Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
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| Established | Oct. 1, 1997 |
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Field of research
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Biological science, chemical science, environmental science |
| Director | Liyuan Liang |
| Staff |
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| Users | 10,000+ in 15 years, 700 per year |
| Patents | 84 |
| Instruments | 150 plus |
| Size | About 234,000 square feet |
| Publications | Around 350 per year |
| Address | Located on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory campus in Richland, Wash. |
| Website | www |
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EMSL (pronounced em-zul), or the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, is a national scientific user facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. EMSL is funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research. EMSL provides experimental and computational resources to address the environmental molecular science challenges facing DOE and the nation.
EMSL offers the global scientific community a range of capabilities and expertise. Access to EMSL’s capabilities is gained through a peer-reviewed proposal process. If a proposal is accepted and the scientist publishes in the open literature, there typically is no charge for using the EMSL instrumentation and capabilities. EMSL provides proposal opportunities throughout the year.
Since it opened in 1997, scientists from all 50 states and more than 35 countries have used EMSL to support their scientific efforts.
Research at EMSL is focused on gaining an understanding of the physics, chemistry and biology governing environmental processes starting at the molecular scale and propagating to larger scales. EMSL’s research focus has been defined into four science themes.
EMSL capabilities include:
EMSL facilities include a Quiet Wing that opened in early 2012 and a EMSL's RadEMSL (Radiochemistry Annex) that opened to the global user community in the spring 2014.
EMSL staff and scientific consultants are experts in chemical, physical, biological and computational sciences. They have received numerous awards, been named to society fellowships, have received patents and publish in scientific journals. Since 2009, EMSL staff members have received nearly two dozen awards and honors. In fiscal year 2010, EMSL staff and user research appeared in more than 350 articles, including many in journals, such as Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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