Thomas Zacharia (born 1957 in

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

, India) is an Indian-born American computer scientist. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from

National Institute of Technology, Karnataka The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), also known as NITK Surathkal and formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), is a public technical university located in Surathkal, Mangaluru. Established in 1960 as KR ...

in 1980 and a master's degree in

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from the

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in 1984. He obtained his doctoral degree from

Clarkson University Clarkson University is a private research university with its main campus in Potsdam, New York. Clarkson has additional graduate programs and research facilities in the New York Capital District. It was established in 1896 and enrolled over 4 ...

in 1987. He has contributed to research in computational materials science, particularly on

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in solidification processes. He previously served as the executive vice president and chief port officer captain at

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. Zacharia was previously deputy director for science and technology at

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1943, the laboratory is sponsored by the United Sta ...

and a professor at the

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. On June 1, 2017, UT-Battelle named Zacharia as ORNL's new laboratory director, succeeding

Thom Mason Thomas Mason is a Canadian-American condensed-matter physicist who serves as the director of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prior to this appointment, he had been an executive at Battelle Memorial Institute from 2017 to 2018, and the director o ...

. During his tenure, he launched the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, the Stable Isotope Production and Research Center, and the Quantum Science Center, among other initiatives. He retired in December 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zacharia, Thomas 1957 births Indian emigrants to the United States Living people American people of Malayali descent Scientists from Kerala Georgia Tech faculty Oak Ridge National Laboratory people University of Tennessee faculty National Institute of Technology, Karnataka alumni Qatar Foundation people