Recruiting an Associate Director of Science for

Biological and Environmental Research

Dr. Raymond L. OrbachUnder Secretary for ScienceU.S. Department of Energy

May 15, 2007www.science.doe.gov

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Presentation to the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee

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Renewed Search Effort for AD

• Will constitute a Recruitment Committee – first since 1996

• Extensive outreach– USAJobs.gov posting (June)– Ads in Science and Nature– Letters to National Laboratory Directors, DOE

Site Mangers and Service Center Mangers, SC Advisory Committee Chairs

• We ask help of BERAC members in identifying potential candidates

• We will contact potential candidates identified by BERAC

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Position Duties

1. Formulates program goals, strategic directions, priorities, and plans for the Office of Biological Environmental Research. As appropriate, factors in advice provided by the Biological Environmental Research Advisory Committee.

2. Develops budgets for the Office of Biological Environmental Research in accordance with the

above. Assists the Director of Science in formulating BER budget requests and assists in the defense of the budget through DOE, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Congressional committees.

3. Provides overall management direction for the BER Program. 4. Integrates the efforts of the BER program elements. Also integrates the BER program with other

SC Program Offices; other DOE Program Offices, including the DOE applied energy programs; and other Federal research programs such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.

5. Develops and maintains working relationships with the Site Office Managers and other DOE Field

Managers responsible for national laboratories performing BER-sponsored research in order to ensure integration of the BER science programs with laboratory operations.

6. Provides advice to the SC Director regarding issues that affect the capabilities or institutional

health and well-being of the SC laboratories. 7. Provides support to the Biological Environmental Research Advisory Committee.

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OFFICE OF SCIENCE

Berkeley Site Office

Aundra Richards

Biological & Environ. ResearchMichael Viola (A)

Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists

William Valdez (A)

Basic EnergySciences

Patricia Dehmer

High EnergyPhysics

Robin Staffin

Fusion EnergySciences

Raymond Fonck

Advanced ScientificComputing Research

Michael Strayer

Pacific NorthwestSite Office

Julie Erickson (A)

ArgonneSite Office

Ronald Lutha

AmesSite Office

Donna Green (A)

Thomas JeffersonSite OfficeJames Turi

BrookhavenSite Office

Michael Holland

FermiSite Office

Joanna Livengood

StanfordSite Office

Aundra Richards (A)

PrincetonSite OfficeJerry Faul

ProjectAssessment

Daniel Lehman

Budget and Planning Aesook

Byon-Wagner (A)

Chicago OfficeRobert Wunderlich

Oak Ridge OfficeGerald Boyd

Safety, Security andInfrastructure

Arnold Edelman (A)

Information Technology Management

Michael Robertson

Office of Business Operations

John Alleva

NuclearPhysics

Dennis Kovar

SC IntegratedSupport Center

(A) Acting

U.S. Department of Energy’s

Office of Science

May 1, 2007

Office of LaboratoryPolicy

Devon Streit

Director Raymond Orbach

Principal Deputy & Patricia Dehmer/ Deputy for Programs Dennis Kovar (A)

Chief Operating Officer George Malosh

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Deputy for ProgramsStructure

Principal Deputy & Deputy for Programs

Patricia Dehmer/Dennis Kovar (A)

Advanced Scientific ComputingResearch

Michael Strayer

Basic EnergySciences

Patricia Dehmer

Biological &Environmental

ResearchMichael Viola (A)

Fusion EnergySciences

Raymond Fonck

High EnergyPhysics

Robin Staffin

NuclearPhysics

Dennis Kovar

Workforce Development for

Teachers &Scientists

William Valdez(A)

Comp. ScienceResearch andPartnerships(SCIDAC)

Walt Polansky (A)

Facilities

Michael Strayer (A)

Materials Sciences &Engineering

Harriet Kung

Chemical Sciences,

Geosciences, &Biosciences

Eric Rohlfing (A)

ScientificUser

FacilitiesPedro Montano

Life and Medical

SciencesMichael Viola

Climate Change ResearchMichael

Riches (A)

EnvironmentalRemediation

SciencesM. Kuperberg(A)

ResearchStephen

Eckstrand (A)

ITER &International

Erol Oktay(A)

Physics

Research

Eugene Henry

Facilities &Project

ManagementJehanne

Simon-Gillo

(A) Acting

Research & Technology

Robin Staffin (A)

Facilities

Aesook Byon-Wagner

U.S. Department of Energy’s

Office of Science

May 1, 2007

Small Business Research

Larry James (A)