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WSU / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

WSU and PNNL joint appointment program

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.

PNNL Joint Appointment Primer WSU-PNNL 2008 Joint Appointment Agreement

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
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
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.