Leadership
Director
Dan Ruddy
National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Dan Ruddy is a senior scientist at NLR in Golden, Colorado. He is the principal investigator for NLR research projects focusing on the catalytic conversion of syngas, methanol, and carbon dioxide to fuels and chemicals. He also serves as the partnership development lead for NLR's carbon management program. Dan received his bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Lafayette College in 2003 and his doctorate in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008. His research seeks to integrate the synthesis, characterization, and performance testing of functional molecules and materials to enable bio-based fuels and chemicals production and advance related energy technologies.
Steering Committee
Rajeev Surendran Assary
Scientist and Principal Investigator
ANL
Frederick G. Baddour
Scientist
NLR
Michael Cordon
Staff Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David Cullen
Senior R&D Staff Member
ORNL
Robert Dagle
Senior Research Engineer
PNNL
Vanessa Dagle
Senior Scientist
PNNL
Carrie Farberow
Research Engineer
NLR
Jack Ferrell
Research Engineer
NLR
Mike Griffin
Research Engineer
NLR
Susan E. Habas
Senior Scientist
NLR
Ted Krause
Theme Leader, Catalysis and Energy Conversion
ANL
Jeffrey Linger
Senior Scientist
NLR
Ashutosh Mittal
Scientist
NLR
Mariefel V. Olarte
Senior Research Chemical Engineer
PNNL
Asanga B. Padmaperuma
Senior Research Chemist
PNNL
Jim Parks
Group Leader, Applied Catalysis and Emissions
ORNL
Udishnu Sanyal
Staff Scientist
PNNL
Mehrdad Shahnam
Team Lead, Computational Device Engineering
NETL
Anne Starace
Scientist
NLR
Andrew D. Sutton
Senior Scientist
ORNL
Huamin Wang
Senior Research Engineer
PNNL