Inducted
2020
Degrees
B.S. - Chemical Engineering, WVU, 2000
M.S. - Chemical Engineering, MIT, 2005
Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering, MIT, 2005
Dr. Brian J. Anderson is the senior advisor for the U.S. Department’s Undersecretary for Infrastructure team. His work will span across S3’s program portfolio including institutionalizing the place-based work of the President’s Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization (IWG).
Until 2023, Anderson served as the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory
(NETL) of the Department of Energy. He managed the complete NETL complex, including
delivery and execution of the Laboratory’s mission. Anderson lead NETL’s national
programs in fossil energy and other DOE mission areas, with industry, universities,
and national laboratories.
Anderson began his career as an assistant professor
in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University.
He is a recognized expert in natural gas hydrates, unconventional oil and gas development,
and clean energy technologies. In 2014, Anderson founded the WVU Energy Institute,
focused on advancing technology through research, development, and demonstration
within the energy industry. Anderson has a long history of working with DOE to
advance energy technologies. For his work in natural gas hydrates and carbon dioxide
sequestration, he received the 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists
and Engineers, and he received the Department of Energy Secretary Honor Award for
his work with DOE in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Anderson
holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from WVU, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical
engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.