IMAT Keynote: Linda Horton, FASM, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, presents, “Science Pathways for Energy Storage Innovation”
Associate Deputy Director for Science Programs
Office of Science
U.S. Department of Energy
“Science Pathways for Energy Storage Innovation”
Abstract:
Fundamental research on energy storage is an important dimension of the Department of Energy (DOE) portfolio for energy. Innovation from this research has translated to new technologies and has inspired new directions in research to tackle the challenges for sustainable energy storage for the future. Many new tools have evolved that are available to the broader research community – to advance understanding of the underlying phenomena and to tackle the opportunities to broaden and improve energy storage technologies. This presentation will provide an overview of DOE’s fundamental science research programs in energy storage and different funding modalities in the context of the broader energy challenges facing the nation. Critical for this field, the research teams bring together academia, national laboratories, and industrial participants. Opportunities at the DOE user facilities, both experimental and computational, will be outlined. Finally, successes
Biography:
Dr. Linda L. Horton is the Associate Deputy Director of Science Programs. In this role, she is a key member of the Office of Science senior leadership team and serves as the deputy to the Deputy Director for Science Programs, a principal sponsor of basic research in the U.S. including advanced scientific computing, biological and environmental research, basic energy sciences, fusion energy science, and high energy and nuclear physics. Her previous roles include Associate Director of DOE’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences, the nation's leading supporter of fundamental research in materials and chemical sciences, as well as scientific user facilities for x-ray light sources, neutron scattering, and nanoscale science. Prior to joining BES, she was at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as the Director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, a national user facility for nanoscale science research, with earlier roles in management and materials sciences research. Her Ph.D. (Materials Science) is from the University of Virginia, with a B.S. (Physics and Mathematics) from Grove City College.