An independent Science Advisory Committee provides objective advice on long-term science direction to the EMSL Director related to topics such as:
- EMSL's focus on national priorities and science challenges
- Strategy for accomplishing EMSL's vision
- Potential opportunities for transferring science to applications
- Stewardship.
The Science Advisory Committee comprises distinguished scientists from academia, national laboratories, and research institutions across the United States who provide expertise in EMSL's major capability areas of biology, environmental science, molecular science, and theory. The committee reports to the Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Responsibilities and activities of the Science Advisory Committee include:
- Providing advice on scientific direction for the EMSL user program
- Recommending appropriate balance of instrument time for EMSL users and capability development activities
- Assisting EMSL with formulating policies related to facility scientific output, scientific impact of the EMSL user program, user access, and other issues, as needed
- Performing periodic reviews of scientific impact from the various elements of the EMSL user program.
The committee meets annually at EMSL and the 16 members serve staggered 4-year terms. The current members of the Science Advisory Committee are as follows:
- Len Spicer, Duke University (Chair)
- Mark A. Barteau, University of Delaware
- Gordon E. Brown, Jr., Stanford University
- Charles T. Campbell, University of Washington
- Marvin Cassman, Consultant
- Gregory Choppin, Florida State University
- Ian Farnan, Cambridge University
- Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts, University of California, Irvine
- George W. Flynn, Columbia University
- David J. Galas, Battelle
- Samuel Kaplan, University of Texas-Houston Medical Center
- Julia Rice, IBM Almaden Research Center
- Peter J. Rossky, University of Texas at Austin
- James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University
- Mary F. Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin.
See the Committee Charter (pdf, 27kb) for more detail.
