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![Josh Michener](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/michener%20thumbnail.jpg?h=69b9f49c&itok=E-HBXaOL)
When biological engineers try to genetically modify an organism, they often don’t know what most of the organism’s genes actually do.
![Catherine Schuman](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/schuman%20thumbnail.jpg?h=b209b4b9&itok=4Klblft3)
Even as a child, Catherine Schuman liked the challenges fundamental to computer science.
![Yangyang Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/wang%20thumbnail.jpg?h=9bd6abd7&itok=o1GChKA5)
Polymers, the focus of Yangyang Wang’s research, are all around us.
![Kate Page](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/page%20thumbnail.jpg?h=28d4df5f&itok=ppAUmVTT)
PECASE winner Kate Page knows the world of neutron research from the inside out, having worked both as a scientist supporting users at neutron facilities at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos national laboratories and as an accomplished experimentalist in her own right.
![Dave Cullen](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/Cullen%20thumbnail.jpg?h=56ce3fc6&itok=8MEWdi0Y)
For having just won a PECASE award, Dave Cullen is a pretty humble guy.
![HFIR](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/HFIR_0.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=8tMcVdaT)
Of the techniques available for studying the structure and dynamics of matter at the smallest scales, neutron scattering is distinguished by the fact that it interacts with an atom's nucleus.
![Oak Ridge National Laboratory entrance sign](/themes/custom/ornl/images/default-thumbnail.jpg)
A fundamental understanding of materials is key to solving a broad array of scientific and technological problems. Neutron scattering is a vital tool in building this understanding, and ORNL facilities are critical to keeping the United States at the vanguard of materials research.