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Dr. Terri Stewart
Pacific Northwest National Laborator
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Recorded: 6/7/06
Dr. Terri Stewart leads Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Environmental Biomarkers Initiative. The initiative is designed to lead the transformation of environmental management from a descriptive to a predictive science. Dr. Stewart is responsible for implementing the research agenda in the initiative’s three focus areas: predicting ecosystem change and damage, answering questions around engineered nanomaterials and their impact on human and ecosystem health, and developing rapid and pre-symptomatic screening methods for zoonotic agents. Previously, Dr. Stewart was Vice President of Battelle’s Core Technology Organization, where she led the integrated business and technology development strategy for nano- and microtechnologies that solved problems for commercial and government clients. She developed an intellectual property portfolio and partnered with venture capitalists to create business opportunities in nano- and microtechnology. Dr. Stewart holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan; her research was on biofilm behavior in porous media. She received the R&D 100 Award in 1991 for the Waste Acid Detoxification and Reclamation technology, designed to minimize the hazardous metal-bearing acids produced in nuclear fuel fabrication.The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with its main research campus in Richland, WA, is a Department of Energy Office of Science national laboratory that advances the fundamental understanding of complex systems and provides science-based solutions for the nation. Battelle, based in Columbus, OH, has operated PNNL for the federal government since the Lab’s inception in 1965. Battelle employs about 4200 employees in the operation of PNNL, and has a business volume of $725 million. In FY 2005, PNNL received 53 U.S. and 83 foreign patents. Since 1965, PNNL has received a total of 1383 U.S. and foreign patents. In addition, PNNL has been recognized for excellence in the pursuit of science receiving 67 R&D 100 Awards, 58 Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for technology transfer, five E.O. Lawrence Awards, and four Discover Magazine Awards.