Governor’s Chairs
To date nine appointments of Governor’s Chair positions have been made between the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, eight at UT Knoxville and one at the Health Sciences Center in Memphis. Seven of the UTK-ORNL GC hires have taken place in the last 12 months, as the process of interviewing, offering, and hiring has accelerated significantly. The eight Governor’s Chairs appointed between ORNL and UTK are listed below.
Learn more about the Governor's Chairs, including videos where they discuss their research at the Governor's Chair website.
Jeremy Smith – computational molecular biophysics – June 2006
- From University of Heidelberg
- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
- Biosciences Division
Alexei Sokolov – polymer chemistry – June 2009
- From University of Akron
- Chemistry Department
- Chemical Sciences Division
Howard Hall – nuclear security – June 2009
- From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Department of Nuclear Engineering
- Global Nuclear Security Division
Terry Hazen – environmental biotechnology – December 2011
- From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Department of civil and environmental engineering
- Joint appointment with the microbiology and earth and planetary sciences departments
Yilu Liu – power electronics – August 2009
- From Virginia Tech
- Department of electrical engineering and computer science
- Energy and transportation science division
Tom Zawodzinski – energy storage – August 2009
- From Case Western Reserve University
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Materials Science and Technology Division
Frank Loeffler – microbiology and civil and environmental engineering – January 2010
- From Georgia Tech
- Departments of Microbiology and Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Biological and Environmental Sciences Directorate
William Weber – radiation effects on materials – June 2010
- From Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Materials Science and Technology Division
Brian Wirth – computational nuclear engineering – August 2010
- From University of California, Berkeley
- Department of Nuclear Engineering
- Computational Science and Math Division