# Presentation: 437805

## Recruiting an Associate Director of Science for Biological and Environmental Research

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

- U.S. Department of Energy

*Presentation to the *
*Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee*

## 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

## 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.

## OFFICE OF SCIENCE

- Berkeley
- Site Office
*Aundra Richards *

- Biological &
- Environ. Research
*Michael Viola (A)*

- Workforce Development
- for Teachers & Scientists
*William Valdez (A)  *

- Basic Energy
- Sciences
*Patricia Dehmer*

- High Energy
- Physics
*Robin Staffin*

- Fusion Energy
- Sciences
*Raymond Fonck*

- Advanced Scientific
- Computing Research
*Michael Strayer*

- Pacific Northwest
- Site Office
*Julie Erickson (A)*

- Argonne
- Site Office
* **Ronald Lutha *

- Ames
- Site Office
*Donna Green (A)*

- Thomas Jefferson
- Site Office
*James Turi*

- Brookhaven
- Site Office
*Michael Holland*

- Fermi
- Site Office
*Joanna Livengood *

- Stanford
- Site Office
*Aundra Richards (A) *

- Princeton
- Site Office
*Jerry Faul *

- Project
- Assessment
*Daniel Lehman *

- Budget and Planning
*  **Aesook*
*Byon-Wagner (A)*

- Chicago Office
*Robert Wunderlich *
*	*

- Oak Ridge Office
*Gerald Boyd*

- Safety, Security and
- Infrastructure
*Arnold Edelman (A)*

- Information
-  Technology Management
*Michael Robertson *

- Office of
- Business Operations
*John Alleva *

- Nuclear
- Physics
*Dennis Kovar*

- SC  Integrated
- Support Center

- (A) Acting

- May 1, 2007

- Office of Laboratory
- Policy
*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 ProgramsStructure

- Deputy for ProgramsStructure

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

- 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) *

- Comp. Science
- Research and
- Partnerships
- (SCIDAC)
*Walt Polansky (A)*

- Facilities
*Michael *
*Strayer (A)*

- Materials
- Sciences &
- Engineering
*Harriet Kung*

- Chemical
- Sciences,
- Geosciences, &
- Biosciences
*Eric Rohlfing (A)*

- Scientific
- User
- Facilities
*Pedro Montano*

- Life and Medical
- Sciences
*Michael Viola *

- Climate Change
- Research
*Michael*
* **Riches (A) *

- Environmental
- Remediation
- Sciences
*M. Kuperberg(A)*

- Research
*Stephen*
*Eckstrand (A)*
* *

- ITER &
- International
*  *
*Erol Oktay(A)*

- Physics
- Research
* *
* **Eugene Henry *

- Facilities &
- Project
- Management
*Jehanne *
*Simon-Gillo *

- (A) Acting

- Research &
- Technology
*Robin Staffin (A)*

- Facilities
*Aesook Byon-*
*Wagner *

- May 1, 2007

- Small Business
- Research
*Larry James** (A)*