Jim De Yoreo is Deputy Director for Research at the Molecular Foundry, a DOE Nanoscale Science Research Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University in 1985. Following post-doctoral work at Princeton University, he became a member of the technical staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in 1989, where he held numerous positions including Group Leader for Optical Materials and for Biophysical and Interfacial Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Laboratory Science and Technology Office. He joined the Molecular Foundry in 2007.

De Yoreo currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Materials Research Society, where he chairs the External Relations Committee. He is a member of the APS, ACS, the Biophysical Society and the American Association for Crystal Growth, where he sits on the Executive Committee. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Crystal Growth and has served on numerous committees for the National Academy of Sciences, the Department of Energy and Congress.

Jim’s research has spanned a wide range of materials-related disciplines including low temperature solid-state physics, geophysics and geochemistry, crystal growth, biomineralization and biomaterials. His work on growth and defect generation in optical crystals was instrumental in developing meter-scale crystals for the world’s largest laser systems. Most recently, he has focused on in situ investigation and manipulation of assembly in biomolecular and biomineral systems. De Yoreo has authored, co-authored, or edited over 150 papers, books, and patents. He is the recipient of an R&D 100 Award and the LLNL Science and Technology Award and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.