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Colonel (Dr.) Lee Williames is the Command Surgeon, U.S. Strategic Command. He is the senior medical advisor to the Commander, USSTRATCOM, for all issues concerning disease, illness, human factors, force health protection, CBRN and directed energy weapons issues. He ensures provision of comprehensive health service support for assigned and attached forces during all phases of command operations and deployment through planning and coordination with Component Commands, supporting/supported unified Combatant Commands, and other institutions as required for mission execution. Col Williames entered the Air Force after graduating from Georgetown University Medical School in 1996. He has completed pediatric internship and residency as well as a fellowship in developmental behavioral pediatrics and is a graduated fellow of the Maternal Child Health Bureau’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Col Williames has worked on Air Force and Department of Defense policy in areas ranging from autism and care of special needs children to the medical components of the Personal Reliability Assurance Program. He has received a variety of teaching and research recognitions. He has been awarded Special Experience Identifiers for Excellence in Clinical or Academic Teaching, as a Certified Physician Executive, and in Arctic Leadership. In addition to participating in a variety of medical humanitarian, embassy, and MTF support missions, leading multidisciplinary teams in Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, he has commanded the largest Air Force hospitals in the European and Pacific theaters and served as Alaska Command Surgeon. Prior to his current position, he was the Command Surgeon, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.

Martin is a Program Director at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). He is an internationally recognized academic and entrepreneurial biomedical engineer and medical physicist. At Duke University, where he was a tenured Associate Professor of Radiology, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and a Medical Physics Graduate Program faculty, he launched and/or managed several international collaborative teams to design, construct, characterize and clinically evaluate next-generation, high-performance 3-dimensionally accurate diagnostic imaging systems. These technologies have included: Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and dedicated breast SPECT, x-ray cone-beam Computed Tomography (CT), x-ray diffraction tomography, hybrid SPECT/CT technology, dedicated breast Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and hybrid PET/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems. In addition to diagnostic medical imaging and biomedical engineering, his activities have employed clinical medical physics involving nuclear medicine & radiotheranostics dosimetry. During his 27+ year academic career at Duke, he directly mentored dozens of MS, MD and PhD students in his laboratory (and others), he organized and arranged numerous domestic and international conferences & workshops, and helped establish and grow the Medical Physics Graduate Program at Duke. He also contributed his service in local, national and international education and collaborations to propel biomedical imaging research and clinical medical imaging. This service also includes his varied contributions to periodical peer review, and to the inter/national grant review process through foundations and State & Federal Governments.

His B.A. was in Physics, with a minor in Chemistry from Cornell University, and he received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Physics, focused in Nuclear Medicine from UCLA. His is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine in nuclear medicine physics and instrumentation. He has a wide range of scholarly and research accomplishments and scientific service experience, with over 20 years of continuous grant funding.

Dr. Mike Lang is Department Head of Military Medical Operations at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute. In this role, he educates the Active Component workforce in the field of radiation emergency response, largely via the Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation course. Additionally, he advises during radiation and nuclear exercises with DOD and other federal agency partners.

Dr. Lang’s military career includes a range of assignments such as Assistant Flight Commander and Squadron Medical Element Flight Surgeon at Robins Air Force Base, and Medical Director at Beale Air Force Base. He has also served in various operational temporary duties, including roles at Al Udeid AB, Al Dhafra AB, and RAF Akrotiri, as well as medical member in Safety Investigation Boards for Air Combat Command. His commitment to service is further demonstrated by his academic appointments at the Uniformed Services University department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, where he has holds the position of Assistant Professor. 

Pior to his role at AFRRI, he was a Preventive Medicine Consultant within the Epidemiology Consult Service at the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. He holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, where he also completed his Preventive Medicine Residency and Doctor of Medicine. 

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Major Andrew Ng is currently a doctorate student studying synthetic biology and bioengineering, and a nuclear and countering weapons of mass destruction officer (FA52). His research focuses on creating recombinant DNA to create genetically modified microorganisms with novel biosensing and bioremediation applications in the environment. His doctoral studies are being performed at the University of Maryland in partnership with the Army Research Laboratories Biology and Biotechnology Sciences Division at the Adelphi Laboratory Center. His mentors are Dr. Sara Molinari from the University of Maryland and Dr. Bryn Adams from the Army Research Laboratory. Major Ng has a subsequent utility tour following his doctoral studies to teach in the Chemical and Biological Science and Engineering Department at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

A native of Oakley, California, Major Ng commissioned in 2010 from the United States Military Academy at West Point graduating with a bachelors of science degree in Environmental Engineering with Honors. He joined the Infantry Branch with an initial assignment to 4th Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division (Curahee). While attending Air Assault school in his first 2 months, Major Ng was reassigned to the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade to deploy as a replacement platoon leader to Fox Company, 4-101st Aviation Regiment (Pathfinder) deployed to Kandahar Province. Major Ng led Team 3 stationed out of Kandahar Airfield for six months in theatre before redeploying with the company, leading the regional command’s quick reaction force and personnel recovery mission. Upon redeployment, Major Ng was reassigned to Fox Company, 5-101st Aviation Regiment (Pathfinder) to deploy to Logar Province with the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade. Upon returning from that 9-month deployment, Major Ng attended the Maneuver Captain’s Career Course and took an assignment to the Opposing Force Battalion in Hohenfels Germany. In 2015, Major Ng assumed command of Cherokee Company, 1-4 Infantry which provided the hybrid threat for large simulated combat operations replicating special purpose forces, conventional reconnaissance, and insurgents. 

While in command, Major Ng was selected to return to West Point for a teaching assignment in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. Major Ng attended and earned his Masters of Science from UC Berkeley’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in 2019 and served as an Instructor and Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at West Point from 2019-2022. Of note, Major Ng course directed both the Environmental Microbiology course and Hydrogeology and Hydraulic Design course. Major Ng transferred to the FA52 functional area and was subsequently assigned to AFRRI from 2022 thru 2025 where he served as the Executive Officer. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College’s satellite program.

Major Ng’s awards and decorations include the Defense Merirorious Medal Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Army Commendation Medal (four awards with 2x combat devices), Army Achievement Medal (two awards), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Expert Infantryman Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Airborne Badge, Air Assault Badge, Ranger Tab, German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (Gold), and Meritorious Unit Citation.