Effective May 1, 2009, Eric D. Isaacs will be the next director of Argonne National Laboratory. Currently Isaacs is a prominent University of Chicago physicist and senior administrator at Argonne.
The announcement was made by University of Chicago president Robert J. Zimmer. Zimmer is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of UChicago Argonne, LLC, which operates Argonne for the DOE. Isaacs, Zimmer and Energy Secretary Steven Chu met at Chu’s office in Washington DC on March 10.
“Dr. Isaacs’ scientific expertise, leadership ability and strategic perspective on Argonne’s future will serve him well in his new role,” said Chu. “This is an excellent choice for the laboratory, for DOE and for the nation.”
Isaacs expressed that he was honored to be chosen to lead the lab. “I am particularly excited to lead Argonne in developing transformational energy research and technologies,” he said.
