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J. Michael KuperbergActing Division Director

Environmental Remediation Sciences DivisionDOE, Office of Science, OBER

ERSD, ERSP, NABIR, EMSP, BER, GTL*

ERSD 2006 Spring PI Meeting

*Everything you ever wanted to know about environmental remediation science research at DOE

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U.S. Department of Energy What you have accomplished this year!

Joe Wang, Arizona State University- 2006 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry

Darsh Wasan, Illinois Institute of Technology- 2005 AICE Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research

Walter Weber, Jr., University of Michigan- ES&T festschrift tribute “geosorbents for immobilizing environmental contaminants”

Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma- microarray-based genomic technologies for community analysis – top 20 papers in AEM

Allison Campbell (EMSL) - 2006 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer - Bioactive Thin-Film Coatings for

Surgical Implants

Terry Hazen (LBNL) – First ERSD Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Jeff Gillow (BNL) on x-ray spectro-microscopy - NPR’s MicrobeWorld Cherly Kuske (LANL) “Bioterror Sensors Yield Curious Findings” -

NPR’s Morning Edition

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U.S. Department of Energy What EMSL has accomplished this year!

EMSL symposium at AAAS (Unique Tools for Unique Science: Profiling a DOE National Scientific User Facility)

Grand Challenges- Washington University’s Himadri Pakrasi & PNNL’s Dave

Koppenaal – Membrane biology of proteins in cyanobacterium

- PNNL’s John Zachara & Jim Fredrickson – Microbe-mineral interface and electron transfer

Science Themes – four areas of environmental molecular science around which BER & EMSL will make strategic investments and decisions- Call is out currently for user proposals in these areas

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U.S. Department of Energy What we’ve accomplished this year!

Reorganized the research program

Hired new staff

Written a new Strategic Plan

Released two solicitations for FY 2007 funding

Reengaged in DoD’s SERDP program

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U.S. Department of Energy Reorganized the research program

FY 2006 Budget consolidated NABIR and EMSP into a single research program- Environment Remediation Sciences Program

(ERSP)

Maintains interest in processes that control contaminant mobility in subsurface

Will redistribute programmatic responsibilities

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Staff

Paul Bayer Todd Anderson Roland Hirsch Arthur Katz Kim Laing – Program Support

Specialist Mike Kuperberg – Biologist & Acting

Division Director David Lesmes – Physical Scientist

(officially began work yesterday!)

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Performance Monitoring

Long-term measure- “By 2015, provide sufficient scientific understanding to

allow a significant fraction of DOE sites to incorporate coupled biological, chemical and physical processes into decision making for environmental remediation”

Annual Target- FY 2006: Develop predictive model for contaminant

transport that incorporates complex biology, hydrology, and chemistry of the subsurface. Validate model through field tests

Quarterly Milestones

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ERSP Strategic Plan

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ERSP Strategic Plan ct’d

Research Goals Develop an improved

understanding of the processes governing the fate and transport of contaminants to predict and control environmental remediation and facilitate stewardship of DOE sites

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FY 2007 Solicitations

ER06-12 Environmental Remediation Sciences Program- …hypothesis-driven research to define biologically-mediated and/or

hydrogeochemical processes influencing the form and mobility of DOE contaminants

- …address the applicability of the proposed research to DOE relevantcontaminant transport processes occurring in the field

ER06-16 ERSP Integrated Field-Scale Subsurface Research Challenge- establish field research site(s) where integrated science teams manage

and conduct field-site research over a five year period.

- hypothesis-based field research on key processes influencing the subsurface transport, immobilization or remobilization of metal and radionuclide contaminants at DOE sites and to manage the field site(s)

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FY 2007 Solicitations ct’d

Exciting and excited

Constrained in our ability to amplify, clarify or explain the language in the solicitation

Pre-proposals- ER06-12 due April 14 (full proposals due June 15)

- ER06-16 due May 11 (full proposals due July 27)

Emphasize “applicability of the proposed research to DOE relevant contaminant transport processes”

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What’s next?

Review and fund proposals Fall PI meeting- Fall 2006 “Field research”

October 22-25 @ Oak Ridge

Plans for future PI meetings- Spring and Fall meetings

- Topics will vary

- Spring 2007 topic TBA @ Airlie House

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What can you do for us?

Great science! (that advances DOE’s mission in environmental remediation)

Notify us of your accomplishments

- Publications, awards, Nobel prizes

Acknowledge your funding source

Consider EMSL & other DOE User Facilities in your research plan

Thank you!Thank you!