Dr. James De Yoreo

Jim De Yoreo is a Battelle Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and an Affiliate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. He received his PhD in Physics from Cornell University in 1985. After post-doctoral work at Princeton University, he joined the technical staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1989, where he held numerous positions. He joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2007 where he served as Deputy and Interim Director of the Molecular Foundry before moving to PNNL in 2012. His research focuses on crystallization and self-assembly in inorganic, biomolecular and biomineral systems. He has authored over 300 publications, is a recipient of the MRS David Turnbull Lectureship, the IOCG Laudise Prize, the AACG Crystal Growth Award, and the DOE Office of Science Distinguished Scientists Fellow award, and is a Fellow of the APS and the MRS and a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences.