Board Director, Distinguished Scientist Emeritus at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Former California Energy Commissioner. Enrico Fermi Award (the US highest scientific honor, presented in 2006 on behalf of President Bush by Secretary of Energy, Bodman); Global Energy Prize, presented in 2010 by Russian President Medvedev; 2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, presented in 2013, by President Barack Obama; Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest; Carnot Award for Energy Efficiency from the U.S. Department of Energy. Co-Founded the Center for Building Science at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Seminal role in the development of compact fluorescent lights, efficient appliances, others. Prior work: co- discoverer of a large number of elementary particles; co-author of the classic text, Nuclear Physics, with Enrico Fermi and others.