Selection of Chief of the Methods Research and Development Program, National Water Quality Laboratory To: "E - All WRD Employees" from: "Janice R Ward, Assistant Chief, OWQ, Reston, VA" Subject: Selection of Chief of the Methods Research and Development Program, National Water Quality Laboratory Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 08:23:08 -0500 Sender: "Nana L Frye, Secretary (OA), Reston, VA" Robert B. Green has been selected Supervisory Chemist to head the National Water Quality Laboratory Methods Research and Development Program. Tentative reporting date for the new appointment is mid-February. Bob Green is a consulting scientist with Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company in Idaho Falls, where he analyzes and assesses research and development projects funded through the University Research Consortium and the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Programs. Prior to the Lockheed position, Bob was vice president of programs from 1994-97 at Associated Western Universities, Inc., in Salt Lake City, Utah, and in Richland, Washington. From 1984-94, he worked at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, California, where he served as head of the Instrumental Chemical Analysis Branch and then directed the Chemistry Division. Other positions include Professor of Chemistry at the University of Arkansas from 1979-84, and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at West Virginia University from 1976-79. Bob's Ph.D. in analytical chemistry was awarded by Ohio University in Athens in 1974. He has authored or coauthored 56 publications. He shares a patent for continuous emissions monitoring of toxic airborne metals. Research interests include extensive application of lasers to analytical chemistry. The Office of Water Quality (OWQ) welcomes Bob Green to the Water Resources Division. His technical skills and managerial experience will be a resource not only to the OWQ, but to the entire Division.