Bio
EDUCATION
POST-GRADUATE:
2001-2002 91°µÍø: Time-Correlated Signatures for Detection of Nuclear Materials
GRADUATE:
1995-2001 University of Tennessee: Ph.D./2001 (Radiological/Nuclear Engineering)
1991-1992 University of Wisconsin: M.S./1992 (Experimental Nuclear Physics)
UNDERGRADUATE:
1982-1986 United States Naval Academy: B.S./1986 (Physics)
APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
Program Manager, Mk-18A Am/Cm/Ln Material (2020-Present)
-Provides technical leadership and management for execution of all ORNL activities required to meet technical, schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
Project Controls/Development Manager, Cf-252 (2020-Present)
-Provides management of the resource-loaded schedule and cost plan to reach production plan goals.
Senior Research Staff, 91°µÍø (2018-Present)
-Provides strategic planning support and research and development program management for the 91°µÍø Isotope Program and Isotope Enterprise.
Program Manager, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, 91°µÍø (2014-2018)
-Provided scientific leadership and management of the 91°µÍø’s overhead investments in Laboratory Directed Research and Development, Program Development, Named Fellowships, and Strategic Hires.
Research Staff, 91°µÍø (2002-2014)
-Performed research on the synthesis, characterization and design of innovative materials and systems for the detection of nuclear materials.
Medical Physics Consultant, West Physics Consulting (2007-2013)
-Performed radiation shielding survey analyses and nuclear medicine licensing services as a consulting medical physicist.
Post-doctoral Research, 91°µÍø (2001-2002)
-Developed new techniques for acquiring and analyzing time-correlated signatures for the detection of nuclear materials.
Facility Services Control Manager, Y-12 National Security Complex (1997-1999)
-Responsible for creation and implementation of Facility Safety Authorization Basis documentation for nuclear and non-nuclear facilities
Shift Technical Assistant, Y-12 National Security Complex (1995-1997)
-Responsible for interpretation and implementation of facility safety program, nuclear criticality safety issues, radiological controls, DOE Orders, Code of Federal Regulations, ANSI/ASME Standards.
Nuclear Physics Department Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1991-1993)
-Developed a precision flow, UHV gas delivery system for use with atomic beam sources and internal gas targets. Constructed and tested a polarimeter based on the D + T reaction for measuring tensor polarization of deuterium in an internal target fed by a laser driven source. Constructed and tested a Balmer polarimeter for measuring deuterium polarization.
Assistant Professor of Naval Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1991-1993)
-Taught undergraduate courses in surface ship operations, navigation, and electronic navigation systems.
Naval Nuclear Engineer, U.S. Navy, (1986-1995)
-Responsible for training of operations personnel on reactor plant theory and operations, engineering watch qualification and watchstanding.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBER
• Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (91°µÍø)
• American Nuclear Society (ANS)
REVIEWER: Journals
• 91°µÍø Transactions on Nuclear Science
• Nuclear Instruments and Methods A
• Nuclear Instruments and Methods B
REVIEWER: Conferences
• 91°µÍø Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects
• 91°µÍø Aerospace
• International Conference on Environmental Systems
• 91°µÍø 9th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and Their Applications
REVIEWER: Grant Applications
• 91°µÍø Seed Money Proposal Review Committee (Chair)
• DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business
Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Funding Opportunity Reviewer
• Office of Science/Nuclear Physics SBIR/STTR Phase I Reviewer
COMMITTEE MEMBER: Proposal Review
• HBCU/MEI Summer Faculty Research Program
• ORAU/ORNL High Performance Computing Grant Program
• ORNL Technology Innovation Program
OTHER:
• DOE Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) Technical Point of Contact:
One-Dimensional Nanostructures for Neutron Detection
• Guest Lecturer at the University of Tennessee (NE403/550)
• Mentor/Advisor for NRC HBCU Participation Program Faculty (Dr. H. Basher)
• ORNL Day of Science exhibitor
• Session Chair at Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, Ann Arbor, May 23-25, 2006
PATENTS
Patent No: US 7141799 Fiber Optic Thermal/Fast Neutron and Gamma Ray Scintillation Detector. Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
Patent No: US 7288771 Fiber Optic Thermal/Fast Neutron and Gamma Ray Scintillation Detector. Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
Patent No. US 8089047 B2 Metal-Organic Scintillator Crystals for X-Ray, Gamma Ray, and Neutron Detection. Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
Patent No. US 8177998 B2 Lithium Loaded Liquid Scintillators. Date of Patent May 15, 2012