Dr. Thomas Zacharia

Dr. Thomas Zacharia is Deputy Director for Science and Technology at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), overseeing one of the nation’s largest research and development programs. Zacharia is a materials scientist by training and until recently lead ORNL’s advanced scientific computing efforts. His vision and leadership have transformed ORNL into a world leader in computing, making the laboratory home to the world’s most powerful computer systems and greatly enhancing its capability to support national priorities in areas such as climate change, sustainable energy technologies, nanotechnology, and biotechnology.

Zacharia is a member of the NOAA Science Advisory Board, DOE’s Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee, NSF’s Foundation-wide Advisory Committee for Cyber infrastructure, and the High Performance Computing Advisory Board of the Council on Competitiveness. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 publications and holds two U.S. patents.

The recipient of several prestigious scientific and technical awards, Zacharia is also a professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Tennessee. He received his Ph.D. from Clarkson University.