The Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina has hired Roderick Jackson as its associate laboratory director for the science, energy and innovation directorate.
The science, energy and innovation directorate focuses on integrating fundamental research, energy reliability and innovation within a cohesive and mission-driven framework, according to a Jan. 14 press release. Jackson will now lead the recently established directorate.
“I’m excited to have him join the SRNL team and to have his experience guiding our new Science, Energy and Innovation Directorate,” SRNL Director Johney Green said in the release. “His leadership will be instrumental in strengthening our mission impact and accelerating the advancement of our research into real-world solutions.”
Prior to joining SRNL, Jackson worked at the National Laboratory of the Rockies, where he led the strategic agenda for the lab’s Building Technologies Research portfolio. He also worked several years at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
Jackson has earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.