Deborah K. Gracio
Expertise
Deborah K. Gracio
Ms. Gracio joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 1990 and is currently the Deputy Director for the Computational Sciences and Mathematics Division. She is responsible for the management of multiple cross-disciplinary, multi-laboratory programs focused on the development of collaborative problem solving environments used for modeling and simulation research in a variety of scientific domains.
Since joining the Laboratory, she has been involved in a variety of projects that have aided in developing a broad technical background in computer systems integration, software engineering, scientific computing, large-scale data management, and data acquisition.
Most recently, Ms. Gracio has been responsible for the research and development of the computational biology and bioinformatics portfolio within the BioMolecular Systems Initiative at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This work has included developing and coordinating a research agenda and roadmap for bridging computational and biological sciences and building enduring collaborations, business opportunities and a team of researchers who are engaged in multidisciplinary research. From 1995 - 2000, Ms. Gracio was the project manager for the Extensible Computational Chemistry Environment (Ecce), which is part of the Molecular Sciences Software Suite (MS'). The Ecce software is a domain specific problem-solving environment to support the research of computational chemists, which is now deployed to over 600 institutions worldwide. From 1990 - 1995, Ms. Gracio was responsible for the design, development and management of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Experiment Center, providing observational data streams and computational model results to climate modelers and researchers across the globe.
Education
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, Washington State University, 1995
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Washington State University, 1988
Professional Affiliations
- Institute for Electrical Engineering and Electronics Engineers
- American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
- Member of the advisory board for the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University and Oregon State University
Honors and Awards
- Federal Laboratory Consortium, Molecular Sciences Software Suite, 2000
- R&D 100, Molecular Sciences Software Suite, 1999
- DOE Certificate of Accomplishment, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, 1994
- DOE Outstanding Woman in Engineering, 1989
Selected Publications
Chin G, Jr., EG Stephan, DK Gracio, OA Kuchar, and KL Schuchardt. 2005. "Scientist-Centered Graph-Based Models of Scientific Knowledge." In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2005).
Chin, G, Jr., EG Stephan, and DK Gracio. 2004. "Computing through Scientific Abstractions in SysBioPSE." In Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (October 10-13, The Hague, The Netherlands).
Havre SL, M Singhal, B Gopalan, DA Payne, KR Klicker, GR Kiebel, KJ Auberry, EG Stephan, BM Webb-Robertson, and DK Gracio. 2004. "Integrating Evolving Tools for Proteomics Research." In Proceedings of The 2004 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological sciences, vol. 2004, ed. Valafar, Faramarz, and Homayoun Valafar, pp. 307-313. CSREA Press, Las Vegas, NV.
Singhal M, EG Stephan, KR Klicker, LL Trease, G Chin, JR, DK Gracio, and DA Payne. 2004. "Enabling Systems Biology: A Scientific Problem-Solving Environment." In International Conference on Computational Science, June 6-9, 2004, Krakow, Poland, pp. 540-547. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Gracio DK. 2003. "Collaborative GRID Environments Enable Scientific Research." In Model Systems for Neuroproteomics Workshop/National Institute on Drug Abuse.