Recognizing 315 Staff for Distinguished Contributions and Milestone Anniversaries
July 25, 2022
Members of the Brookhaven Lab community, again, could not gather for the annual Employee Awards and VIP Service Celebration, because of the ongoing pandemic. Still, 16 staff were presented with the Lab's highest accolades—the pinnacle Science & Technology, Engineering, Brookhaven, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards—in 2021. Also in 2021, 299 employees reached "VIP" status with 25, 30, and 35 or more years of service. See who was recognized below.
Science & Technology Awards
Science & Technology Awards are presented to recognize distinguished contributions to the Laboratory's science and technology objectives. The 2021 recipients are:
- Gabriele Giacomini, Instrumentation Division
- Cedomir Petrovic, Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Division
- Craig Woody, Physics Department
Meet these awardees
Engineering Awards
Engineering Awards are presented to recognize distinguished contributions to the Laboratory's engineering and computing objectives. The 2021 recipients are:
- Christopher Bruno, Energy & Utilities Division
- Charles Folz, Electron-Ion Collider
- Jack Fried, Instrumentation Division
- Francis Loeb, Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Division
- Robert Michnoff, Collider-Accelerator Department
- Yatming (Roberto) Than, Collider-Accelerator Department
Meet these awardees
Brookhaven Awards
Brookhaven Awards are given to recognize key contributors in support functions whose performance and achievements represent outstanding service to the Laboratory. The 2021 recipients are:
- John Flannigan, Information Technology Division
- Kevin Fox, Business Services Directorate
- John Galvin, Information Technology Division
- Paul Sampson, Collider-Accelerator Department
- Andrea Wund, Energy & Photon Sciences Department
- Emil Zitvogel, National Synchrotron Light Source II
Meet these awardees
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards
The Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Staff Awards recognize key contributors who demonstrates leadership qualities that exemplify the ideals of inclusion, diversity, and equity into practical action.
In 2021, this award was presented to Diane Cabelli of the Chemistry Division.
Meet the awardee
VIP Service Anniversaries
In 2021, 299 current employees reached "VIP" status with milestone anniversaries for years of service to the Laboratory—25, 30, and 35 or more years. They include:
59 Years
| William Sampson |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
57 Years
| Veljko Radeka |
Instrumentation Division |
| Peter Thieberger |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
56 Years
| Charles Carlson |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
55 Years
| Vincent Lo Destro |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
52 Years
| Cornelius Jackson |
Stakeholder Relations Office |
48 Years
| Joyce Moore |
Radiological Control Division |
46 Years
| Michael Bannon |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Dennis Carlson |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Andrea Epple |
Radiological Control Division |
| Frederick Kobasiuk |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Laurence Littenberg |
Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate |
| Elizabeth Mogavero |
Physics Department |
| Upendra Rohatgi |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
45 Years
| Sharon Atkins |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Joan Barrow |
Information Technology Division |
| Peter Eterno Jr. |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Bruce Lein |
Safety & Health Services Division |
| William Lenz |
Physics Department |
| Brian Mayo |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Juanita Mc Kinney |
Information Technology Division |
| William Morse |
Physics Department |
| Ronald Webster |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Charles Whiting |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Judith Williams |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
44 Years
| Peter De Toll |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John Hauser |
Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate |
| Doris Johnston |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Kevin Kobus |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Robert Malone |
Accelerator Test Facility |
| Arlene Rementer |
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Sciences Division |
| Jon Sandberg |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Mark Sardzinski |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Richard Savoy |
Production Division |
| Gary Schaum |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Barbara Ann Simpson |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Michael Todosow |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
| Bruce Weatherell |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Ronald Zapasek |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
43 Years
| Kathleen Barkigia |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Paula Bennett |
Biology Department |
| John Blydenburgh |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Thomas Butcher |
Interdisciplinary Science Department |
| Patricia Carr |
Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation Directorate |
| 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 |
| James Kierstead |
Instrumentation Division |
| Jeanne Madaia |
Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation Directorate |
| Stephen Musolino |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Hue-Anh Pham |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Keith Radich |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Jo Ann Reed |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Charles Trabocchi |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
42 Years
| Jay Adams |
Human Resources Directorate |
| William Behrens |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
| Steven Bennett |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Nicole Bernholc |
Safety & Health Services Division |
| John Biggs |
Physics Department |
| Richard Biscardi |
Safety & Health Services Division |
| Raymond Ceruti |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Richard Di Franco |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Pamela Esposito |
Physics Department |
| Dawn Farrell |
Business Operations Office |
| Richard Gagliardi |
Production Division |
| Enrique Garcia |
Physics Department |
| August Hoffmann |
Physics Department |
| Stephen Howell |
Integrated Facility Management |
| Glenn Jochen |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Peter Kohut |
Nuclear Science & Technology Department |
| John Lara |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Robert Lehn |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Gregory Mack |
Information Technology Division |
| Bonnie Miller |
Human Resources Directorate |
| Frank Palmeri Jr. |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Charles Pearson |
Collider-Accelerator 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 Relations Office |
| Susan Wong |
Information Technology Division |
| Craig Woody |
Physics Department |
41 Years
| Richard Backofen |
Stakeholder Relations Office |
| John Benante |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John Bohenek |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Richard Casella |
Information Technology Division |
| Kathleen Dargan |
Business Operations Office |
| Charles Finfrock |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Edward Gallagher |
Information Technology Division |
| Ady Hershcovitch |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Francis Loeb |
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Sciences Division |
| Francis Mc Neill |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Denise Miesell-Bingham |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| James Mills |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Joseph Tuozzolo |
Electron-Ion Collider Directorate |
| Richard Wilke |
Environmental & Climate Sciences Department |
40 Years
| Walter Bay |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Diane Cabelli |
Chemistry Division |
| Michael Caruso |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Theodore D Ottavio |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Linda Hanlon |
Energy & Photon Sciences |
| William Marciano |
Physics Department |
| Kevin Tisch |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| John Trunk |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Susan Wells |
Information Technology Division |
39 Years
| Michael Anerella |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Henry Ashby Jr. |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Alfonso Borrelli |
Instrumentation Division |
| 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 |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Jerry Gaeta |
Stakeholder Relations Office |
| Stanley Hanlon |
Guest Services Division |
| Anthony Kuczewski |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Robert Lambiase |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Thomas Langdon |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Joseph Levesque |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Elliott Levitt |
Internal Audit Office |
| John Muller |
Information Technology Division |
| Maria Pacella |
Office of the General Counsel |
| Pablo Rosas |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| 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 |
38 Years
| Ronald Angona |
Instrumentation Division |
| Henry Biedenkapp |
Business Operations Office |
| 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 |
Electron-Ion Collider 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 |
| Robert Sweet |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Christopher Weilandics |
Safety & Health Services Division |
37 Years
| John Addessi |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Kevin Brown |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Yusuf Celebi |
Interdisciplinary Science Department |
| Mark Davis |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| James Desmond III |
Business Operations Office |
| Steven Gill |
Internal Audit Office |
| Linda Greves |
Human Resources Directorate |
| Donna King |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Richard Lagattolla |
Environmental Protection Division |
| James McManus |
Information Technology Division |
| Thomas Nehring |
Electron-Ion Collider Directorate |
| Danny Padrazo Jr. |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Victor Pineiro Jr. |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Peter Ratzke |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Sergio Rescia |
Instrumentation Division |
| Joseph Scaduto |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| John Skaritka |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Steven Tepikian |
Electron-Ion Collider Directorate |
| Lisa Toler |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Alexander Zaltsman |
Electron-Ion Collider Directorate |
36 Years
| Leesa Allen |
Physics Department |
| Tracy Blydenburgh |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Edwin Cancel |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Joseph Carbonaro |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Gregory Condemi |
Radiological Control Division |
| Lynanne Di Filippo |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Isidro Garcia |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Wlodzimierz Guryn |
Physics Department |
| Alan Gustavsson |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Erik Johnson |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Terry Jones |
Stakeholder Relations Office |
| Michael Lenz |
Physics Department |
| David Lissauer |
Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate |
| Alexsandra Lopez |
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Sciences Division |
| Jeffrey Mirando |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Kim Mohanty |
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Sciences Division |
| Eileen Morello |
Physics Department |
| Leonard Pharr |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Triveni Rao |
Instrumentation Division |
| Regis Saitta |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Marcelino Santiago Jr. |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Anthony Shane |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| David Siddons |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Edward Sierra |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Kelly Smith |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Thomas Tallerico |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Diana Teich |
Information Technology Division |
| Nicholaos Tsoupas |
Electron-Ion Collider Directorate |
| Lawrence Vogt |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
35 Years
| Carol Bell |
Radiological Control Division |
| Kimberly Boomer |
Business Operations Office |
| John Bourquin III |
Production Division |
| Scott Buda |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| John Carlson |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Daniel Carneiro |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Theodore Carpluk Jr. |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Barbara Carreras |
Business Services Directorate |
| Michael Clancy Jr. |
Environment, Safety & Health Directorate |
| Wayne Cummings |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Sara Dawson |
Physics Department |
| Michael Fulkerson |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Charles Gardner |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Ramesh Gupta |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| John Haggerty |
Physics Department |
| Michael Hickey |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Robert Hoogsteden |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Claudia Jones |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Leonard Masi Jr. |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Antonio Mc Gill |
Production Division |
| Mark Opisso |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Richard Ruggiero |
Physics Department |
| Gregg Tomasello |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| John Tranquada |
Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Sciences Division |
| Andreas Warkentien |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| James Wright |
Modernization Project Office |
| Xiao-Qing Yang |
Chemistry Division |
30 Years
| Anthony Arno III |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Judy Badal |
Center for Functional Nanomaterials |
| Michael Blaskiewicz |
Electron-Ion Collider Directorate |
| Linda Bowerman |
Environment, Biology, Nuclear Science & Nonproliferation Directorate |
| Donald Bruno |
Electron-Ion Collider Directorate |
| Charles Butehorn |
Physics Department |
| Nelson Cause |
Business Operations Office |
| Richard Chylinski |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Steven Coleman |
Director's Office |
| Charles De La Parra |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Michael De Phillips |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Donald Farnam |
Operational Support & Planning Division |
| Tracey Fountaine |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Bethann Gilman |
Procurement & Property Management Division |
| Joseph Gormley |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Michael Hamilton |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Brian Karpin |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Edouard Kistenev |
Physics Department |
| Kenneth Koebel |
Business Operations Office |
| Robert Lee |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Timothy Lehn |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Cynthia Longo |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Donald Mac Kay |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| George Mahler |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Andrew Marone |
Superconducting Magnet Division |
| Marc Montemagno |
Accelerator Test Facility |
| Donna Muscarella |
Nonproliferation & National Security Department |
| Joseph Nubile |
Production Division |
| Sabrina Parrish |
Interdisciplinary Science Department |
| David Passarello |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Richard Przybylinski |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| James Rank |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Jose Rodriguez |
Chemistry Division |
| James Rose |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Andrew Sauerwald |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Gary Schroeder |
Information Technology Division |
| Beth Schwaner |
Information Technology Division |
| Subhash Sengupta |
Radiological Control Division |
| Loralie Smart |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| George Wei |
Interdisciplinary Science Department |
| Mildred Wiener |
Business Operations Office |
| Jeffrey Williams |
Environmental Protection Division |
| George Yancy |
Laboratory Protection Division |
25 Years
| Douglas Aichroth |
Radiological Control Division |
| Thomas Baldwin |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Larry Carr |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Daniel Chapman |
Laboratory Protection Division |
| Robert Chieffo Jr. |
Production Division |
| Pamela Ciufo |
Center for Functional Nanomaterials |
| Gabor David |
Physics Department |
| Robert Edwards |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Peter Genzer |
Stakeholder Relations Office |
| Jefferey Gordon |
Production Division |
| Clayton Hamilton |
Planning, Performance & Quality Management Office |
| Jonathan Hock |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Christopher Homes |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Galathara Kahanda |
Chemistry Division |
| Matthew Kessler |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Ante Ljubicic |
Physics Department |
| Joan Marshall |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Jian-Lin Mi |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Gary Olsen |
Safety & Health Services Division |
| Gary Polonski |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Martin Purschke |
Physics Department |
| Vincent Racaniello |
Environmental Protection Division |
| Srinivasan Rajagopalan |
Physics Department |
| Frank Raynor Jr. |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Scott Seberg |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Freddy Severino |
Collider-Accelerator Department |
| Carol Shea |
Waste Management Division |
| Tammy Stein |
National Synchrotron Light Source II |
| Joseph Triolo Jr. |
Energy & Utilities Division |
| Jeannette Vera |
Integrated Facility Management |
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