Peter F. Green — Deputy Laboratory Director, Science and Technology; Chief Research Officer; and Alliance Senior Vice President

Peter F. Green is the deputy laboratory director for Science and Technology and chief research officer for NREL.

In his role as deputy laboratory director for Science and Technology, Green is responsible for NREL’s science and research goals, strengthening the laboratory’s core capabilities, and enhancing NREL’s research portfolio. In addition, he oversees the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program, NREL-university interactions, and the postdoctoral research program.

Prior to his appointment at NREL, Green spent 20 years in academia and 11 years at Sandia National Laboratories, where his professional career began in 1985. He moved from Sandia to The University of Texas in 1996, where he became a professor of chemical engineering and the B.F. Goodrich Endowed Professor of Materials Engineering. In 2005, he was recruited to the University of Michigan, where he served as the Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze endowed professor of engineering. He was also a professor and chair of materials science and engineering, professor of chemical engineering, and professor of macromolecular science and engineering. 

He was the 2006 president of the Materials Research Society (MRS), the inaugural editor-in-chief of MRS Communications, and a divisional associate editor for Physical Review Letters. Green serves in advisory roles for national laboratories, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and scientific journals.

His awards include election to the position of fellow of a number of societies: American Physical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the American Ceramics Society, the American Association of Arts and Science, and the MRS. He was recognized with Secretary of Energy’s Achievement Awards in 2020 and 2023. Green was awarded the 2022 Distinguished Alumni award from Cornell University's materials science and engineering department.

He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from Hunter College and a master's and doctorate in materials science and engineering from Cornell University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.