Johney Green

Johney Green is an American scientist who is the Laboratory Director of the Savannah River National Laboratory. His research considers additive manufacturing and renewable energy systems. He is Chairman of the National GEM Consortium.

Early life and education Green grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. Johney Green Sr, his father, attended Southern University on a scholarship. He was an undergraduate at the University of Memphis, where he studied mechanical engineering. He was invited to a Georgia Tech event called "FOCUS" which looked to identify the "nation's brightest underrepresented minority students". He was involved with various National Academy of Engineering programs focusing on safe infrastructure.

In 2016, Green joined the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to oversee buildings, wind and solar power. He is the first African American director of a research division at NREL. The Flatiron Campus is an experimental platform for the United States Department of Energy Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems initiative.

In 2022, Green was made Chairman of the National GEM Consortium, a nonprofit that looks to increase the representation of people from ethnic minorities in science and engineering. Green himself was a GEM participant.

Green's work in combustion sciences has led to two patented inventions.

Awards 2015 Elected Fellow of the SAE International 2016 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Selected publications