Dr. Doug Ray became PNNL’s Chief Research Officer in March, 2005.  In this position he is responsible for defining and advancing PNNL’s science and technology portfolio,  coordinating PNNL’s discretionary research investments, providing oversight of science and technology quality assurance at PNNL and PNNL’s university partnerships program as well as working with counterparts at other DOE laboratories to strengthen the value DOE gets from its national laboratories. 

Prior to becoming Chief Research Officer, Dr. Ray served as Director of PNNL’s Chemical Sciences Division.  In that position, he managed 125 staff and was responsible for PNNL’s DOE Basic Energy  Sciences and Environmental Management Science research programs, PNNL’s  Nanoscience & Technology Initiative, PNNL’s Interfacial Catalysis Initiative and the emerging Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, the University of Washington/PNNL Joint Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and, jointly with the University of Washington and Simon Fraser University, the Pacific Northwest Consortium Collaborative Access Team at the Advanced Photon Source sited at Argonne National Laboratory. 

Previously Dr. Ray served as Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Fundamental Science Directorate where he was responsible for leading the team to conceptualize a new research facility for systems biology and biotechnology at PNNL.  The facility concept developed by the team is being considered currently as part of the Department of Energy’s Genomes-to-Life research program.  Prior to that, Ray served as Deputy Director of the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a National Scientific User Facility, where he was responsible for implementation of the user program, user outreach and for ensuring that the research resources in EMSL met the needs of the scientific user community.