Dr. Zacharia is the Associate Laboratory Director for Computing and Computational Sciences at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In this capacity, he leads the Laboratory's agenda in Terascale Computing and Simulation Science in support of DOE's missions in advancing science, national security, energy security and sustainable development. Advanced computing is critical to our science leadership and important national objectives in areas such as climate change, fusion energy, nanotechnology and biotechnology.

Dr. Zacharia began his research career as a postdoctoral fellow at ORNL in 1987, and became a research staff member in the Metals and Ceramics Division in 1989. He established and served as Group Leader of the Materials Process Modeling Group in 1993 and four years later became the Director of the Computer Science and Mathematics Division. Dr. Zacharia was appointed Associate Laboratory Director in 2001.

Dr. Zacharia's research in high performance computing and computational sciences has resulted in more than 100 scientific publications and two U.S. Patents. He has received numerous honors as a researcher including the A. F. Davis Silver Medal Award and the William Spraragen Award from the American Welding Society; the Champion H. Mathewson Award Co-Author Citation from the American Society for Metals; and three ORNL Technical Achievement Awards. Dr. Zacharia is also the recipient of a number of leadership awards, including the 2001 ORNL Leader of the Year Award.

Dr. Zacharia has held visiting professorships and has served on organizing and program committees of several international conferences and workshops. He currently serves on a number of scientific, professional, and civic boards.

Dr. Zacharia holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Masters in Materials Science and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science.

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