Martin Schoonen

Martin Schoonen oversees programs in biology, environmental science, climate science, national security, nuclear nonproliferation, and nuclear science and technology at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Schoonen joined Brookhaven Lab in 2014 after 25 years as a faculty member at Stony Brook University (SBU). He is an interdisciplinary scientist who served in several administrative positions at SBU, including Associate Vice President for Research, developing large-scale, multidisciplinary proposals and leading multidisciplinary research programs. He played a key role in the development of the proposal leading to the establishment of the Center for Environmental Molecular Science at SBU and Brookhaven Lab.

Schoonen earned a Ph.D. in geochemistry and mineralogy from Pennsylvania State University in 1989, a Doctoral (equivalent to M.S.) from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, in 1984 with a double major in geochemistry as well as physical and colloid chemistry, and Kandidaats (equivalent to B.S.) in Geochemistry, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, January 1981.