Ann Almgren is a senior scientist in the Computational Research Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Group Lead of the Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering. Her primary research interest is in computational algorithms for solving PDE’s in a variety of application areas. Her current projects include the development and implementation of new multi physics algorithms in high-resolution adaptive mesh codes that are designed for the latest hybrid architectures. She is a SIAM Fellow and the Deputy Director of the ECP AMR Co-Design Center, and serves on the editorial boards of CAMCoS, IJHPCA and SIREV.