Richard J. Reeder

Associate Vice President for Brookhaven National Laboratory Affairs

Richard J. Reeder is Associate Vice President for Brookhaven National Laboratory Affairs, acting as Stony Brook’s primary liaison to the nearby DOE laboratory co-managed by Stony Brook University and Battelle Memorial Institute.  Previously, he served as Stony Brook’s Vice President for Research and Operations Manager for the Research Foundation.  Prior to these roles, Reeder participated in the Stony Brook-Battelle team that successfully re-competed the management contract for Brookhaven National Laboratory.  He is currently a member of the Brookhaven Science Associates Board of Directors.

Reeder retains the position of Professor of Geochemistry in the Department of Geosciences, where he served as Chair for 2008-2013.  His research interests span several areas in geochemistry, including structure and properties of disordered and amorphous solids, chemical behavior of heavy metals in the environment, and bioavailability of contaminants in environmental and remediation settings.  He has focused particularly on applications of X-ray scattering and spectroscopy to natural and engineered materials of environmental relevance, making extensive use of synchrotron X-ray facilities at Brookhaven and other national laboratories. 

Reeder served as Director of the Center for Environmental Molecular Sciences, supported by the National Science Foundation, which included a partnership Brookhaven Lab.  He is author of more than 120 peer-reviewed articles.  He has been a member of the Stony Brook faculty since 1980.

CONTACT:
Ann Ozelis
Executive Assistant
Phone: 631.632.4889
Office of Brookhaven National Lab Affairs
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