Fostering collaboration to advance research opportunities WSU-PNNL Joint Appointment Program
WSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have successfully established a relationship and increased the number of joint appointments between the two institutions.
Program benefits
- Increased funding opportunities
More opportunity to submit proposals and seek funding sources for joint research—sources not available to the parties individually - New and diverse research experience
Enrichment of existing programs by introducing greater array of expertise - Collaboration opportunities
Increased opportunities for collegial collaboration and multidisciplinary research - Access to graduate students
Both as interns and as thesis students - Strategic commitment
Long-term, enduring commitment for collaboration between strategic partners - Advanced training
Training for graduate students and post-docs at a National Laboratory with unique capabilities - Access to unique resources
Both in terms of instrumentation and unique multidisciplinary teams - Opportunities for new funded programs
By broadening research capabilities
Contacts
Programmatic details
Michael Wolcott
509-335-6392
Operational details
Emily Carbaugh
509-335-5003
WSU/PNNL joint appointments
| Amir Ahkami | School of Biological Sciences | PNNL Employee |
| James Amonette | Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources | PNNL Employee |
| Scott Baker | School of Food Science | PNNL Employee |
| James Boncella | Department of Chemistry | WSU Employee |
| George Bonheyo | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | PNNL Employee |
| Courtney Bottenus | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | PNNL Employee |
| Kristoffer Brandvold | Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology | PNNL Employee |
| Garry Buchko | School of Molecular Biosciences | PNNL Employee |
| Sherry Cady | School of the Environment | PNNL Employee |
| Stephen Callister | WSU Tri-Cities | PNNL Employee |
| Cigdem Capan | Department of Physics and Astronomy | WSU Employee |
| Lauren Charles | School for Global Animal Health | PNNL Employee |
| Aurora Clark | Department of Chemistry | WSU Employee |
| Sue Clark | Department of Chemistry | PNNL Employee |
| Brian Clowers | Department of Chemistry | WSU Employee |
| John Cort | Institute of Biological Chemistry | PNNL Employee |
| Zdenek Dohnalek | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | PNNL Employee |
| James Evans | School of Biological Sciences | PNNL Employee |
| David Heldebrant | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | PNNL Employee |
| Neil Henson | Department of Chemistry | PNNL Employee |
| John Holladay | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | PNNL Employee |
| Zhenyu (Henry) Huang | School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PNNL Employee |
| Ananth Kalyanaraman | School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | WSU Employee |
| Sriram Krishnamoorthy | School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PNNL Employee |
| Norbert Kruse | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | WSU Employee |
| Mary Lipton | Institute of Biological Chemistry | PNNL Employee |
| John McCloy | School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | WSU Employee |
| Jean-Sabin McEwen | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | WSU Employee |
| John Peters | Institute of Biological Chemistry | WSU Employee |
| Simone Raugei | Institute of Biological Chemistry | PNNL Employee |
| Ryan Renslow | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | PNNL Employee |
| Brian Riley | School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | PNNL Employee |
| Greg Schenter | Department of Chemistry | PNNL Employee |
| Kevin Schneider | School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PNNL Employee |
| Noel Schulz | School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | WSU Employee |
| Anurag Srivastava | School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | WSU Employee |
| Mani Venkatasubramanian | School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | WSU Employee |
| Yong Wang | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | WSU Employee |
| Zheming Wang | Department of Chemistry | PNNL Employee |
| Aaron Wright | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | PNNL Employee |
| Bin Yang | Biological Systems Engineering | WSU Employee |
| Xiao Zhang | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | WSU Employee |
How the program works
- Employee affiliation
The joint appointee remains the employee of the home institution, and the labor is “shared.” - Compensation arrangements
An appropriate (agreed upon) percentage of salary and fringe benefits is passed between the institutions. There are no other overheads. This aligns with the concept of “shared labor.” - Establishing appointments
Appointments are established by an offer to the prospective candidate that is jointly signed by the research officers. Upon acceptance there would be specific agreements between the institutions for each joint appointee, covering the agreed upon split of salary and fringe benefits and the methodology for tracking and billing for those costs. - Title and responsibilities
Each joint appointee would have an appropriate title and responsibilities commensurate with their level and title with their home employer. For example, Battelle staff under joint appointments with the University would work with the unit to determine an acceptable working title, preferably “Battelle or PNNL Faculty.” Similarly, appointees to PNNL from the University would carry an appropriate PNNL title. - Equal representation of affiliation
A joint appointment program aims to benefit both institutions. Therefore, joint appointees represent themselves as affiliated with both institutions, regardless of their specific activities, source of funding, and so on. Publications associated with an activity conducted while under a joint appointment would always show author affiliation with both institutions. - Intellectual property ownership
Any intellectual property developed by an appointee while working under a joint appointment is jointly owned by the institutions, unless the work is part of a project with a third party and contains intellectual property commitments. Those commitments will be honored.
Establishing a Joint Appointment
Please contact natlab@wsu.edu for additional information if you are interested in establishing a joint appointment between WSU and PNNL.