Thomas Lograsso is Interim Director of Ames Laboratory

From ISU News

Thomas Lograsso has been named interim director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory.

Lograsso will succeed Alex King, who is stepping down to lead the laboratory’s Critical Materials Institute, a $120 million DOE Energy Innovation Hub announced in January. Lograsso will assume the Ames Lab directorship as soon as funding for the Critical Materials Institute is received.

“We have had exceptional leadership of the Ames Laboratory under Alex King, and I am confident Tom will maintain the lab’s momentum as we search for a permanent director,” said Jonathan Wickert, Iowa State University senior vice president and provost. Read More.