Robert Wagner

Associate Laboratory Director Dr. Robert Wagner leads more than 550 researchers and operations staff focused on developing and deploying advanced technology solutions in manufacturing, buildings, transportation, and electrical grid infrastructure. He and his team steward four Department of Energy national user facilities including the Building Technologies Research and Integration Center, Carbon Fiber Technology Facility, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, and the National Transportation Research Center. The directorate also stewards the Grid Research Innovation and Development Center. Wagner came to ORNL as an undergraduate student in 1992 and advanced through multiple levels of leadership at the laboratory while building a distinguished career as a globally recognized transportation and combustion researcher.