CURRICULUM VITAE

J. W. Rogers, Jr. Director, Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) Idaho National Laboratory P.O. Box 1625 Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3560

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PERSONAL:

Date of Birth: December 11, 1951 Marital Status: Married – 3 children

EDUCATION:

University of Texas at Austin, BS Chemistry (with Honors, Special Honors in Chemistry), 1975 University of Texas at Austin, PhD, Physical Chemistry (Surface Chemistry and Physics), 1979

HONORS and AWARDS:

B.S. Chemistry with Honors, Special Honors in Chemistry, University of Texas, 1975 Outstanding Summer Student Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1978 H. R. Henze Teaching Excellence Award in Chemistry, University of Texas, 1978-79 Exceptional Contribution Award for "Applications to Military Programs," Sandia National Laboratories, 1988 Battelle Professorship, University of Washington, 1991-1994 NORCUS-DOE Faculty Fellowship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 1992-1994 PNL Affiliate Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 1994-1999 American Vacuum Society, elected Fellow 1998 American Vacuum Society, elected Honorary Member 2004 American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected Fellow 2005

1 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Throughout Dr. Rogers’ 30-year career as a senior science administrator, researcher and educator, he has consistently demonstrated strong leadership and vision in the application of basic science and technology within academia, government, and industry. As a researcher, he has published 110 refereed publications and reports in the areas of surface and vacuum science and thin film deposition. He has extensive experience (20 years) within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories including Sandia (NNSA), PNNL (Office of Science), and INL (Office of Nuclear Energy).

In 1979 after completing his graduate work, Dr. Rogers joined Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) where he spent eleven years performing basic and applied research. His research interests spanned a wide range of surface-related phenomena, including the design and development of explosive components, investigations of the surface properties of energetic materials, the physical and chemical modification of surfaces for improved surface properties, low-temperature thermal oxidation and nitridation of semiconductors and metals, and investigations of fundamental properties of the solid/liquid interface. At SNL, he led a special multidisciplinary research team that demonstrated for the first time, prompt laser initiation of molecular high explosives and the feasibility of an all-optical fireset for nuclear weapons. The project was completed ahead of schedule, on budget, and required collaboration with LANL, LLNL, NSWL, JPL, and WSU. In 1989 he was promoted to Supervisor of the Ceramic Development Division. The division supported the development and production of glass-to-metal and ceramic-to-metal seals for explosive components.

Dr. Rogers joined the faculty at the University of Washington (UW) in 1991 as an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering without tenure. He was granted tenure a year later and rapidly promoted to Professor (and Adjunct Professor of Materials Science & Engineering) and Department Chair. His research was in the general area of chemical and surface engineering of materials. This included investigations in the chemical vapor deposition of Group III-nitrides, atomic layer growth of refractory thin films, and surface modification for biomaterials applications. Although trained as a chemist, Rogers taught 60% of the required undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum as well as graduate courses in thin film technology and undergraduate courses in materials science and engineering. In addition to research and teaching, he was active in several innovative educational programs on campus, including serving as co- Principal Investigator for the NSF’s Engineering Coalition of Schools for Excellence in Education and Leadership (ECSEL) and the NSF’s Combined Research and Curriculum Development (CRCD) program in Microtechnology. As Chair, he successfully redirected the Department’s research emphasis toward advanced materials and biochemical engineering and the graduate program received an “Outstanding” rating from a 10-year external review.

He joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in September 1999 as Associate Director of the Interfacial Chemistry and Engineering resource in the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a National Scientific User Facility. His research interests were in the low-temperature synthesis of Group III-nitride and high-k dielectric thin films and nanoepitaxy of small biological molecules. Dr. Rogers started PNNL’s Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Laboratory Initiative and managed it during its first two years of existence. He also co-founded the Joint Institute for Nanoscience with the UW in 2000.

2 In November 2000 he was promoted to Associate Laboratory Director (ALD) of the Fundamental Science Directorate (FSD), a group of 550 scientists and support staff who conducted basic research in a wide variety of fields. Major areas of FSD research included theoretical and experimental chemistry, materials science, systems biology and human health effects, climate change and atmospheric science, geoscience and biogeochemistry, and computation science and engineering. Under Rogers’ leadership, the funding profile underwent steady growth and diversification with the budget increasing from $94M in FY00 to $110M in FY02, (17% increase) while Office of Science budgets remained flat. The funding profile with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) experienced rapid growth - $500K in FY98 to >$11M in FY04. During this period, the science programs earned “OUTSTANDING” ratings with increasing numerical ratings each year from DOE’s Office of Science. Rogers was also instrumental in establishing PNNL’s Joint Global Change Research Institute at the University of Maryland.

In June 2002 PNNL was reorganized and Rogers was appointed Director of the EMSL. As EMSL’s second Director, Rogers had primary responsibility for increasing the scientific impact of the User program. As Director of EMSL, a National Scientific User Facility with 200 staff, Dr. Rogers developed a strategic plan, implemented a new, best-in-class user model; increased the scientific impact of the user program (1,158 users in FY02, >2400 in FY04); implemented two new Scientific Grand Challenges; added new capability (world’s only wide-bore, 900 MHz NMR spectrometer and world’s 5th most powerful 11.8 Tflop Supercomputer); and increased the operations budget from $28.6M to $37M. EMSL successfully completed the 5-year, $25 million acquisition project for the HPCS2 Supercomputer on-time and on-budget. Due to advantageous intermediate delivery schedule with Intel, PNNL was able to upgrade the originally-ordered 6.3 Teraflop to the first-produced 11.8 Teraflop system with no increase in price.

In January 2004, Rogers was appointed Chief Research Officer (CRO) for PNNL, in addition to his responsibilities as Director of EMSL. As CRO he facilitated integration of the science portfolio across all research directorates; built distinctive research signatures; forged external strategic alliances with regional universities; and coordinated activities with CROs of other national laboratories (ANL, PNNL, ORNL, INEEL, LBNL, BNL). He initiated new collaborations between the PNNL’s Marine Science Laboratory (MSL) and UW’s Marine Institute at Friday Harbor; helped establish a Center for Coastal Security (NNSA-funded) at the MSL; strengthened partnership with PNNL’s Center for Global Security and UW’s Jackson School; and initiated a joint faculty program with the UW. Further he played a leadership role in transforming the safety and security culture in the research organizations at PNNL.

In February 2005, Rogers joined the new Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as CRO and ALD for Science & Technology Directorate (now Energy and Environment S&T Directorate or EES&T). A year later, INL created a new position, Deputy Laboratory Director for S&T, which assumed most of the CRO responsibilities. The EES&T mission is to provide focused research and engineering that result in clean energy and water resources for the nation. This group of 360+ scientists and engineers is engaged in applied research and engineering. Areas of interest include: renewable energy; advanced vehicles and energy storage; unconventional resource recovery and processing; advanced energy systems and surety; industrial energy efficiency and competitiveness; environmental cleanup; environmental science; nuclear wasteforms and repository systems; environmental impact mitigation; process engineering, modeling & validation; catalysis and chemical conversion; geoscience; nuclear materials engineering, processing & disposition; process and materials characterization and monitoring; and interfacial chemistry & microbial systems

3 control. Rogers also started two major initiatives in EES&T: Hybrid Energy Systems and the Western Inland Energy Corridor.

In May 2011 Rogers, was appointed Director of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), a research and educational partnership between INL, Boise State University, Idaho State University and the University of Idaho focused on nuclear science and engineering, advanced materials, carbon management, bioenergy, energy policy, and modeling and simulation.

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