Battelle's Greg Bowen to Lead Laboratory Trade Group

 

Columbus, OH--The Analytical Laboratory Managers Association (ALMA) elected Battelle's Greg Bowen to the post of President Elect at its recent annual conference in Portland, Oregon.

 

Bowen, a manager of the Analytical Chemistry Group in Battelle's National Security Division, will retain the post through 2007, and then serve as President of the Board of Directors in 2008. He has been on the board of directors since 2000.

 

The ALMA is a non-profit professional association for managers of analytical chemistry labs in industry, government, and universities throughout the world.

 

Bowen, 44, has worked for Battelle since 1992 and is a former U.S. Army Chemical Corps officer. While leading an analytical chemistry group that grew from 5 to 85 chemists at Battelle, he also helped develop the laboratory design of a new $38 million analytical chemistry laboratory building at Battelle's Columbus headquarters.

 

"The Analytical Laboratory Managers Association is an excellent forum for interacting with other managers," Bowen said. "I've benefited greatly by sharing ideas with my peers and have come away with solid solutions on how to do my job better."

 

Bowen holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Syracuse University and a master's in Environmental Science from The Ohio State University. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the National Defense Industrial Association.

 

Battelle is the world's largest non-profit independent research and development organization, with 20,000 employees in more than 120 locations worldwide, including five national laboratories Battelle manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle conducts $3.8 billion in R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management, and technology commercialization. Battelle provides innovative solutions to some of the world's most important problems including global climate change, sustainable energy technologies, high performance materials, next generation healthcare diagnostics and therapeutics, and advanced security solutions for people, infrastructure, and the nation. Battelle has a long history of developing successful commercial products in collaboration with its clients, ranging from products to fight diabetes, cancer, and heart disease to the development of the office copier machine (Xerox). As a non-profit charitable trust with an eye toward the future, Battelle actively supports and promotes science and math education.

 

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