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"I have always found it fascinating that even quite complex natural phenomena lend themselves to mathematical models."
"I love that science is an unfinished story; there are so many unanswered questions that must be addressed for a better understanding of the natural environment."
ORNL is building on a long legacy of leadership in fusion energy.
For over half a century, Robert Compton has been a celebrated experimentalist and inspirational leader and teacher in the fields of physics and chemistry.
Rufus Ritchie came from Kentucky coal country, a region not known for producing physicists. World events, nevertheless, provided opportunities.
Herb Mook was a driving force in ORNL neutron science for four decades, a prolific and pioneering experimentalist, and a leader and mentor for generations of neutron scattering scientists.
The life of celebrated ORNL biologist Liane Russell was remarkable in many respects — from her childhood flight from Austria ahead of the Nazi invasion to her 60-year career as a trailblazing woman in the field of genetics to her decades of advocacy for environmental causes.