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James is the Chief Scientist for Computing in the Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where he serves as the lab lead for the DOE Office of Science (DOE/SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) Program. PNNL’s ASCR portfolio includes over 20 R&D projects in applied mathematics, computer science, advanced architectures, and computational modeling and simulation. His computing leadership role also intersects with foundational technology challenges associated with microelectronics and semiconductors. James helped organize the panel on co-design for beyond exascale at the DOE/SC workshop on Basic Research Needs for Microelectronics; served on the executive committee for the Semiconductor Research Corporation Decadal Plan; and was appointed by the U.S. Commerce Secretary to serve on the NIST Industrial Advisory Committee to provide input on R&D gaps for the CHIPS and Science Act. James has a BA in Physics from Grinnell College, a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.