Energy Biosciences Research Program Staff

Dr. Richard V. Greene

Program Manager

Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
SC-22.1/Germantown Building, 
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290

E-Mail:  Richard.Greene@science.doe.gov
Phone: (301) 903-6190
FAX: (301) 903-4110

Dr. Greene is the Program Manager for Energy Biosciences.  He received both his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry from Cornell University in 1976 and 1982, respectively.  Following various bench positions at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, a USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) laboratory in Peoria , IL , Rich was selected Leader of the Biopolymer Research Unit.  He served in that capacity from 1990 to 1999, and directed a broad program of biochemical, biophysical, microbiological and genetic research.  Studies focused on interactions of natural polymers, particularly polysaccharides, with biological systems.  During his tenure, the Biopolymer Research Unit generated several commercial products from bench discoveries, and won two R&D 100 Awards.  From 1999 until joining DOE in March 2006, Dr. Greene served as International Program Manager for ARS.  His duties were two-fold.  He supervised the ARS overseas laboratories located in Argentina , Australia , China and France (with worksites in Italy and Greece ).  He was also responsible for facilitating and formally implementing collaborations with foreign research organizations.  Dr. Greene is an internationally recognized scientist, having published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and patents.  He served for nine years on the Editorial Board of Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  Major honors include two USDA Secretary Awards, an Arthur S. Flemming Award, along with election as U.S. Representative to the Governing Body of the Agricultural Cooperative Research Programme, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
   

Dr. Robert Stack
Detailee, PNNL

 

Email:

Robert.Stack@science.doe.gov

 

Dr. Stack received his B.S. in Chemical and Cell Biology from the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University in 1976, and his Ph.D in Biochemistry from the University of California, Davis in 1984. Following three years of postdoctoral work at Davis in the Department of Bacteriology with Bob Hungate investigating the anaerobic bacterial catabolism of cellulose, Dr. Stack joined the Fermentation Biochemistry unit at the USDA/ARS laboratory in Peoria, IL .  There he elucidated the structures of a number of newly-discovered sugars thus far unique to anaerobic bacteria.  Dr. Stack joined the staff of Glycomed, Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989 as the head of a small "exploratory/discovery" research group that centered on developing carbohydrates as pharmaceuticals.   Subsequently, he held a number of positions with other Bay Area biotechnology firms,  where he acquired expertise in genomics (microarrays, DNA sequencing) and microfluidics, along with additional scientific and project management experience. Dr. Stack has over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and patents, including a set of patents that served as the underlying technology platform for a start-up carbohydrate bioanalytics firm.

 

Ms. Sharron Watson
Program Assistant

 

Email:

Sharron.Watson@science.doe.gov

 


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    Energy Biosciences Research Program
    Office of Basic Energy Sciences
    SC-143/Germantown Building
    U.S. Department of Energy
    1000 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20585-1290

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