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Jane Long Selected As LLNL's Associate Director For Energy And Environment

Jane C.S. Long, a hydrogeologist and geotechnical engineer with more than 34 years of national laboratory and academic experience has been selected as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Associate Director for Energy and Environment.

The appointment was made by LLNL Director Michael R. Anastasio and confirmed by the University of California Regents. Long replaces C. K. Chou, who retired in June 2004. Long will begin her new assignment on November 8.

“I am extremely pleased Jane has accepted this position,” said Michael R. Anastasio, director. “She is an outstanding scientist and engineer with impressive professional experience and credentials. She is well regarded nationally, especially in laboratory and academic communities. She will be a wonderful addition to our senior management team and I look forward to working with her.”

In her new position, Long will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of the Laboratory’s strategic vision for an integrated energy and environmental effort addressing national needs. The directorate’s five major programmatic areas include energy technology and security, water and environment, carbon and climate change, Yucca Mountain and repository science, and risk and response management.

In addition, Long will ensure that LLNL maintains and enhances its strong geological, atmospheric and environmental science research base to support current and future laboratory programs. The Energy and Environment directorate has 350 employees with an operating budget of $88 million.

“There is a great deal of very important science that needs to be done in the areas of energy, water and the environment,” said Long. “On a technical level, it is an enormous national and international challenge and it will take years for our science to fundamentally affect these issues. But Lawrence Livermore excels at addressing these compelling national needs. Missions truly get accomplished at the Lab and I am looking forward to working with the very capable Lab employees.”

Long’s impressive background includes a Ph.D in Materials Science and Mineral Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley; a MS degree in Geotechnical Engineering, also from UC Berkeley and a Sc.B in Bio-medical Engineering from Brown University. Since 1997, Long has been at the University of Nevada, Reno as the dean of the Mackay School of Mines and professor in UNR’s Hydrological Sciences and Geological Sciences departments. Since 2003, she has served as the Director of the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, also at UNR. Prior to joining the University of Nevada at Reno, Long was the department head for the Environmental Remediation Technology Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She also served as department head of the Energy and Resource Development Department. Long started her career at LBL as a staff scientist in 1977.

Long is currently the Chair of the State of Nevada Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Task Force – a legislative appointment. She is a member of the Stanford University College of Earth Sciences Advisory Board, the American Geological Institute Foundation Board and currently chairs the National Academies of Science/National Research Council (NAS/NRC) Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium. She also served two terms on the NAS/NRC Board on Radioactive Waste Management and was chairman of the NAS/NRC Rock Mechanics Committee.

She was chairman of the NAS/NRC committee that wrote the book, Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow; Contemporary Understanding and Applications, by National Academy Press. She is the author of more than 24 technical reports and 20 articles in scientific journals.
An avid outdoors enthusiast, Long enjoys hiking, skiing and biking. She is married to Charles Long and has two grown children, Matthew and Clara.

Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a nuclear security laboratory, with a mission to ensure national security and apply science and technology to the important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is managed by the University of California for the National Nuclear Security Administration/Department of Energy.

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