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FES Staff

Office of Fusion Energy Sciences


Organization Chart .pptx file (99KB)

Mailing Address:
Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
SC-24/Germantown Building
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290
Special Delivery Address:

Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy/SC-24
19901 Germantown Road
Germantown, MD 20874-1290


Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (SC-24)
Edmund Synakowski, Associate Director
Tel: 301-903-4941
Fax: 301-903-8584

Shahida Afzal — Administrative Specialist - Personal Assistant to the Associate Director and Office Manager for SC-24 (301-903-4941)
Pam Miller — Program Analyst (301-903-4788)
Gene Nardella — Chief of Staff to the Associate Director (301-903-4956)


Facilities, Operations, and Projects Division (SC-24.1)
Edmund Synakowski, Director (Acting)
Tel: 301-903-4941
Fax: 301-903-8584

Administrative Support
Debra Frame — Program Analyst – Operational and administrative support for international activities and FES participation in international fusion policy meetings (301-903-5771)
Sandy Newton — Administrative Specialist - Personal Assistant to the Division Director and Division Office Manager (301-903-3068)


Program Management
Mark Foster — Program Manager for DIII-D and Alcator C-Mod (858-455-3360)
John Glowienka — Program Manager for U.S. ITER Project (301-903-2235)
Edward Stevens — Program Manager for ITER Test Blanket Module, Matter in Extreme Conditions Instrument (MECI) project, and Enabling Technology (301-903-4957)
Barry Sullivan — Program Manager for NSTX Upgrade, Enabling Technology, Environmental Safety & Health, and SBIR/STTR (301-903-8438)
Tom Vanek — Senior Policy Advisor for U.S. ITER Project and international agreements (301-903-3068)

Research Division (SC-24.2)
James W. Van Dam, Director
Tel: 301-903-4095
Fax: 301-903-8584

Administrative Support
Marty Carlin — Administrative Specialist - Personal Assistant to the Director and Division Office Manager (301-903-4095)
Yvette Walker — Program Assistant - Research Division support (301-903-3563)
John Sauter — Program Analyst - FES financial and procurement support (301-903-3287)


Program Management
Sam Barish — Program Manager for Stellarators, Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), and Validation Platforms (301-903-2917)
Curt Bolton — Physicist (301-903-4914)
Steve Eckstrand — Program Manager for NSTX and International Collaborations (301-903-5546)
Sean Finnegan — Program Manager for High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas, General Plasma Science, Theory, and Education & Outreach (301-903-4920)
John Mandrekas — Program Manager for Theory and Modeling, SciDAC, and Fusion Simulation Program (301-903-0552)
Al Opdenaker — Program Manager for System Studies (301-903-4927)
Peter Pappano — Program Manager for Materials Science (301-903-4883)
Nirmol Podder — Program Manager for Madison Symmetric Torus and General Plasma Science (301-903-9536)
Ann Satsangi — Program Manager for High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas and General Plasma Science (301-903-9707)
Francis Thio — Program Manager for Diagnostics and Validation Platforms (301-903-4678)
Last modified: 1/11/2013 9:04:36 AM