Terri Stewart, Ph.D.

Expertise

Terri Stewart

Terri Stewart leads the Environmental Biomarkers Initiative. Through EBI, PNNL researchers discover and use biomarkers to transform environmental science. Dr. Stewart's responsibilities include implementing the technical program, recruiting new capabilities, and developing and implementing the business strategy for EBI. Before assuming the EBI role, she managed the Chemical and Biological Processes Development Group, whose focus is on catalysis and reaction engineering, fungal biotechnology, multi-scale functional materials, microtechnology, and chemical and materials process engineering. She is also responsible for establishing a business strategy for the group and developing staff, facility, and equipment capabilities to implement this strategy. Previously, Dr. Stewart was Vice President of Battelle’s Core Technology Organization, where she led the Nanotechnology Platform. In that role, she defined and implemented an R&D agenda to build technology platforms in which multiple products were developed for entry into the commercial and government markets. In this effort, she established alliances with universities and national laboratories.

Since joining the Laboratory in 1983, Dr. Stewart has led several large programs as technical leader and manager. She was the Science and Technology (S&T) lead in the Hanford Groundwater/Vadose Zone Integration Project, and led a multi-disciplinary, multi-laboratory technical team to solve tank problems for four DOE sites through the Tanks Focus Area (TFA).

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2001
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 1991
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 1983

Honors and Awards

1991 - R&D 100 Award for Waste Acid Detoxification and Reclamation
1996 - Outstanding Team Performance for “Interdisciplinary Tank Focus Area”
1999 - Bechtel Hanford Team Award for “Environmental Restoration Science and Technology Needs Development Team”
2000 - Outstanding Team Award for “Groundwater/Vadose Zone Project Management Team”

Selected Publications

Stewart TL, and D Kim. 2004. "Modeling of Biomass Plug Development and Propagation in Porous Media." Biochemical Engineering Journal 17(2):107-119.

Stewart TL, and HS Fogler. 2002. "Pore-Scale Investigation of Biomass Plug Development and Propagation in Porous Media ." Biotechnology and Bioenegineering 77(5):577-588. doi:10.1002/bit.10044

Contact Information

Terri.Stewart@pnl.gov