Recruiting an Associate Director of Science for Biological and Environmental Research

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Recruiting an Associate Director of Science for
Biological and Environmental Research
U.S. Department of Energy
Presentation to the Biological and Environmental
Research Advisory Committee

• Dr. Raymond L. Orbach
• Under Secretary for Science
• U.S. Department of Energy
• May 15, 2007
• www.science.doe.gov

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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
Budget and Planning Aesook Byon-Wagner (A)
Director Raymond Orbach Principal Deputy
Patricia Dehmer/ Deputy for Programs
Dennis Kovar (A) Chief Operating Officer
George Malosh

Project Assessment Daniel Lehman
Office of Laboratory Policy Devon Streit
(A) Acting
Oak Ridge Office Gerald Boyd
Safety, Security and Infrastructure Arnold
Edelman (A)
SC Integrated Support Center
Office of Business Operations John Alleva
Chicago Office Robert Wunderlich
Fusion Energy Sciences Raymond Fonck
Advanced Scientific Computing Research Michael
Strayer
Information Technology Management Michael
Robertson
High Energy Physics Robin Staffin
Basic Energy Sciences Patricia Dehmer
Ames Site Office Donna Green (A)
Brookhaven Site Office Michael Holland
Princeton Site Office Jerry Faul
Biological Environ. Research Michael Viola (A)
Nuclear Physics Dennis Kovar
Argonne Site Office Ronald Lutha
Fermi Site Office Joanna Livengood
Stanford Site Office Aundra Richards (A)
Workforce Development for Teachers Scientists
William Valdez (A)
Berkeley Site Office Aundra Richards
Pacific Northwest Site Office Julie Erickson (A)
Thomas Jefferson Site Office James Turi
May 1, 2007
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Deputy for ProgramsStructure
Principal Deputy Deputy for Programs Patricia
Dehmer/Dennis Kovar (A)
(A) Acting
Advanced Scientific Computing Research Michael
Strayer
Basic Energy Sciences Patricia Dehmer
Biological Environmental Research Michael
Viola (A)
Fusion Energy Sciences Raymond Fonck
High Energy Physics Robin Staffin
Nuclear Physics Dennis Kovar
Workforce Development for Teachers
Scientists William Valdez(A)
Physics Research Eugene Henry
Comp. Science Research and Partnerships (SCIDAC) W
alt Polansky (A)
Materials Sciences Engineering Harriet Kung
Life and Medical Sciences Michael Viola
Research Stephen Eckstrand (A)
Research Technology Robin Staffin (A)
Facilities Michael Strayer (A)
Chemical Sciences, Geosciences,
Biosciences Eric Rohlfing (A)
Climate Change Research Michael Riches (A)
ITER International Erol Oktay(A)
Facilities Project Management Jehanne
Simon-Gillo
Facilities Aesook Byon- Wagner
Scientific User Facilities Pedro Montano
Environmental Remediation Sciences M.
Kuperberg(A)
Small Business Research Larry James (A)
May 1, 2007