Duncan McBranch oversees institutional programs for science and energy, including DOE energy and science programs, and enabling support services such as Laboratory-directed Research and Development, student and postdoctoral programs, the research library, educational institutes, and technology transfer. Duncan previously led the Technology Transfer Division at Los Alamos, where he was responsible for collaborations with industry, for the commercialization of inventions, and for the spin-out of regional technology businesses. Duncan has been an R&D leader in materials chemistry and nanotechnology, an entrepreneur in biotechnology, and a business development leader in growing new programs at Los Alamos with industry. He has published more than 70 articles in technical journals in materials, chemistry, and biotechnology, and is an inventor with patents across a broad range of applications. He earned his Ph.D. in materials physics (University of California, Santa Barbara).