Wendy Shaw

Affiliation

Pacific Northwest National Lab

Track

Biography

Dr. Shaw is the Chief Science and Technology Officer of the Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. She obtained her PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Washington in 2000. Since then, a significant focus of her research has been on developing catalysts to enable the widespread use of renewable energies such as solar and wind power and understanding how hard tissues, such as bones and teeth form, in order to develop more advanced synthetic materials. Previous roles include the Group Leader for the Catalysis Science Group, and the Division Director for the Physical Sciences Division. She is also the chair of the Oppenheimer Leadership Network.