL, entitled "Atomic- to ...

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (2007) M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea, Pusan (2002) B.S.

Dr. Melanie Mayes is a Distinguished Staff Scientist and Ecosystem Processes Group Leader with the Environmental Sciences Division, and she is an Associate Editor with the journals Biogeochemistry and ...

John joined ORNL as Distinguished R&D staff for Biological Systems and is currently leading the Soft Matter Sample Environments effort in Neutron Scattering Division. John has a broad academic ...

Born and Raised in Highland Park, Illinois, Graduated Highland Park High School 1976, Graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Geology and a B.A. in Anthropology in 1980 ...