Participant Overview

Dana Christensen 

Associate Laboratory Director for Energy & Engineering Sciences
ORNL

On June 5, 2006, Dana Christensen became Associate Laboratory Director of the Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate is the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) largest energy laboratory executing over $350M of programs for a variety of government and industrial sponsors in all dimensions of energy science and technology. Included are improvements in energy efficiency, renewable energy concepts, transportation, electricity distribution, fossil energy, hydrogen economy, fusion energy, nuclear technology and nuclear nonproliferation. Dr. Christensen came to ORNL from Los Alamos National Laboratory where he was the Principal Associate Laboratory Director for Threat Reduction. He has twenty seven years of management experience in material science, nuclear energy, fossil and renewable energy, nuclear materials management and scientific research in support of DOE and other government agencies. Included are all facets of program development, program management, nurturing science and technology, and management of equipment and facilities according to applicable DOE and federal codes and standards. He is the recipient of the DOE Gold Quality Award of Excellence and has been recognized with DOE Weapons Recognition Award of Excellence for scientific contributions. Dr. Christensen attended New Mexico State University, graduating with baccalaureate and doctoral degrees in Chemical Engineering, and attended the University of New Mexico, receiving an MBA. He has numerous publications on the science and technology of plutonium chemical processing.

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