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It's not too late to register for next week's Career Connections recruitment event! 👩💻 Attend and learn about our latest research projects, what it's like working at our national lab, and the application processes for internships, postdocs, and full-time jobs: 📅 October 14 - 17 🕐 1 - 4 PM PDT daily 📲 https://bit.ly/pnnl-cc We're addressing the world's greatest challenges in grid resiliency, computing, biological sciences, and national security. Thanks to our WE Culture, every staff member from an intern to a 30-year veteran is vital to our mission to make a world that is cleaner and more secure. We're #hiring. Join us. 🌎

Born and raised in Mexico City, Marisela Linares-Mendoza's journey to PNNL has been one of resilience. During college, she tackled a grueling two-and-a-half-hour commute each day. Then, moving to the U.S., Marisela learned French, dedicated herself to mastering English, and earned a master's degree in education from Washington State University Graduate School. 👩🏽🎓🌎 In 2011, Marisela joined PNNL's Office of STEM Education where her work included managing a national security internship program. She developed a passion for risk management and career development. Currently a member of the Performance Management team, she's a governance/risk compliance consultant known for her innovative mindset, problem-solving skills, and professional advice. "Remain curious, seek out opportunities to apply and evolve your skills and knowledge," Marisela says. "Something I've always believed in and emphasized to my colleagues, or anyone interested in working at the lab, is that PNNL is a hub of interdisciplinary collaboration where connections can be pivotal for career development." 👩🏽🏫 Marisela and her husband, Rudy, are proud parents of two daughters. One is a first-year elementary school teacher and the other an Army First Lieutenant. "My daughters are my biggest inspiration," she says. "I work hard to be the best person I can be so I can give my best to them." Her family also cherishes their cultural roots, including the celebration of "las posadas." "During a posada, participants travel from house to house, singing carols and requesting shelter, symbolizing the journey of Mary and Joseph," Marisela explains. "Hosts eventually welcome everyone in, leading to a vibrant fiesta featuring food, piñatas, music, and sometimes even small theatrical performances. The gatherings are festive, filled with a sense of community and holiday spirit—a tradition very dear to me and my family." 🎭🎊 As we honor #HispanicHeritageMonth, we celebrate Marisela's dedication, her cultural traditions, and the vibrancy she brings to the PNNL community!

From energy grid resiliency to computing to the biological sciences and beyond, our fields of research require the input of every staff member, including interns. 👩🎓👩🔬 All those seeking an internship, postdoc, or full-time work can register now for next week's virtual recruitment event, Career Connections, and learn about the specific projects we're working on, our inclusive WE Culture, and the #hiring process: 📅 October 14 - 17 🕐 1 - 4 PM PT daily 👩💻 https://bit.ly/pnnl-cc

As a kid growing up in New Jersey, PNNL Wind Energy Program Manager Alicia Mahon, Ph.D, PMP's favorite place was the beach. It instilled in her an early love for the environment—along with a strong urge to protect it. 🏖️ “I was a Girl Scout my whole life,” she said. “I camped and I did all things outdoors, so that, too, fed that love of the environment.” She also excelled at math and science, so high school teachers encouraged her to explore a career in engineering. 🏕️ During her undergraduate studies at Stevens Institute of Technology, she took up environmental engineering, but quickly learned the field wasn’t what she expected. “Turns out that’s not focused on coastal protection, which is what I wanted to do,” Alicia said. She ultimately found coastal and ocean engineering, where she did a lot of work related to the coastal and nearshore environment, including analyzing shoreline impacts from coastal storms. “I realized that was what I liked. I finally found the thing!” 🌊 Alicia is now putting her passion for the beach—and her Ph.D. in coastal and ocean engineering—to good use at PNNL. In an interview with the Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), Alicia talks about the evolution of her career, from long days doing fieldwork on the beach as a grad student to leading major initiatives from WETO. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/3TU0ERh

We're thrilled to see David Baker receive the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in protein design! 🏆🎉 It's been an honor to collaborate with David to understand and predict materials structure through the Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales, a DOE-supported Energy Frontier Research Center. Congratulations to David—what an achievement! 🙌

I ❤️ my job as a software engineer Check out our Grace Hopper Celebration site and meet Jaelyn Litzinger, a PNNL staff member whose work involves combining a passion for sustainability with high-performance computing: https://bit.ly/pnnl-grace 🌟 AnitaB.org #GHC24

CySCRM ’24 is the first conference to bring together researchers, academia, industry, and government to focus on increasing trust and security in electronic systems, exploring the entire supply chain from design to end of life. Interested in joining the conversation? Join us on our Richland campus or virtually from Oct. 29-30: https://bit.ly/47Rz6SD Speakers include: • Puesh Kumar, Director, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) • Bob Kolasky, Senior Vice President, Critical Infrastructure, Exiger • Justin P., Principal Industrial Consultant, Dragos, Inc.

Lowering costs and improving reliability 💵⚡ We teamed up with the DOE Grid Deployment Office and National Renewable Energy Laboratory to study transmission expansion. The new report finds that increasing electrical transmission across regions of the U.S. would save billions of dollars and decrease carbon emissions: https://bit.ly/4eRO7pR

We're determined to leave the world a better place than we found it—to solve the nation's most critical problems in energy, the environment, national security, and fundamental science. Feel passionate about advancing what's possible in science and tech? Is such work your #heartstopper? Register for our upcoming recruitment event and learn how you could join us on our bold mission: 📣 Career Connections 🍂 October 14 - 17 🕐 1 - 4 PM PT daily 👩💻 Virtual 🔗 https://bit.ly/pnnl-cc