Joe J. Hoagland

Joe Hoagland serves as associate laboratory director for ORNL’s Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate. He joined ORNL in 2025 following more than 30 years with the Tennessee Valley Authority, where he advanced major strategic initiatives in nuclear innovation, resource planning, coal combustion strategies, and deployment of new energy technologies.

At TVA, Hoagland held numerous leadership positions, most recently as vice president of innovation and research, leading a team of technology professionals in transformational research and management of innovation projects for TVA’s Power System of the Future.

Hoagland chairs the Tennessee State Energy Policy Council and is a member of the boards of the Cherokee Farm Development Corp., Smart Electric Power Association, and American Museum of Science and Energy Foundation.

He holds a doctorate and master’s degree in physical chemistry from Washington State University and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Southern Utah University. He is an adjunct professor at the Howard Baker School for Public Policy, where he teaches courses on power system technologies.