Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) (Richland, Washington)

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William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). See www.emsl.pnl.gov and www.pnl.gov for more information. Image: picturethis.pnl.gov/picturet.nsf/f/uv?open&SMAA-477QF3
EMSL, a 200,000-sq-ft DOE-owned national user facility, opened in 1997 and is
the newest building at PNNL. EMSL is located at 3335 Q Avenue, in the heart of
PNNL’s main research campus. The two-story building houses advanced scientific
instrumentation and computing resources, dry and wet laboratories, a state-of-the-
art auditorium, office space, and conference rooms.
Hundreds of scientists from around the world travel to EMSL annually to conduct
research in the facility’s collaborative environment; others take advantage of EMSL’s
unique electronic capabilities to pursue projects from offsite locations via the
Internet. Although research conducted at EMSL supports all of DOE’s mission
areas, most of the facility’s work is focused in basic science disciplines.