Brookhaven Lab Recognizes 347 Staff at 2019 Awards Ceremony
September 26, 2019
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Honorees recognized at the 2019 Employee Awards and VIP Service Celebration
Members of the Brookhaven Lab community gathered to recognize 347 staff for their distinguished contributions and longtime commitment to the Laboratory's mission at the 2019 Employee Awards and VIP Service Celebration, held in Berkner Hall on Sept. 20. Fifteen staff were presented with the Lab's highest accolades—the pinnacle Science & Technology, Engineering, and Brookhaven Awards—and 332 were recognized as "VIPs" with 25, 30, and 35 or more years of service in 2019 (all are listed below).
Science & Technology Awards
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From left: Deputy Director for Science & Technology Robert Tribble presented Science & Technology Awards to Qiang Li, Kevin Yager, Alexei Fedotov, Taku Izubuchi.
The Science & Technology Awards are presented to recognize distinguished contributions to the Laboratory's science and technology objectives. The 2019 awardees are:
- Alexei Fedotov, Collider-Accelerator Department
- Taku Izubuchi, Physics Department, High Energy Physics Group
- Qiang Li, Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department
- Kevin Yager, Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Meet these honorees
Engineering Awards
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From left: Deputy Director for Operations Jack Anderson presented Engineering Awards to Charles Finfrock, Nathalie Bouet, Hanfei Yan, Steven Bellavia, Mourad Idir, Charles Hetzel.
The Engineering Awards are presented to recognize distinguished contributions to the Laboratory's engineering and computing objectives. The 2019 awardees are:
- Steven Bellavia,Collider-Accelerator Department
- Nathalie Bouet and Hanfei Yan, National Synchrotron Light Source II
- Charles Finfrock, Nonproliferation & National Security Department
- Charles Hetzel, National Synchrotron Light Source II
- Mourad Idir, National Synchrotron Light Source II
Meet these honorees
Brookhaven Awards
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From left: Linda Bowerman, Antoinette Russo, Mike Bebon, Ron Prwivo, and Peter Ingrassia received Brookhaven Awards presented by Lab Director Doon Gibbs.
The Brookhaven Awards are given to recognize key contributors in support functions whose performance and achievements represent outstanding service to the Laboratory. The 2019 awardees are:
- Mike Bebon, National Synchrotron Light Source II
- Linda Bowerman, Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation
- Peter Ingrassia, Collider-Accelerator Department
- Ron Prwivo, Waste Management
- Antoinette Russo, Business Services Directorate
Meet these honorees
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A reception was held after the ceremony, which included refreshments and music performed by Chris Harris of the Facilities & Operations Directorate.
VIP Service Anniversaries
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Lab Director Doon Gibbs (right) congratulated VIPs with more than 50 years of service to the Laboratory, including (from left) Veljko Radeka, Peter Thieberger, William Sampson, Robert Lockey, Charles Carlson, and Robert Palmer.
In total, 332 "VIP" BNLers reached milestone anniversaries for years of service to the Laboratory—25, 30, and 35 or more years in 2019. Robert "Bob" Palmer of the Collider-Accelerator Department continues to push the record for longest tenure at the Laboratory with 59 years of service.
All staff members who were honored as VIPs are named in the list below.
'VIP' Service Anniversary Honorees
59 Years
| Robert Palmer |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
57 Years
| William Sampson |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
56 Years
| Nicholas Samios |
Physics Department |
| Robert Scheetz |
Physics Department |
55 Years
| Robert Lockey |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Veljko Radeka |
Instrumentation Division |
| Peter Thieberger |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
54 Years
| Charles Carlson |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
53 Years
| Vincent LoDestro |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
51 Years
| David Diamond |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
50 Years
| Cornelius Jackson |
Stakeholder & Community Relations Office |
47 Years
| Craig Thorn |
Physics Department |
46 Years
| Rippie Bowman |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Joyce Moore |
Radiological Control Division |
45 Years
| Melville Bonanno |
Production Division |
| Richard Spitz |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
44 Years
| Michael Bannon |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Dennis Carlson |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Andrea Epple |
Radiological Control Division |
| Frederick Kobasiuk |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Keith Lewin |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Laurence Littenberg |
Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate |
| Elizabeth Mogavero |
Physics Department |
| Beatrice Pyatt |
Biology Department |
| Upendra Rohatgi |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Stephen Schwartz |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Peter Wanderer Jr. |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
43 Years
| Sharon Atkins |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Joan Barrow |
Information Technology Division |
| Peter Bond |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Peter Eterno Jr. |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Lawrence Kleinman |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Bruce Lein |
Safety & Health Services Division |
| William Lenz |
Physics Department |
| Brian Mayo |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Juanita McKinney |
Information Technology Division |
| Frederick Molone |
Production Division |
| William Morse |
Physics Department |
| Jack Preses |
Chemistry Division |
| Suresh Srivastava |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Ronald Webster |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Charles Whiting |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Judith Williams |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
42 Years
| Michael Creutz |
Physics Department |
| Peter DeToll |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Keith Detmer |
Production Division |
| Etsuko Fujita |
Chemistry Division |
| John Hauser |
Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate |
| Doris Johnston |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Kevin Kobus |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Edward Lessard |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Robert Malone |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Wayne Rambo |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Arlene Rementer |
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department |
| Jon Sandberg |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Mark Sardzinski |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Richard Savoy |
Production Division |
| Gary Schaum |
Emergency Services Division |
| Peter Schnitzenbaumer |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Barbara Simpson |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Michael Todosow |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
| John Warren |
Instrumentation Division |
| Bruce Weatherell |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Ronald Zapasek |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
41 Years
| Toni Arno |
Information Technology Division |
| Kathleen Barkigia |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Paula Bennett |
Biology Department |
| John Blydenburgh |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Thomas Butcher |
Sustainable Energy Technologies Department |
| Patricia Carr |
Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation Directorate |
| Walter DeBoer |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Edmond Desmond |
Physics Department |
| Robert DiNardo |
Instrumentation Division |
| Thomas Dilgen |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| John Flannigan |
Information Technology Division |
| Joseph Funaro |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| George Ganetis |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Richard Greene |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| John Heiser |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Peter Ingrassia |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| James Kierstead |
Instrumentation Division |
| John Kulesa III |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Jeanne Madaia |
Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation Directorate |
| Robert Meier |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Stephen Musolino |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Hue-Anh Pham |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Keith Radich |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Jo Ann Reed |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Helen Todosow |
Business Services Directorate |
| Charles Trabocchi |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John Woods |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Kevin Yachnik |
Energy & Utilities Division |
40 Years
| Jay Adams |
Human Resources Directorate |
| Sandra Asselta |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| William Behrens |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Steven Bennett |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Nicole Bernholc |
Safety & Health Services Division |
| John Biggs |
Physics Department |
| Cyrus Biscardi |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Richard Biscardi |
Safety & Health Services Division |
| Raymond Ceruti |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Richard DiFranco |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John DiNicola |
Site Planning & Infrastructure Management |
| Sebastian Dimaiuta |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Pamela Esposito |
Physics Department |
| Dawn Farrell |
Business Services Directorate |
| Richard Gagliardi |
Production Division |
| Enrique Garcia |
Physics Department |
| Stephen Gill |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| August Hoffmann |
Physics Department |
| William Horak |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
| Stephen Howell |
Integrated Facility Management |
| Glenn Jochen |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Peter Kohut |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
| Slawko Kurczak |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John Lara |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Robert Lehn |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Gregory Mack |
Information Technology Division |
| Robert Medina |
Production Division |
| Bonnie Miller |
Human Resources Directorate |
| Frank Palmeri Jr. |
Emergency Services Division |
| Charles Pearson |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Venetios Polychronakos |
Physics Department |
| Pranab Samanta |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
| John Scheblein |
Physics Department |
| Robert Scheuerer |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Charles Spataro |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Roger Stoutenburgh |
Stakeholder & Community Relations Office |
| Michael Tannenbaum |
Physics Department |
| Susan Wong |
Information Technology Division |
| Craig Woody |
Physics Department |
| Sharon Zuhoski |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
39 Years
| Richard Backofen |
Stakeholder & Community Relations Office |
| John Benante |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John Bigrow |
Information Technology Division |
| John Bohenek |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Richard Casella |
Information Technology Division |
| Kevin Cosgrove |
Emergency Services Division |
| Robert Danowski |
Production Division |
| Kathleen Dargan |
Business Services Directorate |
| Charles Finfrock |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Edward Gallagher |
Information Technology Division |
| Ady Hershcovitch |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Warren Jappe |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Paul Kalb |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Francis Loeb |
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department |
| Kathleen McIntyre |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Francis McNeill |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Denise Miesell-Bingham |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| James Mills |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Stephen Plate |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Jean Ramirez |
Business Services Directorate |
| Hugh Rhodus |
Production Division |
| Joseph Tuozzolo |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Richard Wilke |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
38 Years
| Walter Bay |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Diane Cabelli |
Chemistry Division |
| Michael Caruso |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Theodore D'Ottavio |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Theresa Diaz |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Linda Hanlon |
Energy & Photon Sciences Directorate |
| Richard Jackimowicz |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Michael Mapes |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| William Marciano |
Physics Department |
| Pooran Singh |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Kevin Tisch |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| John Trunk |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Kathleen Walker |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Susan Wells |
Information Technology Division |
37 Years
| Michael Anerella |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Henry Ashby Jr. |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Alfonso Borrelli |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Biays Bowerman |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| John Cintorino II |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Timothy Costanzo |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Alfred Della Penna Jr. |
Instrumentation Division |
| Joann Durham |
Budget Office |
| John Foley |
Emergency Services Division |
| Jerry Gaeta |
Stakeholder & Community Relations Office |
| Stanley Hanlon |
Guest Services Division |
| Peter Johnson |
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department |
| Anthony Kuczewski |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Robert Lambiase |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Thomas Langdon |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Joseph Levesque |
Emergency Services Division |
| Elliott Levitt |
Internal Audit Office |
| Thomas Ludlam |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Leonard Mausner |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John Muller |
Information Technology Division |
| Dollie Nash |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Maria Pacella |
General Counsel |
| Judith Romeo |
Biology Department |
| Pablo Rosas |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Robert Sikora |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Graham Smith |
Instrumentation Division |
| Daniel Sullivan |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Donald Tarrant |
Production Division |
| Frank Teich |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Thomas Trojanowski |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Li Hua Yu |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
36 Years
| Arthur Anderson |
Production Division |
| Ronald Angona |
Instrumentation Division |
| Henry Biedenkapp |
Business Services Directorate |
| Thomas Boucher |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Steven Bubka |
Business Services Directorate |
| Louis Cannizzo |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| LaRosa Collins |
Information Technology Division |
| Gordon Corbin |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Mariette Faulkner |
Physics Department |
| Christopher Gardner |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Doon Gibbs |
Director's Office |
| Diane Hatton |
Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate |
| Steven Hulbert |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Mary Ann Maggio |
Information Technology Division |
| James Meier |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Susan Pepper |
Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation Directorate |
| Antoinette Russo |
Budget Office |
| Joseph Sanfilippo |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Terrence Sullivan |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Robert Sweet |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Christopher Weilandics |
Safety & Health Services Division |
35 Years
| John Addessi |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Kerry Bonti |
Biology Department |
| Kevin Brown |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Patrick Browne |
Production Division |
| Yusuf Celebi |
Sustainable Energy Technologies Department |
| Mark Davis |
Facilities and Operations Directorate |
| James Desmond III |
Business Services Directorate |
| Dhruba Ghimiray |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Steven Gill |
Internal Audit Office |
| Linda Greves |
Human Resources Directorate |
| Robert Hackenburg |
Physics Department |
| Michael Jacobellis |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Richard Jones |
Integrated Facility Management |
| Donna King |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Richard Lagattolla |
Environmental Protection Division |
| Laura-Li Loffredo |
Biology Department |
| James McManus |
Information Technology Division |
| Thomas Nehring |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Danny Padrazo Jr. |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Stephen Perlstein |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Victor Pineiro Jr. |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Frank Pomaro |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Peter Ratzke |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Sergio Rescia |
Instrumentation Division |
| Joseph Scaduto |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John Skaritka |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Steven Tepikian |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Lisa Toler |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Christopher Watts |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Alexander Zaltsman |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
30 Years
| Eugene Barrow |
Production Division |
| James Biancarosa |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| William Brown |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Donna Buckley |
Business Services Directorate |
| Michael Buckley |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| David Coburn |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| John Cupolo |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Thomas Daniels |
Director's Office |
| Gary Danowski |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Dane DeFio |
Production Division |
| Raymond Diaz |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Deborah Doyle |
Guest Services Division |
| Betty Elder |
Information Technology Division |
| Joyce Fortunato |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Jean Frejka |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
| David Gassner |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Douglas Gordon |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Manuel Grau |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Thomas Hayes |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Gregory Heppner |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Theodore Heuer |
Environmental Protection Division |
| William Jew |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Thomas Joos |
Modernization Project Office |
| Martin Kelly |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Scott Krsnak |
Production Division |
| Lawrence Kunzig |
Production Division |
| Patricia Lee |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
| Barry Lotko |
Guest Services Division |
| Hong Ma |
Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate |
| Thomas McEvaddy |
Modernization Project Office |
| William McKeon |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Robert McNair |
Internal Audit Office |
| Joseph Mileto |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| John Morris |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Wailin Ng |
Energy & Photon Sciences Directorate |
| Robert Pisarski |
Physics Department |
| John Quigley |
Production Division |
| Jesse Schmalzle |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Arthur Sedlacek III |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Robert Selvey |
Safety & Health Services Division |
| Jamie Sims |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Amarjit Soni |
Physics Department |
| Donna Storan |
Center for Functional Nanomaterials |
| Stephen Thompson |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Mark Toscano |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Flemming Videbaek |
Physics Department |
| Jia Wang |
Chemistry Division |
| Gary Weiner |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Edward Zeitler |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
25 Years
| Edward Beebe |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Kenneth Boland |
Radiological Control Division |
| Mary Campbell |
Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation Directorate |
| Denise DiMeglio |
Human Resources Directorate |
| Milind Diwan |
Physics Department |
| Thomas Doyle |
Integrated Facility Management |
| Donald Elliott |
Instrumentation Division |
| Claudia Hatton |
Business Services Directorate |
| Terence Healy |
Information Technology Division |
| Anand Kandasamy |
Instrumentation Division |
| Jorg Kewisch |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Jonathan Kotcher |
Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate |
| Cathleen Lavelle |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Jeong-Hun Lee |
Physics Department |
| Ernest Lewis |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Michael Lewis |
Guest Services Division |
| Ana Martinez |
Guest Services Division |
| William Mc Pherson |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Jean Odin McCabe |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Peter Picciano |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Deepak Raparia |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Jason Remien |
Environment Safety & Health Directorate |
| Dennis Robertson |
Modernization Project Office |
| Donna Russo |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Sushil Sharma |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Scott Smith |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| William Smith |
Instrumentation Division |
| Gregory Stawski |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Michael Viscusi |
Modernization Project Office |
| Jessica Wilke |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Michael Wooley |
Production Division |
| Bernard Yatauro |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
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