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Tamas Varga

Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
ORCID
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Projects

Integrated Pennycress Resilience Project (IPReP)

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Pubudu Handakumbura
Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) is under development as a winter annual oilseed bioenergy crop for the 80 million-acre U.S. Midwest Corn Belt and other temperate regions including the Pacific Northwest…

Visualizing pathways in cells for more accurate biodesign

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
James Evans
In this Capability Development Focus project, we plan to acquire label-free whole cell three-dimensional (3D) tomograms of the two primary organisms of interest for the FY18 Subcellular SSA thrust…

3D Root Cartography of Molecular-Microbe Interactions

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christer Jansson
We intend to develop a pipeline for simultaneous 3D spatial imaging of metabolites and microorganisms on plant roots, generating a molecular and microbial 3D-cartography of the root system. By…

Performance Prediction and Process Attribution for Additive Manufacturing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christopher Barrett
The proposed work seeks to develop a modeling-prescribed measurement strategy to generate the data necessary to build a finite element model from which an additively manufactured objects’ performance…

High-capacity cathode and anode materials for sodium batteries

Lead Institution
Qatar Foundation
Principal Investigator
Hamdi Yahia
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Since the sodium reserves are easily accessible, we decided to investigate sodium ion batteries (NaIBs), as new energy storage systems, for large-scale battery applications. This proposal seeks to…

Microstructural Evolution under Shear Deformation

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Arun Devaraj
Solid phase processing (SPP) of alloys using shear-deformation results in nanoscale metastable phases and enhanced mechanical properties. High-speed mass and energy transfer during such process makes…

Rhizosphere processes at molecular to core scale

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Nancy Hess
The amount of C in soil far exceeds the C content of atmosphere as well as the amount C stored above ground as plant biomass. The C fluxes between atmosphere and biomass are huge, many orders of…

Pore- to Core-Scale Research to Inform Ecosystem-Scale Soil C Biogeochemistry

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Vanessa Bailey
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The spatial separation of soil organic carbon (SOC), microbes, and extracellular activity is an important mechanism of SOC protection in soils that exists at the soil pore (micron-mm) scale. The…

Nitrogen Fixation by Endophytes of Populus

Lead Institution
University of Washington
Principal Investigator
Sharon Doty
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
To improve the environmental and economic sustainability of biomass production, it is essential that the biological interactions between plants and associated beneficial microbiota be more fully…

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Technology Assistance Program

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Gary Spanner
Project type
Exploratory Research
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandates that the United States' national laboratories offer technology assistance to small businesses. The Technology Assistance Program (TAP) operated by the…

PhenoAccess: Physiological Phenotyping of Brachypodium Accessions

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Amir Ahkami
Although the effects of elevated CO2 on plant growth, physiology and metabolism has been investigated thoroughly, the underlying integrated organismal, cellular and molecular mechanisms of these…

Nanolayered, Self-healing Radiation Shielding Foils

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Theva Thevuthasan
Recent discovery and research indicate that materials can be hardened against radiation damage by building nanolayered structures with an optimized layer thickness to increase point defect…

Performance Prediction and Process Attribution for Additive Manufacturing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Christopher Barrett
The proposed work seeks to develop a modeling-prescribed measurement strategy to generate the data necessary to build a finite element model from which an additively manufactured objects’ performance…

1000 Soils Research Campaign

Lead Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Nancy Hess
Project type
MONet
To more fully understand the cycling of carbon, carbon-based nutrients and key elements from the molecular to basin scale across variations in soil chemistry, the Environmental Molecular Sciences…