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Created: 2025-07-22 18:00:29 UTC

We're pleased to announce Jud Virden, Ph.D. as NREL’s new laboratory director. He joins NREL from PNNL where he served as associate lab director for the Energy & Environment Directorate. Virden will join NREL on Oct. 1, when he will succeed Dr. Keller.

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