JOHN A. PARMENTOLA Director for Research and Laboratory Management Dr. Parmentola was born in the Bronx, New York and received his BS degree in Physics from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1971 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1977. He is Director for Research and Laboratory Management for the U.S. Army. In this position, he is responsible for the Army Basic Research Program and the Applied Research programs of the Army Research Laboratory, Army Research Institute, Corps of Engineers and Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command. In addition, his responsibilities encompass Environmental Quality technology, Manufacturing Technology, Small Business Innovative Research, Dual Use Science and Technology, and Army High Performance Computing programs with an annual budget of approximately $750M. Dr. Parmentola also oversees laboratory management policy for all Army laboratories and research, development and engineering centers. Before coming to the Army, Dr. Parmentola was the Science and Technology Advisor to the Chief Financial Officer of the US Department of Energy where he was responsible for providing technical, budgetary, and programmatic advice to senior management for over $7B in science and technology investments. This responsibility included Defense, Non-proliferation, Science, Fossil Energy, Energy Efficiency, Nuclear Energy and Environmental programs. Prior to joining the US Department of Energy, he was the cofounder of the Advanced Systems and Concepts Office of the newly formed Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He has been a Principal Scientist at the MITRE Corporation where he has worked in the area of arms control verification technology, strategic offense-defense integration and strategic command, control, and communications associated with the Cheyenne Mountain Upgrade Program. Earlier in his career, he was Executive Director of the Panel on Public Affairs of the American Physical Society, a postdoctoral fellow with the Program of Science and Technology for International Security at MIT, and a postdoctoral fellow with the Laboratory for Nuclear Science of MIT. In the field of science, technology, and public policy, he has been a Fellow of the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Dr. Parmentola has published more than 50 scientific papers and articles in science and technology policy, and an authoritative book on space defense. He has been the recipient of the Alfred Raymond Prize, the Sigma XI Research Award, has been an Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. Recently, he was the Air Intelligence Agency nominee for the R. V. Jones Central Intelligence Agency Award and has been awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Award for his exemplary dedication to public service and his numerous contributions to the US Army.
